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    Transiting Doha

    I have a Sydney - Doha - Milan itinerary. Is two hours enough time to transit Doha from arrival to departure? Thanks!
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    Qatar Business 'R' Class QFF Earn

    Flying return to Europe (via Doha) in Qatar Business in their 'R' fare (discounted business) bucket. I've searched around but can't find a definitive QFF points/status earn (if any) on this class. I've seen 0%, 25%, 50%... Does anyone have any actual up-to-date info on this class earn?
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    platinum reserve card application form

    Is it not just an online form application? My one was...
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    250 Free QFF points on QF app

    I've been everywhere, man! So perhaps it's targeted at those who've not done the most recent app update to encourage them to do so! Or they just don't like me!
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    250 Free QFF points on QF app

    Can't find the offer in my Feeds section, latest QF app update on my iPhone. Perhaps as a Lifetime Bronze member for the past 20-odd years I'm not considered worthy!!
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    QANTAS announces 50% reduction in SC on Partner Airlines to the US

    There has to be some compensation for living on the other side of the continent!!
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    Ongoing battle to get status credits and points to post. This was in business class.

    Re: Ongoing battle to get status credits and points to post. This was in business cla I flew Aer Lingus from Glasgow - Dublin return in December last year. I included my QFF number on the booking (or so I thought), and it's just for the points no SC on this partner airline. (I do have my...
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    Retaining Partner Gold - is it possible?

    Thanks for the quick response - still trying to get an answer from the QANTAS chatline, it's been 20 minutes so far...once again AFF beats the establishment!!
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    Retaining Partner Gold - is it possible?

    A question I've not found a clear answer to: If a well-travelled QFF bestows Partner Gold, can said partner then retain the Gold status 'indefinitely' by attaining the annual 600 SC necessary, or does it vanish after a year and the well-travelled partner have to do it again when reaching 2400 SC?
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    QANTAS announces 50% reduction in SC on Partner Airlines to the US

    Got my monthly QANTAS statement email today and down the very bottom is a note about Status Earn Update when flying partner airlines to the US, from the 1st of May this year. Link:Status Credit earn update when you fly partner airlines So regardless of class you will now earn half the SC you...
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    Airline Logo Quiz

    14/15. I obviously have too much free time...!
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    Auckland Car Hire

    I just had a car hire with Europcar ex AKL - it was cheaper than Hertz at around ~A$100/day (which seems about par for the course with NZ). I have Europcar Executive status and had booked the least expensive car (2 days, funeral) and at the desk got upgraded to latest VW with all the gimos and a...
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    Ask The Pilot

    Might be an odd question, but having flown four Emirates flights the past couple of weeks on an A380 with plane cameras, I 'm curious: It seems obvious when you're taxiing that the nose wheel steers the plane to follow the taxiway lines to and from the gate. My question is - when you're...
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    Velocity Points Booster

    I think it's fairly new, because when I spoke to CS to enquire as to the mechanics of the process, he had to go check the script... Certainly it didn't ping on my radar when it was introduced. Cost-per-point-wise it may not be the most economical, but when it's an option for flying to the UK...
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    Velocity Points Booster

    The MEL-AUH_MAN return business rewards flight is 125k points + taxes, and we're going 20Dec-5Jan, so it's ultra-peak period. It cost me $1155 for the 49k points I needed to complete the booking - meanwhile I've now got to book my son on the same flights as a pay-only economy, and that's worth...
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