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I think I would change that sentence to "...the days of FF seats in the pointy end using Qantas or Velocity points are just about gone", especially when it comes to booking 11 months out. There's plenty of availability still via Asia Miles, Qatar Avios, KrisFlyer etc. One thing hasn't changed...

It really is a dilemma when flying out of IST … do you fill yourself up with some of the delicious food in the Lounge, or hold off until the flight? I do have one question relating to the fact that I’m intending to book a Turkish Airlines flight from IST to CDG (about a 3-hour flight). The...

Isn’t it simple economics to state that that’s what’s beneficial for Australian travellers? More seats out of Oz = downward pressure on prices (ie. prices either go down or they don’t go up by as much as otherwise would have been the case)?

I fly MEL-SYD return every 4 weeks and almost always book during the Happy Hour sales. More often than not the Lite fare is reduced to $99 and the Choice fare to $119 (every now and then it's $89/$109) -- about $20 to $30 cheaper each way than during non-sales. But the only route I generally...

Huge thick doonas in warm climates, and air-conditioners that don't make the room cool enough to sleep under the doona.

Looks perfectly good to me. I know from experience that April is a great time to visit Europe: the weather is warming up, daylight saving has started so sunset is 8pm-ish, and it’s not yet peak season so the crowds are manageable. Also, because it’s not yet peak (Summer) season, reward flights...

... and no doubt discovering that I don't necessarily have a skill for brevity and succinctness in my writing! Hope you can make it all the way through to the plot twists at the end!

Welcome to AFF! The abbreviations used on AFF can be confusing! PE=Premium Economy J = Business The article below might help: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/aff-abbreviations/

Finding reward seats on two flights is not necessarily twice as difficult as finding reward seats on one flight. Airlines have something called "married segments" which means that at times they will reserve reward seats for people flying a certain route. So, for example, if you don't find PE...

Well, there’s nothing stopping you from flying to Singapore in PE if you can find availability (and/or pay).

Interesting dilemma! Of course, the soccer World Cup is a huge event and there's no guarantee that airlines will make reward seats available at that time (witness what happened with reward seats into Europe for the Paris Olympics last year). But here's hoping. A complicating factor is that you...

That's a shame. My wife and I did an Avalon Waterways cruise in 2023 which we just happened to book during a 4x points promotion -- we ended up getting something like 30,000 Qantas points each. We have another cruise booked for next year so at least we'll be getting some points for that.

You are absolutely correct in saying that if the flights are more expensive via AmEx, you should not book them via AmEx! When I've used my travel credits to book flights, I've generally used them for Virgin Australia domestic flights, for which there is no mark-up (in fact via the Platinum card...

Case in point: it costs 90,000 Avios to fly to Europe one-way in Business Class on Qatar. This is lower than on any other programme that you can easily earn points with in Australia. But, for the past two years, Qatar has removed all award availability to Europe at that price over the European...

Great questions, but there's one other factor to consider other than "the most efficient use of points" and "what uses less points"; namely, what strategy gives you the best chance of actually finding available flights to get to the UK. Currently (and things do change, sometimes quickly), the...

I have Tripit Pro and so I'm wondering whether it's worth getting Flighty Pro as well, or whether Tripit Pro basically covers most of what Flighty Pro would cover. Alternatively should I ditch Tripit Pro if Flighty Pro is better?

Last year the offer came out on February 12. I haven’t kept an exact record of the date of the 2023 offer but from memory it was the first half of February also. So if the same offer were to be repeated this year, one would think that it would be imminent. On the other hand it’s also reasonable...

I'm absolutely certain that I voted for double SC's to help me requalify for Platinum ... but the email I received is offering me double points!

To answer your questions... 1. Yes, it makes perfect sense to spend $3500 on your flights, which would then mean that you only have to spend another $500 to get the sign-up bonus. 2. Why not use the $400 travel credit to offset the cost of your flights (assuming the flights cost the same if...

Actually I still think I'm on a bit of a high from my trip ... ! Yes, I had a stash of 30 x US$1 bills in my wallet when I arrived (I also had a smaller stash of $5s). I'd picked them up from the currency exchange booth at my local Westfield a few days before I left. I figured that I wanted to...