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Brave. I guess you're hoping the EVA strike ends or doesn't happen to hit your flights!

You can use this to your advantage. In places like that, I leave my real wallet in the safe and only carry an old wallet with just a bit more money than I'll need. Sometimes the easiest response to a pushy seller or scammer is to pull out my wallet and open it up. Yes, I really am only carrying...

With Ansett out of the way, Qantas totally hiked their points at that time, because they had no competition in the full-service market in Australia at all. Another way to put it is that, with no competition, Qantas inflated their award costs to be the worst value in the world and did it so...

The link to the chart is at the bottom of each partner's page, like this: "Find out how many LifeMiles you need for a ticket on Asiana Airlines. Review here"

You can pay in COP or USD. If the COP is dropping in value, you can shave a little more off the cost by paying in COP, depending on what you credit card issuer decides to do. The rate may end up being worse by the time the transaction is processed too.

Don't care. Great bed, comfortable cabin, oh, and Maggie Beer ice cream. Still, PVG can be horrible to transit, so I'll try PEK this year instead.

17, at quick count, plus a few more in F. Apart from being one of the best flat beds, CA also keeps the cabin temperature decent. Sometimes some of those "top tier" Asian carriers keep their cabins just short of volcanic ash temperature. Way more important to be comfortable than have premium...

I only just noticed the news and agree with all the above. CA is one of the most underrated J experiences. I can't think of another airline on which I can fully stretch out and have neither my head nor toes touching either end, unless I fly in F instead. The wide cushion for feet is great. I...

June HKT-BKK-ICN-KHH (TG/TG/BR) in J. Available on the web site search, but blew up at the passenger entry stage, so had to phone it in. 36k + USD57 (not the best value ever, but the alternative paid tickets are either expensive or have horrible routes and/or timings)

I used to fly them a lot and it could go either way. Some were jaded and bored, while others still enjoyed providing service, which mean that some were like unhappy robots, while a few were like your nicest grandma. I can certainly see the comparison with QF. Best international crews in recent...

Quite agree that the fees are ridiculous, but it's simple enough to use QF points to fly on other carriers that charge little/no fees (AA, AS, EI, etc) and use those carriers' schemes to fly on QF. Now that QF is greatly limiting awards to partners, that's harder, but it mostly means I fly QF...

Trick question. Short answer is no, but eventually yes, if you are very patient. (I had MH-printed boarding passes for both flights.) Long answer: First lounge agent says no. I pull up OW lounge entry rules on OW web site on my laptop. He reads them. Discusses with another agent. Defers to...

Here's another: If you are flying KUL-SIN in J (MH) connecting to SIN-MEL in F (QF), will you be allowed into the MH F lounge?

There is a difference between legislation that prevents unfair, nefarious behaviour by one party and legislation which prevents one party from even offering the other party a reasonable alternative that may be acceptable to both of them.

I do. With the low humidity, it feels cooler than it is. Talk here of 21 being a good temperature is amusing. It almost never happens. The temp has dipped below 21 on 4 of my last 100 flights. (Three times to 20.9 and once to 20.5. AA, BR, FJ and VA, if anyone cares.) Average temp for most...

I'm surprised it lasted this long. It was originally $295/year and earns 1pt/$ (4pts/$ at Hilton). For comparison, the equivalent card in the USA (HH Amex Ascend) is USD95/year and earns 3pts/USD (12pts/USD at Hilton). "Australia tax" at its extreme. The free annual fee promo was probably a last...

I expect we would. We will no doubt discuss the amount awarded here and if it's according to points transferred rather than number of transfers, I'm sure some of us would report this to the relevant authorities. ("Authorised under permit numbers: NSW Permit No. LTPS/18/30620. ACT Permit No...

However, this is definitely not what they say. Their advertising blurb says "The more times you transfer, the bigger your share", not "the more points you transfer ..." and this is backed up by the T&C: Under Entry: "Each separate transfer from the member’s flybuys account to the member’s...

Interesting that they are doing the bonus ("minor prize") on number of transfers, not quantity of points. I wonder how many people will transfer more than 2k points at a time and do themselves out of bonus points?

It definitely pays to ignore their promos at times. I received one of those 3-week/6k bonus ones, but it required too much spending. (Especially as a lot of food won't keep well in this heat.) Having ignored that entirely, I received a 2400 points for $60 offer only valid for the past 3 days...