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    Up to 20,000 bonus points with Qantas Hotels & Holidays

    It's showing both sets of points for me. Have you already made a booking under this promo - it may be that it only applies once.
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    Many Velocity Partner Redemptions Becoming Unattainable

    So if the point was actually that they have 'points plus pay' redemptions that cost 1m+ for international business class flights (despite the misleading title), this was something that's been around with Qantas for much longer. And yes, it's not good value - but that's long known and...
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    Q: Azamara cruise cabin availability

    There are pros and cons each way, although I doubt Azamara are deliberately trying to pull a swifty. In answer to your question, going direct with Azamara will give you more flexibility if you want to change cabins in future, or make any other changes, or cancel. Going through a TA adds...
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    Alipay/WeChat Pay in China

    Of course there is. If you download a tiktok app then you sign up to a Chinese owned app. That's completely different from having additional spyware installed, that is not removed when you uninstall. 1710084123 Comparing a widespread deployment to a targeted one is completely different - as...
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    JL52

    For the second question, as they are separate tickets, JAL is not obliged to amend the second flight if you miss it due to delays on the first. Your travel insurance /may/ cover you, depending on what coverage you have for schedule delays. (i.e. some do, some don't, so you need to check your...
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    Alipay/WeChat Pay in China

    I said iphone. Apple rigorously controls all software put on the app store to ensure there is no other spyware installed with it. What a state actor wants has nothing to do with it. But sure, if you want to believe everything is a conspiracy, or that Apple have no idea how to control what goes...
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    Alipay/WeChat Pay in China

    When you delete it, on iphone, all vestiges are gone. Aside from device details which won't do much good unless you come back to China again, in which case you'd need to install again anyway. As long as it's not a work device... But if you're handing over passport and credit card details, they...
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    VA discount/cashback with AIA

    As you say, children can't be members of Vitality, and hence can't get the airline benefit. There's only one 'benefit' per trip per Vitality account currently.
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    SkyTeam and Delta/Virgin Atlantic DISASTER!!!!

    Backing up the above, here are the conditions from Qantas on codeshare procedures, which would be network wide (not just applying to Qantas): Travel on other airlines 4.4.1 Codeshares (a) We have arrangements with other Carriers known as 'Codeshares'. This means that even if you have made a...
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    Luxury Escapes partners with Velocity Frequent Flyer

    Can you please tell me which section it's in? I checked each of the sections, including My Profile/Personal Details and don't see anywhere to enter the number.
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    Virgin Voyages coming to Oz

    They could also be certain about a western Africa relocation. Without all the rest of the disruption.
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    Luxury Escapes partners with Velocity Frequent Flyer

    Perhaps in line with the recent rumour but I was looking to earn points for the first time from a hotel booking via this partnership. It seems to be permitted by the article, and terms and conditions, and there's a V logo on the hotel. However, when I go to confirm the booking there's nowhere to...
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    Virgin Voyages coming to Oz

    But which also means they could still have come back a similar way - likely better as they have more time to make alternative bookings rather than the ~3 months they had for bookings on the trip up via Africa. I dodged a bullet, cancelling my MNVV booking over the weekend from a cruise last...
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    Anyone Cruised on MSC Orchestra

    Not Orchestra but I've been on another MSC cruise in Europe. I found entertainment better than other maintream lines (appreciating the variety instead of just music/shows), the ship was impressive for the time, but admin was 'typically Italian' i.e. not so great if needed/exceptional...
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    Japan by Cruise - which itinerary?

    I agree with the others from a different side, in that the Princess itin seems to generally allow more time to visit in many of the ports you visit (but not all, some are less), often 2 hours. This is substantial, giving you a lot more flexibility, or time spent exploring, so I'd also be...
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