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I think it's been pretty much established that there's generally great availability on Qatar 360 days out. Except for the northern Summer!

There's always plenty of "off peak" availability for April but the issue is the (northern) Summer. For the past two years, Qatar has made (almost) no off peak awards available betweeen about June and September. Of course, that doesn't mean QR will do the same thing for 2026, and there's always...

Accor welcome drinks are really inconsistent. I've been offered spirits at an Ibis (while Silver), and only house wine, beer or soft drink at a Sofitel (while Gold). In terms of welcome drinks the most generous place I've been to recently is the Queenstown MGallery St Moritz, where they offered...

👍 for Suzie 🙁 for the plastic bottles

Can you claim a deduction for the amount you donate minus the credit? So if I donate $70 and receive a $20 credit, can I claim $50?

I've certainly used ChatGPT to help give me inspiration/ideas. I like the way that itineraries can be totally customised: you can put in where you're staying, how long you're there for, how you want to get around, what your personal interests are, how active (or not) you would like to be, and so...

What was the reason for the refusal? My entire family have supp cards and none of them have ever been refused.

It also depends on whether you'll be able to do online check-in and head straight through without having to stop at the check-in counters. If you have your boarding pass, then that will obviously save you 10 minutes or so. If I were flying in Economy getting sleep the night before would matter...

On one occasion it influenced my class of travel. My wife and I needed to get from Istanbul to Budapest -- it's less than a 2-hour flight and the vast majority of the time we'd have been more than happy in Economy. Also, using KrisFlyer points, the 33,500 point cost (each) for such a short...

From the "Revised Posting Guidelines" thread : "Political posts will no longer be permitted anywhere on AFF. These posts will simply be deleted without warning and the poster may be disciplined. I'd rather not get into a discussion on what constitutes a "political" post other than saying that...

Please let us know what you discover! It'll be an interesting data point.

So Immigration officers in Australia are not permitted to deny entry to people unless the Immigration officers have proof that while in Australia the visitors will be doing something illegal? In other words (and I'm genuinely asking) in Australia, the onus of proof is on Immigration to...

We're all old enough and experienced enough to know how this is going to play out. It's a pendulum. It always has been. More and more people will have the same attitude as @Forg and change their travel plans. The tourism, aviation and hospitality industries in the USA will be hit really hard...

They work almost all the time. It's good to be aware of their limitations -- they need to be in range of an internet-connected Apple device or (I think) a known network in order to update their location. The first time I used AirTags was on a Europe trip a few years ago which involved a short...

Indefensible. As were the even greater and much more frequent infidelities of one of Australia's greatest ever Prime Ministers. Or does the fact that we don't have recordings of Bob Hawke on YouTube make it more acceptable? Both sets of sexual infidelities are/were indefensible. But we live in...

I vividly remember standing here in January: Americans haven't forgotten that that crime against humanity was committed by foreign nationals who had been welcomed into the USA with open arms. Since then, I think the USA has struggled to get the balance right between caution and openness...

Hope you have a wonderful time! I'm sure we'll all be interested to know of your experience with CBP when you arrive.

Having said that, I've met many, many people with a deep, deep hatred of the USA and everything it stands for. I don't think I've met anyone with a deep, deep hatred of Hong Kong and everything it stands for. So in one sense one can understand the twitchiness...

It's hard to tell for sure whether they'll both stack, until you actualy make a purchase. My guess, though, is that they will stack. A couple of years ago there was an The Australian Wine offer -- spend $150, get $50 back. At the same time there was a Lathwaites Wine offer: spend $150, get $50...

The USA is, and always has been, a country of contradictions. I stood at the Jefferson Memorial in January reading Jefferson's impassioned appeal against slavery -- written while he was a slaveowner. The more things change, the more things stay the same. If you think what is happening now is...