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We overnighted at the Hilton Garden Inn FRA on Tuesday night for a 10:35am FRA MCT from terminal 2 which we nearly missed. Yes I was a bit lackadaisical but FRA has gone from a great airport to a terrible one. Oman Air checkin backs onto the street unlike pretty much every check in in the world...

What really kills the redemption lottery as a good idea is the massive asymmetry between a one way and return j class revenue ticket. If Qantas stays with its current pricing regime it will receive no revenue on either the outbound or return leg if one is able to fluke a redemption ticket. I am...

121k per person. Booked within a day or so of release.

I managed two J SYD IST with Etihad via velocity for April 24, but it was a slog….

My guess is you would also be less likely to be bumped from an overbooked flight too…

Sorry if this has already been answered but does anyone know what this is? On the landing page they claim it was originally 450 per bottle. Australia's Fine Wine Specialist | Buy Wine Online | Vintage Cellars

On other matters, 2021 Yarra Yering number 1 got a 100 from Tyson Selzer and are now $150 cellar door. I am pretty sure that last time I bought they were 120. Got some back vintages last year from Costco for 99, they are all gone now. Costco has some surprising stuff, they are well stocked on...

Had a great meal at the Savoy looking out over the Espa. One night in Helsinki is probably adequate…although padded with a short ferry ride over to Tallinn for another night or two and you have three excellent days.

I am using Oman Air J coming back from the Rugby World Cup after getting there on SQ points. FRA SYD with a 3 day stopover in Muscat was a smidgin over 3k.

Well it is arriving at 5 pm, and the flight to the next location is at 7:30am so it is effectively a stopover - the luggage being collected for a night in a hotel should not be controversial?

At the moment PAL are offering a range of Asian destinations in J cheaper than MNL all via MNL. Anyone have experience no-showing a 7:30am MNL to Asia flight having arrived at 17:00 the day before?

I would be interested in any updates on T3 transit. My wife arrives on QF19 redemption in J at18:50 connecting to TK85 at 21:25 on 1 Sep. does anyone think she will be cutting it too fine?

One of the loveliest things about someone else paying for my ticket (thank you ex employer) is that not only did I make platinum for several years, I also made LG. In the early days of the SYD First lounge it was a super special treat. Alan who ran the restaurant was a great guy as well as chef...

No I have not got mine yet either

I used the online form on Dec 23, followed up online Jan 17, contacted SIA Twitter Jan 24, all the while being advised “things are taking time we will get to you”. Called on 9 Feb, only waited 5 minutes or so and points back by the next day. SIA process is broken, the only way of getting a...