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So it appears the retention bonus might still be alive 😊. Did you mention you were thinking of cancelling or did you have to cancel first and was this pre or post the annual fee appearing on your statement?

It might be a good idea to sticky note the process but I have the charge card with companion credit card (member since 07 with significant annual travel spend pre COVID) and was told twice today, that retention offers cannot be made and both referenced the credit legislation. When I tried to...

It is starting to appear as though there has been a change in policy. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who has been successful in the past couple of weeks in actually receiving a retention bonus of some kind.

I have got my platinum renewal coming up in 2 weeks and spoke to two different people this morning and told them I was reviewing all my my cards at the moment got the same line - "sorry but under Australian credit law, we cannot offer you any kind of bonus or retention offer to stop you...

yep, lots of very nervous people at the moment in Singapore but also a lot of over reaction from the general community. Lots of people wearing masks and doctors clinics are standing room only. In fact the two clinics across the road from where I live now have additional seating outside. I...

I am off to Singapore on Thursday then Tokyo on the 17th for a week before returning to Singapore then Canberra and back to Singapore. No plans at this stage to change anything although holding off on booking travel beyond when this trip ends on 3 March.

Absolutely, nothing else you can do. Not sure the two guys next to me were laughing though. They were from Pakistan and looked like students so I can only imagine them getting off the plane and thinking how similar Perth airport looked Sydney.

Q. How do you travel 50m in 2 hours? A. You push back and then find out the tug can’t disconnect from the aircraft.:confused: Two hours later the only solution was to deflate both of the nose wheel tires down to 80psi followed by connecting a new tug to push us back to the terminal and...

No, never did from memory but ended up on another aircraft.

Taking off from an airport in Nepal many years ago when we heard a noise outside. Capital comes over the PA and says “in case any of you were wondering what that noise was, so am I so we are turning around”.

The TGV was great, much better in my opinion than the Eurostar from London to Paris. Seats were comfortable, ride was smooth with amazing views and they had a great bar carriage with a good selection of food and beverage. Free wifi included so easy to pass the time if you get bored with the...

The article states the doors are closed and implies divers may not be able to go inside but rather dive around the outside of the aircraft only.

Anything over 4 hours at that time of the day/night and I would be going straight to the transit hotel to hopefully get a couple hours of sleep in a decent bed followed by shower to wake me up again before the flight.

I am actually just finishing up a three week trip around Europe that I did with my 16 year old daughter and whilst we didn’t get to Germany we did London, Paris and Switzerland (among other places). I spent a bit of time looking at options including trains and planes to find the best value for...

Thanks, that is a great tool. I will have to see if I can find the time and motivation to add historical flights to that site.