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When you can get them. The only classic awards I could find booking 11 months in advance (With Gold Status) were through Tokyo taking 30 Hours. Everything else was well over 1,000,000 points.

I've been a member for 25 years and though it is easier to collect points, through partners, its certainly harder to redeem them and the value has gone massively. Back in 1998 my wife and I did take advantage of 2 tickets Melbourne-Alice Springs-Perth-Melbourne on the proceeds of one business...

Generally only travel with easy to wash clothes (never things like denim jeans). I take 3 plastic clothes hangers to dry shirts and a multi size rubber plug. My wife takes detergent sheets, whereas I usually use the room shampoo as a detergent. Western Countries I usually find a laundrette...

Just seen in the Melbourne Q domestic lounge. . . A lady stocking up with a handfull of those little jars of jam, into the handbag.:oops: Why bother . . . there must be the equivalent of about $0.20 of jam per jar

Although I have been a Qantas member for 25 years (currently Gold) I always look at the entire package. For example the last time I bought a business RTW it was with Lufthansa. When doing my assessment of the package in the past I tended to value each Q point at 2-3 cents. Since COVID, and much...

I haven’t got any status and normally book through Zoom Zoom or similar looking at a small car and nearly always get an upgrade usually a Camry Hybrid. On one occasion a few years ago we booked a Hyundai Getz and finished up with a Comodore SS! Probably 20 years ago I had a Hertz Gold card...

Didn't ask. . . . but about 10 years ago travelling economy on Cathay Pacific as a Qantas Gold member . . . the Flight Attendant asked me for my meal choice and delivered it to me when the trolley had just started at the other end of the cabin. Everyone else in my row looked envious!

The scam I got today was on the paypal account I use for my side hustle. The scammer had sent a request to paypal for a US$500 payment. Very quickly got rejected! :mad:

Click on you name in the menu bar. A pull down menu appears and one of the items is 'Your Content'

I recently checked through my Everyday Awards account and found the best result was 5200% points. Spent $60.76 finished up with 3,168 points.

A few years back a woman in Qatar Business Class was convinced she was talking to the guy on the left. That's Philip Seymour Hoffman (He had recently been in 'The Hunger Games') Problem was he had died 6 months earlier!

I aim for an average of 10,000 over a month but my daily total can vary between 6,000 and 15,000.

Europe with Finnair in their new business class. . . not as plush as some but very happy as it was around $2,000 cheaper! While in Europe took first Ryanair flight, Prague to Edinburgh. . . I can see why they got their bad reputation. Philipines travelling for the charity I volunteer for. I...

I got in the PAGSS Lounge with my Gold membership back in August. It felt nicer than my memories of the Qantas lounge from my last trip through Manila in 2018.

Melbourne - Bangkok with Thai Airways Bangkok - Paro with Druk Air

At the moment the plans are Cruise, Santiago to Buenas Aires via Antartica in February. Perth and Back overnight for Ed Sheeran concert March. Bhutan in March, (Review of Aid provided through COVID on behalf of the charity I volunteer for) Long footy weekend on the Gold Coast in July to watch...

What cheeses me off - On a fully inclusive holiday those who think its a reason to get on the grog straight after breakfast. Especially when you are on the Indian Pacific train and harder to avoid!

If you can't book your luggage through you will need to meet the visa requirements to recheck (see General Information on the Entry of Foreigners - Embassy of the Philippines in Singapore) I was travelling through Manila in August and it took around an hour to get through security.

Back in 2017 did a RTW 8 Leg flight with Lufthansa for 13 weeks and added 4 separatly booked flights Melbourne -Hong Kong (Stopped at the Peninsula and got the Roller airport pickup- expensive but worth it for a once off occasion) Hong Kong - Zurich - Venice Florence-Frankfurt-Washington...

Here are some things that help me: Start thinking about the flight (and the destination) 24 hours in advance so that I try to be really tired when I want to sleep. For instance when flying west to Dubai in the late evening I want to sleep late in the flight........ so I go to bed late the...