Recent content by lowan74

I noticed this last week in Brisbane and was a bit taken aback. Certainly higher than other competitive hotels (Sofitel, Westin etc). Complained and got a response from the hotel: My comment (in a review) was : "The other change since my previous stay is that this Hilton has increased their...

Having used my Citibank issued Diners card (companion card to a Citi Mastercard) in a number of countries, I have generally found the rate to be approx 1% worse than the rate when using other "FX fee free" cards such as 28 degrees or Commonwealth Bank Gold Mastercard. Acceptance in USA was...

I had exactly the same experience!

I had this same problem and was given the same advice by PayPal, which wasn’t correct as I’ve paid the same merchant many times by PayPal using credit card. After removing the Diners card from my PayPal wallet, everything started working normally again and all the other cards became visible...

Hi @BjJames - your post prompted me to go back through some notes I made on the day of the flight last year. I am normally a very positive person and get excited about new flight experiences, but I could only describe QF5005 (MU712) as pretty underwhelming and in my experience, poor value for a...

I also fully agree - I’ve travelled AA a lot in the last few years (in Flagship Business, domestic first and domestic Economy (main cabin extra) and have been very impressed by their service and consistency. In many flights from Asia to North America in J, I found their planes, seats, service...

My memory could be wrong, but I recall (last year) seeing their flights sold on Chinese local websites (ctrip/trip.com) and actually being codeshares on HU or other HNA group flights.

Flying in J on MU from SYD to PEK via HGH last December the food was really poor, in presentation, taste and lack of choice. See below main course, which was worse than it looks... I tried this flight with a sense of adventure on the QF codeshare as I wanted to try something different, but it...

Having also tried each of the Sapphire level lounges at HKG, my favourite is the QF lounge (as it is of my family). The staff always are great and recognise us even if there are several months between visits, and I have always enjoyed the food and drinks there. When flying any OW airline...

I also agree that my AA experiences have always been great, as (all of) ruby, sapphire and emerald at various times. Whime may critcise AA for various things, they are very good at boarding...

To try domething a bit different, today I booked myself on QF5005 (really MU712) on 7th December, which is the China Eastern A330 flight from Sydney to Beijing via Hangzhou (HGH). I did this because, unusually, it was a lot cheaper than taking QF107 that day, I’m travelling on my own and am not...

Some direct feedback through trying the card in mainland China over the past few weeks: - The card does not work in most terminals - Even terminals that take foreign Visa and Mastercards (which I successfully tried) would not take the Diners card - I found 2 terminals that even took Amex card...

If you are on AA and connecting it will be more than fine. No need to be concerned at all.

Thanks. I knew it sounded too good to be true...

I requested one yesterday as a free addition to my Signature card. It will make a handy replacement for the Commonwealth Bank plat Amex, which I used largely for non-AUD transactions to earn points. An added benefit that I want to try is that allegedly these cards (Diners/Discover) can be used...