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    Card Promotions What is the best credit card for Krisflyer miles?

    The HSBC Star Alliance VISA card launched in December 2022 allows me to earn 1 mile per the first $3,000 spent monthly and then 0.5 miles for any dollars spent that month thereafter, with no limit/cap. At the time I was issued the card, the first year's card fee ($450) was waived. After spending...
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    Card Promotions What is the best credit card for Krisflyer miles?

    Outside of sign-up bonuses, in my opinion the best card for earning KF miles is the HSBC card. The redemption rate is $1 spent brings you 8/10ths of a mile for the first $3,000/month spent and then half a mile above $3,000. My old Westpac Altitude card just earns me a half mile per $1 spent...
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    Card Promotions What is the best credit card for Krisflyer miles?

    I have been a HSBC Star Alliance card holder since December 2023. I have been extremely pleased with it and the benefits. I have it linked ot my SQ KrisFlyer account. I achieved SQ Gold Status after spending the required AUD$3,000 within 90 days of card activation. A fantastic further benefit of...
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    Qantas wins Shonky Award ... again

    Yes, Australia should introduce EU-style compensation for late and cancelled flights -- many years ago. We have excellent calm weather in our major cities many more days a year than North America or Europe do. OK, we have a lot of rain at present but North America, for example, is bogged with...
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    Which fare types on Lufthansa and on Austrian Airlines can earn SQ Krisflyer miles, please.

    Can someone please remind me which type fare classes on Lufthansa and on Austrian Airlines qualify for earning SQ Krisflyer miles? I do not want to book a paid ticket on either if I cannot at least earn SQ miles, Many thanks. William
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    Article: Berlin Airport Now Offers Timed Security Line Reservations

    Since 2018 I have been using Munich Airport's ePassport line to exit Immigration and Passport Control to the gate. The lane is at the extreme end of the hallway you enter to go through through to the transit area. The particular gate is for ePassport holders only from the EU but also Oz, NZ...
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    Travel Insurance which covers COVID-19?

    I heard from my travel agent that a man who booked a business class vacation to the ski fields in Canada relied on his credit card travel insurance alone. He suffered an appendicitis attack on the slopes, was air evacuated to a hospital some distance away, his recovery in hospital was slow due...
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    Card Promotions Take your Aussie phone o/s if using this card

    Hi, that is great to know! Wish Westpac and NAB would follow suit. Imagine having a family trip o/s with only one or two credit cards and no Aussie phone...and not being able to buy anything expensive enough, or on-line, that triggers a second step verification SMS....
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    Card Promotions Take your Aussie phone o/s if using this card

    Hi, I understand. I have a phone that I use o/s exclusively with a 12 month renewable German mobile # but the SIM card size is different than the SIM I use in my Aussie phone. I could fiddle with the various SIM adaptors to get it to fit in the German phone as a 2nd SIM, which I will probably...
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    Card Promotions Take your Aussie phone o/s if using this card

    Hi, when using my Westpac Altitude Platinum Mastercard in Europe this year, I sometimes triggered the need for a SMS verification when shopping on-line. I did not have my Aussie mobile phone with me, so could not receive the needed code. Ditto using my Qantas Visa card. Both Visa and Mastercard...
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    Digital Passenger Declaration to Replace Incoming Passenger Card

    Tuesday 28th June 2022 Initially, I had trouble logging in to my DPD account…it kept rejecting my user name.I finally got that to work. Once inside,I was able to have my iPad scan my international vaccine certificate and I uploaded my passport, and added my two flights. I then submitted it...
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    Digital Passenger Declaration to Replace Incoming Passenger Card

    I will be trying the form on my iPad next Wednesday, and will post my success or failure thereafter. I have the app also on my Android phone. I am crossing fingers that the new app version I downloaded a few weeks ago has fixed some of the bugs that other AFF contributors have highlighted...
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    Digital Passenger Declaration to Replace Incoming Passenger Card

    Thank you so much! That makes complete sense to me and I appreciate your taking the time to explain it so clearly. Happy Travels! William
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