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Isn't the Henry Jones the nicest hotel in Hobart?

And two-factor authentication using a cell phone as the second factor is only secure if you’re sure that your telco can’t be socially engineered to break their own security protocols: https://carpeaqua.com/2017/07/07/hack-the-planet I think it would have been preferable if Qantas used something...

Thanks for the replies; seems all should be well. :)

VA cancelled my upcoming LAX-SYD flight, moved me a day earlier, then 30 minutes later reinstated the flight. They did all this without me knowing but my TA just called to tell me. In that 30 minutes, my seat allocation was lost. I had the family in 3A, 4A, 5A and 6A (it's easier if we're all...

Agreed. It seems like VA nickel-and-diming to me.

The Star is just a lift ride and walk through a food court away from The Lyric Theatre as they're both in/attached to the casino.

I checked this today as my VA1 flight is at 9.30am and there was a comment in this thread about having to wait for the lounge to open. My TA advises that the lounge will be open from 7.30am for the 9.30am VA1 departure so you might have to kill some time...

It seems like VA has made some sort of skinny catering arrangement for this lounge to be open at that time. Disappointing.

Thank you team. It sounds fairly under-whelming. I'll manage Marge's expectations and we won't allow any extra "lounge time".

We're on VA1 next week and it will be our first time visiting the EY lounge at SYD. When I search for the lounge details I can only find references to a-la-carte dining at dinner time (for the AUH flights) so I was hoping someone who has been on VA1 and used this lounge would kindly let me...

Yes. That is controversial. ;)

Nespresso pods are not much more than instant coffee in an aluminium container. I'd prefer freshly ground beans any day of the week, even if the person driving the coffee machine wouldn't cut it at my local. I just hope some money changed hands and the "pop-up" is a short-term promo and not a...

Re: ANZ QFF/Rewards card earn rates enhanced™ That's not true. I didn't seek it out. The bank offered it to me 15 years ago and I've never paid anything for it. You can't tell me that if your bank offered you a more personal service, at no extra cost, that you'd refuse it?

I've never noticed the card fee but I was told that there is one. The previous Private Bank branded credit cards definitely had no card fee. But I churned away from ANZ Cards (retaining ANZ as my primary bank) and moved to Westpac. I only went back to ANZ because they had Apple Pay support. When...

I was told that they have been charging the fee on the Black card but I haven't ever bothered checking. I asked my banker what the fee would be once AMEX was removed and she initially said the fee would not change but today back-tracked and said that it would be waived for all Private Bank members.