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I would like to think there is a 4th category. I don't fly internationally nearly as often as some who contribute to this forum. In fact only every 2nd year for a total of 3 trips. The first trip was a combination of economy, premium economy and business class. The only paid trip was economy...

Last saturday i had an interesting experience with Jetstar price beat. As I usually do with domestic fares i checked Webjet first which showed $85 Jetstar HBA to MEL, no baggage. I went onto Jetstar site and same flight was $109. I went onto live chat, filled the form out and thought it...

Went to the Edinburgh Tattoo a couple of weeks ago. Countries from all over the world were entertaining people from all over the world!

Yes, DXB is huge! Pretty sure we took the rail transfer to concourse B. Confirmed by the fact there was a Costa coffee bar in the lounge. ☕

Departed Terminal 3. The lounge takes up the whole floor. On the outward journey we had a 2 hour stopover on the way to Spain and visited the same lounge and departed directly from there. Very impressive.

We flew to DXB on BA so arrived at Terminal 1. On checking in with BA at LHR was told bags couldn't be checked through to SYD because of a lack of an arrangement between BA and EK despite all flights on the one booking. (we also had to collect baggage in SYD because HBA has no customs). From...

It is amazing to watch the aircraft approach and the landing while sitting in your seat. These 2 shots were coming into DXB on an EK A380 in July. The same camera was mounted on an EK 777 into SYD on Monday but I didn't get any photos. The large screens in EK J help make the experience more...

Not sure if this question belongs here or elsewhere. Flying out of LHR tonight on BA in J to DXB. Then a connecting flight in J out of DXB on EK to SYD. We have a 13 hour daytime layover in Dubai which we intend to spend having a look at the city. Obviously will have access to the EK lounge...

You can double your points as in my last post if you duplicate the card sign on's with your wife - subject to income criteria.

My advice would be: 1. Apply for an Amex card that has a large sign on bonus, earns at least 1 point / $1 spend, and has an option to redeem the annual fee through travel credit 2. Apply for a Visa/MasterCard that you will need as back up to the Amex. Again go for a card that offers a big...

Try availability out of Hobart. Non-existant! ;) We usually need to search from Melbourne or Sydney and hope for a suitable connecting flight from Hobart.

Regarding some of the less than comlimentary comments about those of us earning points on the ground. We don't all have oportunities to travel overseas regularly. I would think that quite a few that do would be on employer paid flights and others paying for flights out of their own business...

Hmm... flying HBA-SYD-DXB-BCN in 3 weeks on connecting flights. Sounds like it might be an advantage checking in from a non international departure origin. Shouldn't be any issues with luggage over 40kg but might be coming home!

I'll check the fine print on Monday after the US Open and the AFL round and if no technicalities I'll do that.

I could do that. I have another e-mail address that I regularly use and 2 other credit cards.

In the June Qantas points balance e-mail there is a promotion for earning points by signing up to Kayo. You can get 1500 bonus points for signing up and then up to 150 points a month thereafter. It is for new customers only. This annoys me. I have been with Kayo since inception so I'll get...

We're heading overseas in July and have already activated 2 cc policies by paying for travel. We still need to buy a seperate policy though because my mother in law is 88 y.o. and cc policies dont cover family members over 80.

Could not agree more!! The long hours searching and stressing for a premium award seat that loyal Qantas frequent flyers go through and they hide available seats on Airbnb? Any wonder people like me have moved away to other programs such as Krisflyer?

The article on 26/4 says: "Customers will generally be excluded from earning bonus points on a new credit card if they’ve been a previous customer with that bank – even if the credit card previously held is different to the one being applied for." I'm currently waiting on 80,000 bonus points on...

Agreed. The COO of the Hobart Airport has an opinion piece in today's Mercury. He cites several reasons for not planning on airbridges: - The airlines dont like airbridges because of their tight turnaround times. Using stairs is quicker. - the cost of airfares would rise - the cost of the...