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  1. CaptJCool

    Superannuation Discussion + market volatility

    Here’s a parliamentary document canvassing all sides of this debate https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Economics/TLABBetterSuper2024/Report/Chapter_2_-_Views_on_the_bill
  2. CaptJCool

    New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

    Yes she is And interviewed here https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-advice/airports/south-australias-iconic-aesthetics-inform-new-qantas-business-class-lounge-at-adelaide-airport/news-story/0401e3d44e08ac13ea7b35f9923097b3
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    New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

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    New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

    https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/major-milestone-for-south-australia-as-qantas-launches-new-international-route-and-business-lounge-for-customers/ And Photos...
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    Cathay serve wine to 3yr old.

    Persecution v prosecution A conservative view would say punish by terminating employment A progressive view would say punish by a harsh telling off and and a very clear “don’t do it again” There’s actually no minimum drinking age in China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age
  6. CaptJCool

    Cathay serve wine to 3yr old.

    It’s hardly a hanging offence But we will “Hang them out to dry”
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    Cathay serve wine to 3yr old.

    So I should go sue the Hungarian restaurant that served me up plonk instead of coke when I was 5 years old ? Great, now where do I find the phone number
  8. CaptJCool

    Superannuation Discussion + market volatility

    Yeah It’s to push $$ and assets out of super into ordinary income elsewhere. In any event if you got more than $6 million tied up in the low tax vehicle. You can afford to pay more taxes
  9. CaptJCool

    Superannuation Discussion + market volatility

    Yeah apparently 0.5% of superannuats and notwithstanding the unrealised gain has no obvious “cashflow” you are expected to pay it On the flip side, if it’s a capital loss, you are expected to “pay for it” as you can ONLY claim it against future gains - no ability to offset it against the same...
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    Significant NAB changes coming; no travel insurances on most cards from mid-2026

    Yeah the letter from Citi arrived this week saying “we are capping limits now” and getting rid of complimentary travel insurance from 16 May 2026
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    The view or two from my "office"

    Adelaide 3 Day Equestrian
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    Life Time Gold - The [Realistic] Holy Grail

    Throw in several DSCs and you might arrive well before I did After Ansett collapsed I joined Qantas in February 2002 I reached LTG in September 2024 This with a fair serving of Govt funded work trips and family trips in 2002 and 2008 and nothing much else until I joined AFF FROM THERE...
  13. CaptJCool

    Article: Checked Bag Fees Cost US Airlines Millions

    False economy without thinking about what PAX actually need to bring if they’re flying. Take No Luggage ? That’s the idiocy of thinking about leisure travellers So if you do surcharge like those pesky CC surcharges, it reminds rational people how poorly you are treating them.
  14. CaptJCool

    Qantas Travel Money changing to Qantas Pay - May 2024

    Seems like changes have happened Got this email this morning Are the earn rates for spending in Qantas the same as before ?
  15. CaptJCool

    Superannuation Discussion + market volatility

    A few days and we will know the result - I’m expecting it will end up law (hopefully without the unrealised tax grab) but time soon tells
  16. CaptJCool

    New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

    In chains tonight
  17. CaptJCool

    The view or two from my "office"

    I’m guessing 100 stands for the number of cars permitted in each lane D stands for day mode N stands for Night mode R for Race mode Damn that car won’t move at night when it’s in N LMAO
  18. CaptJCool

    United to Fly to Adelaide

    I wonder if this is too Announced today Adelaide to debut Emirates’ first A350
  19. CaptJCool

    Velocity Family Transfers Online Suspended

    I heard my velocity points got taken for “lack of activity”…. What with fraud and the airline pocketing inactive accounts makes me wonder how these will survive
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