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  1. albatross710

    Miles credit from Lufthansa

    Did you get the points? For a retro claim, you will need to use the flight number as it appeared on our Boarding pass.
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    Best card with no forex fees

    You can have up to 3 digital cards at a time. When ravelling I use the digital cards for online purchases of local tickets, entries, and other other reservations. When I have finished the trip I delete that digital card and get a new set of numbers. On an ongoing basis I use one of the digital...
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    Best card with no forex fees

    I used the physical the AppleWallet cars while travelling. Worked well for me. The $350 limit only applies to ATM cash withdrawals. After the $350 limit it's the same as other cards for cash.
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    Will I be doomed?

    I like the idea of a day at Dulles to visit National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
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    Dealing with lost baggage

    It's actually quite a pain. Our experience was late Saturday night arrival so we had stores opening late on Sunday morning and just trying to buy what we needed for one day, then next day we were more organised which is when I started using the museum gift shops and fitting the purchases into...
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    Price Gouging Brisbane International fares.

    I don't search SYD-PER because if I'm going PERTH I'm going direct. What I have setup is my favourite destinations with searches 14, 21, 55, 90 days ahead on a rolling daily basis. The idea being that if I see Manchester fares go on sale 90 days in advance I have enough time to talk to Mrs A...
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    Price Gouging Brisbane International fares.

    These are the fares I'm receiving back from Amedeus today. Again reinforces the OP.
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    Price Gouging Brisbane International fares.

    Every few hours I have a program that looks at the best fares on selected routes and saves the fares. Manila is the only city I have that has both BNE & SYD origin searches. This first table shows the lowest fare available to MNL each quarter. For most quarters this confirms Denmc's...
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    Dealing with lost baggage

    Know you rights before you travel, know your travel insurance. Expect little support from the airline. The airport staff will get you to complete a form "Baggage Irregularity Report" either in person or online. Probably they already knew your bag was left behind but have already left you at the...
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    Buying Velocity points

    Is it a regular offer that VA discounts points purchasing?
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    Dealing with lost baggage

    In these claims above the emphasis has been on the airline re-imbursing. Travel insurance has coverage for lost bags which increases by each day. I had a claim recently, spent what we needed to do to get on with our holiday within the travel insurance coverage, in the end the airline reimbursed...
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    Baggage dilemma - fix or retire

    I always remove my barcodes after each flight. I'm wonder if all those little scanners have to do extra processing until they find a valid barcode and then they know how to process your bag. If the scanner can only find one barcode, it knows on the first pass. But that being said, the scanners...
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    Qantas Domestic Lounges from 15/06/23 Guests Must be Travelling on Qantas/Partner Airline

    seems the bosses have spoken and this policy change is going to stick. seems no one at head office will even see this feedback or the sad state of the communications that "Rick" is sending out. All resistance is futile. He is on his way to being Team Leader. Perhaps the problem is we are...
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    Qantas Domestic Lounges from 15/06/23 Guests Must be Travelling on Qantas/Partner Airline

    terrible reply. Looks similar to replies I've seen from Lufthansa call centre. Regarding the Guest Access we most recently used it in April when a family member dropped us to the airport at 5am and we invited them for breakfast for their troubles. I'm disappointed to see it go. It's a benefit...
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    Time for UA flights to post to Velocity Account?

    My 500SC have also just posted in the past 24 hours. As a datapoint, Mrs Albatross' miles and SC also posted although we had not made a Missing Points Claim. So maybe the flow has been restored.
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    Round the world ticket - to use Airfare Geeks or a travel agent?

    @JS08 I've just returned from an RTW trip on the Lufthansa fare and arranged it with a real agent ie Roundabout Travel. Even as an experienced forum member and years of direct bookings I know that an RTW ticket is just more complex. We had a choice of dates and some flexibility and choose a...
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    PR & Mabuhay Miles, what have they done?

    I have all but given up on MM as I used up my "Mabuhay Miles never expire" miles before they expired. Anyway, last week I saw a MM email "Unlock Exclusive Perks and Benefits When You Verify and Update Your Mabuhay Miles Account" Well warning flags, KYC and inviting their entire customer base...
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    Emirates and Philippine Airlines announces interline.

    Can you just imagine the negative vibes that would come from the posts about interacting with MM & PR?
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    Recent UK then EU Roaming experience with GiffGaff.

    Seems they are clarifying it is mainly UK with some EU as a perk. I received this email just this week.
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