Yeah, the AUD is currently buying around 100 JPY and we're going to Japan in June/July, but for all I know the AUD could be buying 105 JPY by the time we go so I'd rather not lock anything in.
You should have received a cardboard leaflet with the URL to activate the benefits. I can't remember what the URL is but it allows you to activate the hotel statuses etc.
They use the Suez canal to get here from Europe and with the current climate in Israel and surrounds had to change the routing back to Europe at the end of March to go via Mauritius and South Africa.
I suspected this would happen when they pulled the Australian 2024-2025 season from the website. One of the reasons we didn't buy the offer when we were onboard last week, didn't want to be stuck with a credit.
I agree there definitely isn't enough capacity in the full service restaurants. We were fortunate to book ours in when bookings opened to non-Rockstars on January 1st and got Extra Virgin (dinner 1st night), Gunbae (2nd night), Pink Agave (3rd night), The Wake (4th night), Razzle Dazzle...
ME Bank Home Saver pays 5.55%, you need to deposit $2000 per month but that can come out straight away. Also need to increase the balance each month, I increase it by one cent each month.
I've done 3 fuel transactions and got my 1200 points. Have done one transaction on my 14 year old son's account to get the first transaction and one on my wife's account who has the 4 x 250 offer.