Recent content by Nobby

You're right that the Australian market isn't used to paying higher prices for Any Seat, but NO market is used to paying THAT high of a price... I was quoted > 200,000 points for a 3,000 mile long flight (about the same as PER-AKL). Instead I transferred points to Northwest, which gave me the...

Ricky, Thank you for monitoring these forums. It's great for all concerned... it makes it easier for you to keep a pulse on things and understand how people are reacting to things, and for us, when we whinge about something it goes straight to the product managers, rather than reaching a dead...

After numerous calls and weeks of waiting, I've gotten an answer about what's going on with Emirates and Velocity. For Velocity's partners, they have two classes of awards: "award" and "any seat". The "award" redemption options are priced in a realistic way, and are competitive with other...

Which is better, 35k AA points or 60k QF points? As bitter as I am about the fuel surcharges, I may actually end up crediting my LONE5 to QF... I'd appreciate the thoughts of you folks who are better acquainted than me with AAdvantage and the relative value of AA points vs QF points. These are...

Exactly! That's why I was so shocked...

When I called a few weeks ago to enquire about redeeming points for an Emirates flight (CAI-xDXB-ADD), the agent told me there we now seats available on Emirates. I asked her to look at different dates and different routes, but she simply said "there's no need to -- Emirates has never released a...

Great -- so the only benefit I'm missing out on is preferred seating, right? How material is this benefit anyway? Can I still ask AA reservations to say block off the middle Y seat, even though I have no status on the AA member number I'm crediting the flight to? Unfortunately with my route I...

I've finally been tipped over to AAdvantage. The final straw was trying to redeem points only to find the fuel surcharges are so high that compared to buying a fare outright from a different airline, I'm only saving about $25, max $50 per 10,000 points. Compare this to my redemptions of...

A bit of a newbie question, but I've never been in this situation before, and it's pretty stressful. I'll be flying on Air China tomorrow, SYD-PEK-FCO. Unfortunately there's an overnight layover in Beijing... my flight from Sydney arrives at 11:05pm (CA 178), and my flight to Rome leave the...

Two related questions: 1. Why can't all/most flights approach the airport from the water, rather than from the Inner West? 2. Where does that Noise Levy we pay every ticket going? All I know is it doesn't end up as a yearly cheque to residents on the flight path :p

I know the Amex business cards do. The only capping is the Platinum Business Card, which gives 1.5 QFF points per dollar spent for the first $250,000, and then 1 point per dollar there after. But there's no level at which you no longer earn points. The Green and Gold cards give 1 point per...

It ends up I don't know it all :p There is an Australian card that gives lounge access... but only once per year, for two people:

What exactly have they done wrong, that you want to hold them accountable for? If you don't want to bank with them, throw the offer in the trash. They've done you no harm. They likely have other information about you that suggests you're a low risk (got your details from a list of CPA or Law...

Regarding getting ponts for business transactions... why don't you just get a business credit/charge card with rewards? The bank can't possibly complain about you earning points off business transactions then. Eliminates the risk. Some of them even have features like breaking out the GST...

Yes, Australian taxis just hide all the surcharges from you :) The 10% credit card surcharge is the one that bugs me the most. They get away with it because of all of us that have to pay taxi fares with the corporate card to avoid reimbursement hassles. :mad: