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The answer to this really depends on where you are now (ie living). Exotic to some is ho hum to others and can depend on where else you have visited. But let's say you are living in a major Australian city then for many it would be a tropical destination / island - can you really go past North...

Expecting more than 2 award seats on any flight, even in Y, is very optimistic. If you are 4+ travelling you should considering splitting your party onto 2 flights. Also as @levelnine posted above - SQ availability to AC is not the same as to their own members (on a few occasions I have seen...

Off tomorrow for Spain - first stop Majorca for 8 days, then Canary Islands for 8 days followed by 7 day Ponant cruise around the Canaries - finishing off with 9 days in southern Spain. KF J awards to BCN then QR F awards on the return - with a couple of LCC flights to/for the islands. All...

Perhaps - it's working now - but the error message implied the system was "too busy" - doesn't matter could not find much for my friends' dates .... sigh

Well some people are excited by this - I just tried to logon to my account to see if some Classic awards had been made available (for a friend travelling in Sept/Oct to Europe) - can't even login - system too busy.:(

IMO - the very best value for using AC points is Australia - Asia when most cities/routings are 45,000 one-way in business class (can go as highs 60,000 depending on destination/routing) - SQ flights are very available (compared to other programs). Domestic awards on Virgin are the worst value.

T&Cs stated non-refundable and I only discovered this error yesterday when the incorrect booking dates had already gone past so we were essentially no-shows. I was a bit surprised we did not receive an e-mail. The agency was "EnjoyTravel" in Majorca - not exactly a major company. Fortunately the...

Oh dear - while double checking all trip doco for our trip to Spain (Majorca and the Canaries) from April 10 I noticed that Mr LL had booked and pre-paid (non-refundable) one of the hire cars for March not April. (Thanks goodness it wasn't my mistake :cool:)

just noticed you can buy Aeroplan points with an 80% bonus through April 5 - works out at AUD$0.022 - good value IMO if you can find an award seat

Essentially we just want something that is hassle free and relaxing. I don't fancy waiting in a long line for a VOA at midnight but would like a good night's sleep and somewhere to while away a few hours before returning to the QF F lounge.

Thanks for that - I just re-checked with QR re free transit hotel - and no dice unless it's QR issued ticket. But thanks I'll check the Oryz (and other) hotels - just wondered if anyone had a recommendation and info on transfers/taxis (I read in one post (some/all?) taxis only take cash which we...

We arrive in Doha around midnight and depart the following day at 8PM - we are travelling on an award ticket (issued by AA) MAD-DOH (J) - DOH-SYD (F). I tried to request a transit hotel via the QR website but it does not work (won't let me complete the nationality field) so cannot be submitted...

Not me. Ie manual transfer bonus not posted

We could be interested as well (ex SYD or other Australian port) - not too long.

Just one more thing - our concierge did come through for us a couple of times - securing a restaurant booking when everything was fully booked (brunch) and bookings for a couple of shows. Also - I failed to mention we found the service to be excellent - prompt and friendly at all venues.