April 1st - 500 SC added (QF April Fools Joke)
April 6th - 500 SC removed
April 7th - 22 SC added
All a bit pointless really. I liked those 500 SC going in there. Put me tantalisingly close to LG.
My two travel credits ($450 and $400) were due to expire at the end of March. I didn't even think of calling AMEX to find out if they could be extended!
Used the $450 against a nice hotel in Margaret River for a weekend away with Mrs Tallfont at the beginning of March :) Lots of good food and...
Just on twenty years "on the road" here. Not working for the "big four" but multinational IT companies.
My travel has been between Perth and NZ and PNG in the main but also several long stints around Asia.
Most of the travel has also been with a "base" in the country I was working in such as...
I bought a new Mercedes-Benz in Perth in January. The dealer was quite happy to accept an initial deposit on AMEX of whatever I wanted with no surcharge. I placed $5000 on the AMEX and paid another $10,000 of my own when I picked the vehicle up. With the trade that brought the figure to finance...
I would pretty much be where I am now in Perth but getting ready to go to PNG on Sunday.
Also preparing and thinking about a lovely holiday in England and Scotland Mrs Tallfont and I were all booked for in July :(
I cancelled a July 2020 Classic Rewards booking PER-SIN-LHR-SIN-PER on Monday (13th) by phone.
Acceptable wait time, maybe 10 minutes. Customer service lady was very good. Straight up "we will refund the total cost and all points back" without me even asking.
Flights now show as cancelled...
Mrs Tallfont and I did the same flight last April. Whilst it is a late evening departure we were both determined not to miss out on dinner onboard!
We had very little in the QF lounge pre-flight, it's always been pretty average there.
Once departed and settled in we decided to go back to the...
I have never really had any problems booking reward seats. I hold QF Platinum status.
I managed to somehow grab PER-DOH on Qatar in F, DOH-BRU in J and LHR-HKG-PER on Cathay in PE last year. This was booking in February for flights in April. Honestly still not sure how I did that one!
I have...
OK, so here is my big mistake this week. Like a lot of us I book a lot of flights online and very rarely make any mistakes. This week was a bit different!
Went on the BA website to book an Edinburgh to London City flight for me and Mrs Tallfont in August this year. Went through all the options...
I would be interested as well! Mine opens up to the Platinum Reserve Credit Card that I never use. Then have to navigate to the Platinum Charge that probably gets overused!
Is that a fact. Inside information? Then they must have total rubbish laundry facilities.
I have had obviously stained and dirty ones on many flights including some that I would rather not think about what the substance might have been.