Recent content by choppa

I hate life. Work sent me to the US via economy, I have just managed to claw back silver status from personal travel as I didn't travel during covid etc. The connecting Qantas flight QF94 is delayed until midnight by 1:40h, my MasterCard flight delay pass only kicks in with a 2hr delay, Qantas...

Piloting or riding along in an SR-71 at > Mach 3. Not possible now. Current goal, piloting or riding along in a MiG-29 with afterburners. Need to save $30k - can be done in Russia.

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread I've read through the thread from page 1 (2006ish) so am pretty sure I have this correct but I have potentially stupid questions anyway: There are only five (5) stop-overs permitted on a 140K RTW ticket (i.e. you can...

Re: Best Status Run Options - A quick overview! [not the discussion thread] Relative new-comer to the thread / forums. I was wondering if anyone could assist me in my quest to obtain 460SC to keep gold at the lowest cost possible, between August 3rd and August 31st. I just had a 50% SC bonus...

Thanks for all the suggestions. It seems that it's probably not worth the money to try to reach Gold after all. I might as well try to fly cheaper airlines instead as the $ saved can probably upgrade me to a more comfortable ride... which is a shame. I'm only 70SC's off getting Virgin Silver...

Hi All, Long time reader, first time contributor. Well - actually I don't feel like a contributor so much so as a user as I'm the one asking for help. I've been with QFF for around 5-6 years now, and in the last three years I've almost made it to Gold status twice due to working FIFO - two...