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Pretty much depends on your status, I think (although no one at UA would ever admit that). All you can do is try it and see. Oh, and as an afterthought, don't whatever you do send it to Manila, as they will knock it back straight away. Send it to Rapid City.

Looks just like the "Budget" (ie TR) terminal at SIN. Interesting to note that the other LCC's at SIN have opted not to use the "Budget" terminal. Very wise, in my view.

As it seems that the OP may well be proposing to fly G class on NZ, a sensible option would be to join Airpoints and have the 16,000 odd miles credited there (assuming it can be done). Maybe it would be better to pay a higher fare on NZ (but still less than QF) and book into a fare class...

I certainly agree with you TG. DJ don't seem to have shown any interest, and they are also now closely aligned with "independent" carriers (eg VS, MH), which also show no interest in global alliances. Thus, with the present DJ managent, I don't see it ever happening. We can only hope that DJ...

Well, you may be right, but from what I've seen, there appear to be fewer exclusions in this policy than most. It seems to be quite good value to me and for a relatively small outlay, anything that gives a better chance of covering any losses must be a good thing. And chances are there will...

Why no recompense? You have missed (prepaid) Booked-flight-2 due to a cancellation by a (solvent) carrier, so I would read this as being covered by the Zuji policy. You should get reimbursed all your prepaid costs from Booked-flight-1 and all subsequent contingent arrangements which cannot be...

Thanks for that, aspro2. I've done some further research and spoken to Zuji about their overseas travel insurance policy ("Plan A"). They have indicated to me that the policy should cover the missed connection situation, with few exceptions (it also appears that insurance people are loath to...

Just avoid the UK. You've been there recently, haven't you. I have.

I must be missing something. I always though DJ and its offshoots were cough. Or could I express that more genteelly?

Well actually you don't. Another option is to fly to LAX on EI, DL, et al, then on to Australia via QF, UA or NZ (and whoever else may be flying at the time). I would just check with the usual suspects, such as: Travel: Airfares, hotels, vacations, cruises, car rentals and more at...

Hi Petch, I've been doing a bit more research and it looks like the Zuji "Plan A" policy might cover it. It's a little bit vague, but provides : Cover for additional travel expenses following transport delays to reach events such as: Wedding Funeral Conference Sporting Event Pre-paid...

Well trooper, That's all fine and good, but there are some situations where you cannot get all of your travel requirements on one ticket or one/related carriers. So what's the answer? Self-insure I guess (I have actually bought non-refundable tickets on different airlines on the odd...

I would have thought that one of the issues here was to cover additional costs such as new flight tickets, etc, if you are connecting to a different (eg LCC) carrier on a different ticket. Think Jetstar to Tiger to Air Asia, etc. This policy would clearly not cover such costs, so you would...

Yes, I agree. My wife and I are cancelling our Altitude and Earth cards. Why do the call it "Worstpac", I wonder.

Thanks for the extra info. You might as well join UA Mileage Plus (it's free) and credit your *A miles there. Once you're in Canada there will be many more opportunities to fly *A cheaply and you'll already be more than half way to Silver from your little MR. Don't forget the tango in BA...

Thanks for the heads up on this fare, trooper. It might be worth considering even in its cut-down form. But there again, my MR's are really pretty straightforward and tame (although I once did CMB-MLE-DXB-BKK-LAX-JFK-BKK-CMB in C class).

Hi littl_flier, How do you get a CHI-YVR-YYZ-SCL-EZE-MEX ticket in F/C for USD490? I'd gladly pay 3 times that and think I was getting a bargain.

All of my travel is self funded, as I do not have an employer. My Finance Controller is happy for me to do this, as it is considered to be quite therapeutic and keeps me in a good humour. I travel well over 100,000 miles every year (have done for the last 15 years or so), mainly...

Great news! My new cards arrived today and I'm looking forward to the 15,000 points arriving in my Velocity account by April.

Yes, that's what I was talking about in my previous post. That's why I don't fly anything other than Jets when I fly Qantas.