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Totally agree. QF + OW lounge access, better seating make it worthwhile for mine given the cost is almost totally recouped in this instance.

Correct me if I'm wrong but Cathay Pacific fly direct HKG>CDG, and should be able to use QF points for classic award on that leg via QF call centre (CX availability not shown online)?

Hi all, I'm starting to think about a trip to the UK in 2012 and trying to figure out the best approach. At the moment I'm tossing up between a) Just buying 2x PE returns - it seems like JL and BA both have $3200 fares which is good. b) Using some points to redeem 1x QF PE fare (I will have...

Thanks, my dummy bookings clearly just weren't on the right days :-) I assume they post as businesss SC (ie 40 per leg) same as international StarClass? But FF points would be less due to no 1000 minimum guarantee on JQ? I learn something new here everyday!

Pardon my ignorance - how does one book into StarClass for domestic legs? Whenever I do a dummy booking on the Jetstar website it shows the international flights (ie leaving from the international terminal with correct flight numbers) but the highest fare class available is still JetFlex (no...

Is this the first publicly available (ie not private deal) QF direct earn card without no annual fee? I reckon I'll be cancelling my Amex Ultimate when the annual fee is due also for this card (alongside the Citibusiness Visa - AX acceptance is still too low). This will cover the QF purchases...

So am I right in assuming that the "Commercial Rate" is for business cards (eg Citibusiness)? Is it then likely that eventually there will be a surcharge for different types of Visa cards (maybe Plat and business cards), or just a higher flat fee for all credit cards? That would be very messy...

+1, well said.

Yes I had one until they changed the points earn rate. The card was fine though and ANZ service was good on the few occasions I used them. I got rid of this one to get an Amex with that bonus offer earlier in the year but for a low fee basic QF earn card this ANZ one worked for me (on a spend...

Having been an FF junkie for a number of years now I can't believe I'm even considering this, but I'm struggling to justify keeping any of the frequent flyer credit cards (currently have the QF Amex Ultimate, came with 50k bonus QFF points and ANZ base FF Amex/Visa that I've had for about five...

There’s been a few reviews of the Jetstar international StarClass on this site but not heaps so I thought I’d add another. I flew Jetstar StarClass to Japan a couple of weeks ago. My previous experience with Jetstar was extremely limited (a couple of domestic flights years ago), and given a...

I'm going with the second option. I would hate to think how many points are missed on hotels. I always scan my QFF card at check in and check out and points still rarely credit. Last year I made an effort to try and claim all mine by emailing the hotels directly after each stay for a couple of...

Well of course it's the ability to be sure of being able to change. On an inflexible fare I'd never "expect" to be able to move but would ask as sometimes it's in the airline's best interest to move me earlier for their load management. Obviously I always ask politely and phrase it so it's...

Didn't think of the JV factor internationally, that makes sense, the data protection issue is far more important than any savings. Thanks for the link to the other thread. There was a question about PE seating (and why it was unavailable). I would imagine because they were on manual...

The answer is very likely "cost" but why wouldn't Jetstar have used the same system as QF? Seems crazy, even when just considering the data they could mine on people who use both airlines, save time manually matching QFF claims. There must have been a massive cost difference.

I'm QF SG and generally travel domestic economy between Aussie capital cities for work pretty regularly plus maybe one/two leisure international trips per year (usually try to use QF/CX for status and lounge access etc). Anyway, this year I couldn't pass up the JQ StarClass sale to Japan so...

Mon 7am and Fri 6pm on any Cityflyer flight can have half the plane as QP/SG/WP just by virtue of regular business flyers travelling. Outside those times though I've never really had a problem getting a seat. If it's full I usually just get a beer then go to the gate for the last 20 minutes...

On the long weekend I noticed that the Virgin Blue site wasn't processing check in etc. Arriving at the airport they were on manual mode. The check in assistant told me that they had just done a large system wide upgrade to their check-in back end (seemed like a totally new system rather than an...

I hope the new scanners completely replace the ancient pieces of cr*p that Qantas use at most domestic gates. It's amazing how long it takes the barcode scanner sometimes for the quickcheck paper BPs. Must be frustrating for ground crew and probably slows down boarding by a fair bit. I vaguely...

Hi all Grabbed some travel insurance today via Flight Centre and noticed they have about 2% surcharge on Visa and MC, and more on Amex. No drama this time as the spend was only about $200 but if I was booking a DONE4 or something I'd want to minimise the surcharge but still put it on an Amex...