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How does it work with Virtual cards when a CVV is needed on a payment portal?

Yes, exactly. I was (fortunate) to be north of both Larry and Yasi, and the winds were actually blowing from the south, and then from the west for most of the time once they got close to the coast and crossed the coast. Without the eye over water, it should dissipate fairly quickly, however...

Perhaps not entirely true. (Let me explain my reasoning.) Sure, while the most intense winds are at the eye (but not in the eye.. it's calm in the eye...), the red line shows the "Destructive Winds" area, and it easily reaches well into the suburbs before the eye arrives. So depending how slow...

I can feel another court case coming on... 🤣

The joke going around town (Cairns) is that Brisbane will get the cyclone but we’ll still cop the Insurance price hike to compensate. I’m already paying $5.5k p.a. for home & contents, so I’m hoping the thought only remains a joke.

I’ve been saying to my family in BNE that power outage for a couple days is probably the most likely outcome. BNE cops plenty of severe thunderstorms that are probably worse than this cyclone will be, but they pass through very quickly. If it remains a higher Category 2 when it nears the...

You can view historical Cyclone tracks at BOM here: http://www.bom.gov.au/cyclone/tropical-cyclone-knowledge-centre/history/tracks/ Brisbane is not immune to cyclones... just not as common an occurrence as locations further north.

Here's a link to the Cairns Airport Cyclone Management plan. Cyclone Plan » Cairns Airport I would assume Gold Coast and Brisbane airports would have similar. It will give you an idea of when things start shutting down and when they allow the airlines to fly back in. In Cairns, they start...

The US Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Centre, I find, has better long terms forecasts for Cyclones... they are currently showing it dropping down to 45 knots Wednesday and 35 knots before it crosses the coast, so I think that is barely a Category 1. It will still mean some disruption to airport...

You may find the airport may even close for a time. Once a Warning (after the “Watch” period) kicks in, the airports will enact their management plans and start preparations to shutdown. Watch is issued 48 hours before. Warning is 24 hours before. Won’t re-open until the cyclone has passed...

Will the staff know their age unless you tell them…? “I’m guesting my partner and two children…”. Sure, wouldn’t suggest you lie if they ask for their ages.

Thanks. Very useful info there and good suggestions.

This is why some call it “security theatre”… just for show and all the drama.

Always worth doing the research for transit and duty free rules for whichever airport one is flying through. Every airport and country have their own nuances. I thought the Singapore rules about the difficulty of getting duty free bags through the at-gate security check was well known...

Have you considered other car rental options/companies or tried to start a new one way rental booking to see if the same one-way fee applies? Do you need a car in Noosa or could you consider transfers and uber for trips getting around? (Would that work out cheaper than $350..?)

The most I could put was 8 guests (I put 6 adults and 2 children).

This. Just select one room in the search criteria with children in the quantity. Then it will offer the Family rate with two rooms being offered.

CNS has been trying to get one of the ME3 for decades. When the government rejected QR’s increase in flights in the last couple years, I thought it might finally get them one via a tag flight (that is, QR could increase flights to SYD, for example, if they tagged CNS on like they do the MEL/ADL...

Airports don’t choose to have curfews… they are forced upon them by external forces. No airport would ever choose a curfew. The logic commented here means that if the government or protest groups force the curfew on the airport, then those parties should provide the facilities.

It's like a cliff-hanger suspense TV show, waiting for the next episode: "Were his directions right? Did he make it to the ryokan? Or did he fall foul of the weather and become lost in the never-ending piles of snow... tune in for the next episdoe to find out all these answers and more!"