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JQ473 (VH-VQG) on 15th December was diverted to CBR. Anyone know why?

Flights ex-CBR will depart late evening and arrive just before 6am into Singapore.

I use TripIt, Tripcase and Worldmate. They all seem to have different strengths. Tripit works best on imported itineraries. But Tripcase can use a Sabre PNR, so will automatically update/alert if your reservation changes (on VA) without needing to resend the itinerary. Both Tripcase and Tripit...

"$650 [to Singapore] would only get you to Sydney on the Kangaroo. $450 [to WLG] would only get you just past Goulburn". Comment from Canberra Airport Director Terry Snow during the Q&A (to rather anxious laughter, I must say!)

Well, it's just been officially announced by the CEO, Singapore Airlines. I'm sure I just heard him add that services would commence 20 September using 777 aircraft. It was difficult to hear, so will try to confirm. Also present, John Borghetti, AirNZ CEO Christopher Luxon, Deputy PM Warren...

Getting ready for the announcement at 11am. They were setting this up when I came in on VA1226 last night.

F Suites are my best use of VA points, followed closely by 4 x J seats for the family MEL-LHR return next year, also on SQ. But if I include QFF, then it has to be JFK-LHR return on the Concorde back in 2003 :D

I use AwardWallet to track my FF accounts including Velocity. They have a nice iPhone app also.

I wonder if the Guaranteed Reward Seats for the once a year trip applies to J seats? The wording seems to indicate this - "Redeem your Points for the seat you want when you want", but I'm struggling to believe it, coming from the QF world where finding 4 x J seats for the family to the US...

Qantas run a lunch every year in Canberra - I have been going for the past 4-5 years. Lots of suppliers exhibit to try and capture some of the government travel dollar. Usually some good prizes too. Unfortunately I can't make it this year. -Rune.

Just stumbled across the following page, which looks fairly new: http://www.mastercardplatinumcollection.com So now we can do a direct comparison between the two programs. For me, the jury is still out... Jamie.

Even though this question relates to credit cards, I think it still belongs in this forum (it's a question, after all!). Like others on this forum, I currently have a Citibank Visa Platinum card. However, the recent 2004 benefits update seems to have gone backward in my opinion. For example...

With the Citibank Gold card, I think you're out of luck. I don't have a copy of the insurance terms and conditions on me, but I recall Platinum card holders are covered provided they recently transfered points (from their card) across to QF. Obviously the flights would need to be redeemed...

Check out the Visa Platinum Website - lots of good info on the benefits of the Citibank Platinum card. I find the Hyatt and Hilton benefits very good - book an internet-only rate for a studio room at the Melbourne Hyatt (around $200) and you'll almost always get a club room. Similarly for...

Have a look at http://members.shaw.ca/fewmiles/AA/recht/fares.html . It's a bit terse, but generally AA fare codes can be correlated into QF codes, although some of them are rare. I believe T on QF is preferred (plat/CL) award seating. I mostly fly K class, which is discount economy but...