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Hi everyone, getting many things organised for birth of our first :) Have a question re this. Can anybody confirm whether they have started Velocity status pause before baby is born (i.e. when partner is heavily preg, off work & can't travel)?

Similar question to nightelves .. I am about to cancel my card. It just ticked past 12 months, so the $450 qantas credit is available. Hypothetically - if I book something, spend the credit in full then cancel the card (within the grace period to get full refund of annual fee) .. what happens...

BNE domestic closed for maintenance today. Plumbing .. sounded like it won't be a quick fix

Can anyone confirm if YakPay will generate normal points for ATO spend (ANZ FF)? Would you recommend this as most simple process, if not, which? I see EBP is currently not taking sign ups. Feel free to message if easier. Thanks in advance.

Does anybody have first-hand experience of using the $129 voucher after closing their Virgin Money card? From memory there was a suggestion account needed to remain open. Suspect that would be hard to enforce once the voucher is generated.

The problem was caused by a previous change not being correctly processed and charged by Qantas. This didn't come up when final flight was initially added (by a South African rep), nor in last night's conversation (with a South African senior). Explained this morning by operator from Hobart, who...

Thanks for your quick response. Yes. They acknowledged the smaller amount (which I had agreed to be charged to the card provided) was communicated but that was a mistake and insisted there is no scope for that original amount to be honoured. Essentially, do not pass go unless I pay 8x the...

Does anybody have experience with taxes changing dramatically between booking and ticket confirmation? I was advised that $X was owed a few days ago during a call, having added final few legs to complete oneworld booking. Agreed to pay, provided CC details and patiently waited for email to come...

Distances Total: 29,981 mi Average: 2,726 mi SYD NRT 351° (N) 338° (N) 4,846 mi NRT HKG 247° (SW) 254° (W) 1,842 mi HKG FCO 313° (NW) 316° (NW) 5,778 mi FCO MAD 269° (W) 266° (W) 829 mi MAD LIS 250° (W) 251° (W) 320 mi LIS LHR 023° (NE) 025° (NE) 972 mi LHR BOS 288° (W) 288° (W) 3,265 mi BOS...

Iberia flights to US look like hard work. Am now thinking about doing something this (especially given AY surcharge): SYD-NRT-HKG-FCO-HEL-LIS-HEL-BOS-DFW-SYD Plan would be both stops in HEL less than 24 hours, so they're transits rather than stopovers. Doesn't come up while searching rewards...

Thanks everybody. Decided to pounce on available CX flights a few days earlier. Very excited to have started the process. Will now keep an eye out on SYD-NRT on JL. There's no requirement that at least one of the legs is QF is there (this is another element of RTW redemption I've seen mixed...

Thanks for this. No status. What would you recommend as best search tool? BA and QF websites both not letting me see results for 12/10.

Thanks for this. Is AY a superior J service than Cathay/Qatar, or do you think availability will be tough on either of those? QF already showing no availability for Oct 3 SYD-NRT but I'm right to think JL hasn't released seats, yeah? Is it possible to book the 2nd leg of RTW first (and then...

Hi all, This is my first attempt at planning and booking a RTW trip. Business for 2 pax (more than a little bit worried about finding availability). We're pretty flexible on cites and dates, so hopefully that helps. Appreciate any and all feedback you have re: *Should we book each leg...

In your first post here you showed VA's emailed response (partly redacted) then claimed "they admit I was overcharged". That email from VA actually suggested "we have confirmed that the charges made were charged correctly". From my reading, that is anything but VA pretty clearly stating they...