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    Bankwest Qantas Transaction account [being withdrawn in 2025]

    This is my go-to card for foreign purchases because my understanding is that MasterCard has better FX rates than Visa.
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    awards seats to dubai in april and may 2026

    Probably too early.
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    How does Accor treat you as an Elite guest?

    It's affected pricing at Ibis budget Melbourne Airport though. Cannibalisation in action.
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    1K Unrequited KrisFlyer Miles

    Is it just me or does Pelago now require spend over $10 before it will accept Krisflyer points as payment?
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    Velocity 15% transfer bonus May 2025

    No bonus here either
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    Article: Public Servants Spent $1 Million More on Flights During Double Qantas Status Credits

    But they are not spending my money.
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    Article: Public Servants Spent $1 Million More on Flights During Double Qantas Status Credits

    To be fair I can't imagine it's easy coming up with brand new topics week after week after week for the newsletter.
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    Osaka to Melbourne flights March 2026.

    I know it's not for everyone but I quite liked my KIX-CNS-MEL Jetstar flight that I picked up on sale. Being able to split the flight time to shorter legs of 7 + 3 hours was quite nice.
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    Coles gift card offers

    I have seen some people value their FF points at 2 or 3 or 4c each.
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    Award seat change rules

    If I understand correctly, you are changing your city of origin. This cannot be done online. The date of issue on the ticket cannot be changed. The only way is to cancel it. During covid they allowed date changes beyond 12 months. This required cancelling the original ticket and issuing a new...
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    Award seat change rules

    KrisFlyer Terms and Conditions
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    Who else still holds the Citibank Free For Life Premier Card?

    I got this email today too. I was also worried that they might close my FFFL card so I called them. Phone agent agreed that my 5 transactions for the month (all low value) were not business related and they would email the relevant department and pass on the message.
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    Best Accor property in Melbourne

    ibis - rooms are small but the room I was given only had a stool, not a chair, so can't really work in there. Room is compact, tall building so you may have good views, buffet breakfast is good, location is central albeit up a small hill Pullman - I was given a room without a desk but the...
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    Emirates restricts first class awards to elite members only

    I didn't think EK F was that popular because of the high taxes. Is the sudden interest only because of the scarcity factor or has there been a large but quiet group of QFFers booking EK F all this time?
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    Is this Australian memberships only or Asia too? A lot of us here have Asian memberships since it's cheaper.
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    24th,25th April 2026 domestic seats not released

    Strange. No cash fares for sale either.
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    24th,25th April 2026 domestic seats not released

    Looks like it only applies to W.A. Lucky Western Australians!
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    Air BnB Discussion

    There seems to be Airbnb people and hotel people. Hard to convince fans of one to switch to the other. Airbnb marketing does seem to revolve more around feelings, living like a local, and all that. They seem to not want to be directly comparable to hotels. The feelings message doesn't work on...
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    30% bonus when converting selected hotel points to Velocity until 6/6/25

    Here is the calculation for Accor. 2,000 ALL points (worth $70.48 at a hotel) converts to 2,600 Velocity points.
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    Qantas Hotels Triple Points Offers

    I have been getting the cash back. I don't see anywhere in the terms that prohibits it.
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