Recent content by Rono

Folks, heeeeelp! Is anyone awake out there?? Following on from my original post here. I bought two O class tickets BNE to LAX way back in June 2023 when Qantas had that massive ticket sale after news of their plummeting down international ratings list was made public. I bought two tickets at...

Ok, thanks for the info, appreciated Rono

Folks, greetings hope that you all had an enjoyable Christmas/New Year break. I've been a Qantas Club member for almost 30 years but not as savvy as many of you here on AFF and have two questions I bought two return tickets Brisbane- Los Angeles in June 2023 for a trip in late January 2024...

I'm surprised that none of the accountants here have picked up on my earlier comment here..... ''As for a frequent flyer points value is, I'm guessing that somewhere on any airlines balance sheets sits a liability indicating what their programs frequent flyer program is estimated to be in $...

I think it's also a case of semantics i.e. 'currency can mean whatever you want it to mean'. What are two pigs worth in the PNG highlands, I don't know but I bet there is a going rate when wanting to either buy them or sell/exchange them. Currency has had many forms over the years in every...

Folks, just cancelled my Amex Plat after being a member for almost 30 years. Any suggestions as to what new cards I should consider taking up. My wife usually has a supplementary card to mine and we primarily like using points and getting lounge access both here and overseas. We primarily use...

Just an update, I did ring Amex to cancel, was offered 50k worth of points not to but I stuck to my original decision to cancel.

Folks, I have been an Amex customer since 1995. I rang up today to enquire about using the annual travel credit one gets if you are an Amex Platinum Debit card holder. This card costs approx $1450 p/a - which is another story. The annual travel credit is worth $450 p/a. I rang to make a...

I have long pondered this - you used to get an orange (?) coloured tag etc attached to your luggage indicating 'priority' when checking in. I used on occasions, having finished interstate meetings earlier than planned, make my way to the airport and try to get some work done in the Qantas...

Thanks, appreciated.

Austman, thankyou for your feedback, appreciated. What did you mean by this?? ''Also, currently, you still need COVID insurance proof. That might of course change soon.'' regards Rono

Don't laugh but I'm looking at flights from Brisbane to either Los Angeles or to San Fran return with Fiji airlines. My questions are as follows; Anyone tried this route with Fiji Airways? Your experience good/bad or otherwise? The flights stop at Fiji en route of course - is it possible to...

Kookaburra, have you any more information or links you could share re your train suggestion. We have done Amtrak down the west coast but only for short trips say from LAX to San Diego but it was easier on me after a long flight in transit than driving on the freeway. Cheers Rono

drron, thanks for your suggestions and the connections you've mentioned have given us some extra options as we have long standing friends in Vancouver BC whom we normally catch up with on these US trips - towards the end of January they're usually looking to meet us somewhere warm and sunny...

Townsend, thanks for your reply and suggestion. My wife and I drew up our bucket travel list just this weekend. The road trip idea sounds interesting, we did a road trip out of Vegas to the Grand Canyon just before COVID-19 shut things down, in fact we flew back to Oz mid Feb 2020. We're looking...