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    Qantas rolls out Classic Plus Flight Rewards

    I can see how some are frustrated, but I logged in as soon as I saw the email about CR+, and found CR (traditional) for 2XJ SYD-LAX (I'm SG) that I'd been looking for daily for a month. After I booked it, the availability changed to CR+. My take, seems they still publish Classic Rewards, and...
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    Where to get a RAT?

    They were great. We used them before going to US and to come back. No issues with the certificate. Had good laughs with both our nurses while waiting for results. Would 100% reccomend them.
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    SYD-HNL-LIH-OGG-HNL-SYD The long awaited anniversary trip!

    Aloha! We were supposed to go to Hawaii and repeat our Honeymoon in March 2020. Out first part of the trip was interrupted on day four, and we made it back a day before the borders shut. Now here we go…. The trip includes, J flights on HA, F flights inter island on HA, and stays at Prince...
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    2022 travel plans

    Sounds great. Enjoy getting back to travelling! Seems there is a little anxiety amongst the group around getting back into (pleasure) international travel. Maybe I’ll try to do a trip report day by day this time (and keeping up with it), starting with our at home supervised pre-flight RAT.
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    Travel Insurance which covers COVID-19?

    We went with Medibank for our trip to Hawaii coming up in 4 sleeps, we found wording in other polices very restrictive, such as no cover if the country you travel to was a “do not travel” at time of booking, not time of travel…. Well, every country was do not travel when we booked, it’s how we...
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    TRS during “reopening”

    Haven’t seen any discussion on this elsewhere, has anyone made any TRS claims recently? Is the office open or are they on paper and drop box method until it is busier? We have a bit to claim on Sunday, wondering if there are queues, if we need to bring extra invoice copies, etc.
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    Where to get a pre-flight COVID-19 test?

    I understand. I felt it was a bit of gouging too. But, I would rather get my test in a private clinic, on site at a resort where everyone else is practicing safe infection control, than to go to a medical centre where sick people are….. I have to isolate a week before going back to work due to...
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    Where to get a pre-flight COVID-19 test?

    To minimise disruption, we booked a test in Maui at our hotel, about 18 hours before our flight back to SYD. It seems a lot of places in Maui are charging $199 ish per person. Steep, but we just don’t want to spend the extra time and effort to go out and get one on our last day in paradise...
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    2022 travel plans

    After our mid-trip cancellation in March 2020 and rush to make it home before the borders closed, we have made various bookings (and cancelled them) over the last two years. But finally, the trip we booked last September is about to happen, two weeks in Hawaii!!! We have both been so careful the...
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    Where to get a pre-flight COVID-19 test?

    Yeah, I wasn't worried about the cost difference, just ensuring that check-in was hassle free using the supervised RAT. We booked easily online for the supervised one, and I emailed a question to them due to having dual passports, and they responsed in less than 10 minutes. I will use a service...
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    Where to get a pre-flight COVID-19 test?

    Long shot that you are logging in from USA, but any issues at check-in with this certificate/provider? We have a flight to USA next Sunday, looking at using this instead of Hystopath.
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    January 2022

    Thanks! PM'd you.
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    January 2022

    Looking for SYD DomesticJ or Club this Sunday around 1pm again.
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    January 2022

    If anyone is able to guest me in on Sunday 16/1 to QF club or Domestic J. I’ve just started flying regularly/weekly for first time in years. Mostly DBO(QF) and BHQ(ZL) returns or both (SYD-DBO-BHQ-DBO-SYD) , so was hoping to get gold reasonably quick (<7months), but my anniversary is mid...
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    Best Hotel room views (no car parks)

    Probably one of my favourite views of all time from a hotel room, taken in 2017 from our balcony at the Waldorf Astoria Cavalieri.
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