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The cash copayment will rarely be higher than what Qantas is asking for on its own flights (Emirates being the obvious exception). I recently booked JAL from New York to Singapore via Tokyo (First class to Tokyo then PE to Singapore) and the copayment was less than A$200. Qantas would have...

It came through overnight for me.

I’ve found that a lot of the time when my iPhone misbehaves for some reason, a “hard reset” helps. On an iPhone 16: Quickly press and release the volume up button. Quickly press and release the volume down button. Press and HOLD the large side button until the Apple logo appears, then release...

There’s absolutely no harm in asking. If they say no the first time, I’d even ask if it can be escalated to a supervisor and/or you could try to call again to see if you get a more amenable agent. Be aware that you’re on more than 1000 SCs which would qualify you for Platinum in its own right...

Great article, Matt, and I agree that it’s well and truly possible to make Qantas points work for you if you know how — though it helps if you’re Platinum or above! The only other caveat I’d add to what you wrote is that it really helps if you’re flying solo, particularly for First Class...

Thanks @SuePa for the recommendation -- very much appreciated!

Thanks for your recommendations and your trip report -- I think you've sold me! It looks fascinating, interesting and spectacular all at once.

I wonder whether paying to offset the carbon emissions during said status run (and every other flight) makes a difference? I know that's a whole other topic about whether paying the extra few dollars for carbon offsets actually does help the environment in any way. But let's assume that it...

This came through this morning. Will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of it!

A couple of years ago my wife and I had a 3-night stopover in Istanbul which we loved. While we were there, a number of locals recommended Cappadocia to us. We're planning another trip to Europe next year and once again are planning a stopover in Istanbul, and we're wondering whether we should...

And most likely there will be some people on those same flights who paid $89 during some “Happy Hour” sale six months ago.

And, unlike previous years, no bonus Status Credits. :confused:

I agree. I'm at the stage where whenever I'm earning Velocity points I'm thinking about how many KrisFlyer points it equals. So if a credit card is offering an 80,000 Velocity points sign-up bonus, I'm thinking that it's getting me 50,000 KrisFlyer points: still a pretty darn good sign-up bonus...

In January I flew MEL-SIN-MAN-IAH in Business. About 32 hours in the air, and as far as I could tell we had 32 hours of normal (excellent) service.

... as I acknowledged in Post #23 above. In fact, I would say that in all my years of playing the points game, the AmEx devaluation was far and away the worst thing that has ever happened as far as points and points programmes are concerned. Every setback that has happened since then has been a...

But if the points per dollar earned is higher, it all comes out in the wash. Take the example of AmEx Membership Rewards points. Yes, generally the transfer ratio is 2:1 for most programmes including Velocity and Qatar. This ratio is not "very poor" if you consider that with my AmEx Platinum...

I’ve been seriously in the points game since about 2016 and in my opinion the three most significant setbacks that have happened in that time, probably in this order, have been the following: The massive AmEx MR devaluation in 2019, where they went from 1 MR point per FF point to 2 MR points...

I'm intrigued. I've known about the advantages of AA (no pun intended!) for a while but I've never really known how to accumulate AA points easily. What strategies do you use for accumulating AA points?

It's hard (especially if you're looking to travel in the peak northern Summer, June-Sept), but having access to Avios makes it a whole lot easier. Case in point: I'm looking to book MEL-IST. 360 days out, Qatar has plenty of availability to Privilege Club members using Avios: But if I try...

My points strategy changes continually, but this is it at the moment: Accumulate Qantas points for Australian domestic and trans-Tasman travel and for travel overseas between origin and destination cities that are not in Australia (via Oneworld and Qantas' other partner airlines). Accumulate...