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Yes that's the reality. When I have time I'll lodge a complaint form and hope that the feedback gets to the right people.

A few months ago I picked up a good AA fare for what I was about to book as a BNE-LAX-LAS/LAS-LAX-BNE. It's a mix of QF & AA flights. So I have my Qantas metal flights as AA codeshare and have two booking numbers. After booking I went on QF using the QF booking code and did my QF seat...

What is the advantage of booking AC through VA? The past two years I've made multi-sector bookings with AC direct on the AC website and then just entered the VA number. It was always cheaper than VA efforts AND the booking was easily managed directly through the AC website. Lounge access was...

@Pushka speaking of Japan when purchasing Shinkansen tickets online the card needs to be a physical card because when you go to collect the ticket the machine wants a physical card to be inserted for linking to the booking. Most of the time we used the Shinkansen app and the tickets were linked...

In this promo was there a requirement to activate the offer? or will it just flow through for any bookings within the promotion period?

Clarification on the Jar. The WISE jars are a separate balance which can hold funds but those funds at that time are not available for purchases. For example AUD Balance $5 USD balance $5 JPY balance 10,000 JPY Jar balance 30,000 Any of the cards would work for purchases up to ~11,200 (with...

Since 2020, I've been using Wise for both business and personal purposes. I recently configured my personal Wise account for an upcoming trip to Japan and thought I'd share my strategy. 1. Setting Up JPY Currency and Jar: - I opened a new JPY currency account and created a JPY Jar. -...

This is the part that stood out to me. No actual explanation of why an international tech firm is overriding the ATO.

I was planning to book directly with the two airlines. but I've moved away from this connection based on the feedback.

please put a few Philippines trips on your agenda.

Getting deeper into Mrs Albatross's Annual policy which I need to buy in the next two week. I hit up ChatGPT 4o. My shortlist 'was' Covermore & SCTI. As I started exploring questions I had to add some more policies. TID, Allianz & even Qantas. Process: 1. Used tdimdad spreadsheet and...

560 short of Gold. I'm not expecting much. An extra 14 days would cover my next trip. (I've only been a member starting with Flight Deck in 198x, first going gold in 1992.)

It's very likely that this year 31 Aug I'll be 560! short of requalifying. I have a Y trip to USA in early September so that's unfortunate timing. I do admit that during this year I took other airlines while QF price was 50% higher on the same trip.

pro tip regarding Amaysim. They say they don't cover Morocco which concerned me as I would not be able to receive authentication code. When I landed there in May 23 the phone was able to connect and receive SMS but definitely nothing outgoing.

thanks gang. it was going to be too tight.

I've made a draft itinerary for an upcoming trip thinking of going to BKK via DPS. The return connection TG 431 BKK-DPS Arrives 14:15 VA48 DPS-BNE departs 15:10 From this thread I can see this is unlikely to be possible at DPS. Is there any more recent experience that might persuade me to...

I've use the nested bookings concept a couple of times. Once back in the day of Apex fares I was going to Melbourne each month for a 2 day meeting, so I made 1 BNE-MEL return for 3 months return. Then made the 2 required bookings to spend 28 days (or whatever) in Brisbane. Went oddball when...

a) The tax Invoice saga for me started with Qantas Travel Insurance. In September 2023 I took out an annual policy. after the email arrives showing: A$ 710.00 (includesapplicable GST/Stamp Duty) without a formal tax invoice I asked for the amount of GST to claim. In return I again received a...

A big shout out to tdimdad. I did peruse the spreadsheet a few months ago. Now I'm in the process of buying two annual policies. I'm tossing up whether to get a fully featured policy for me to carry all the rental car excess, extra items and to get a reduced premium policy for Mrs Albatross OR...

I was wanting my earning to go to SQ's KF. My checkin was benefits and earnings to KF. The lounge door staff were the ones entering the numbers somewhere. Whatever the Brisbane agent did sent my points to VFF. What the BKK & SIN staff didn't.