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  1. CaptJCool

    AFF MasterClass in Sydney on Saturday, 6 September 2025

    Unfortunately your flight is full So … no
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    Buying Qantas top-up points with a bonus: Worth it?

    That’s the trouble While the price of the earn is unchanged The price of the spend has gone up except for those cheeky JQ Short distance points dropped to 5,700 Can we be grateful for small mercies ? No hope of that
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    Qantas Classic Reward & Upgrade Devaluation on 5 August 2025

    At that price, I’ll be sure to JQ to Melb as I can dine in the Adel lounge I don’t fly JQ Syd nor Melb to Adelaide as the lounge offering is non-existent and those JQ terminals are cluttered chaos PS there’s also another 50% topup offer
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    Australian Cricket Season 2024-2025

    Australia runs the risk of an ageing lineup Batters who can’t see Bowlers who get endless injuries Keepers who drop too many easy takes And it can all come on terribly suddenly (like it did to England following the last Ashes series) What’s been interesting is Starc has dropped 10% pace...
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    Velocity introduces Forever Gold lifetime status tier

    This has to be the new high of “Enhancement” Takin’ to the skies How to really annoy loyal customers https://antavo.com/blog/loyalty-segments/
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    Jetstar Asia to shutdown on 31 July 2025

    Given its ASP it’s highly probable its a storage arrangement for the time being
  7. CaptJCool

    The Emirates First Experience - What to Expect?

    I did wonder if you had our Matt & Wilson along for the ride ? But who’s Spencer ? LOL
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    Card payment sucharges banned in Australia from 2026

    https://www1.citibank.com.au/credit-cards/fees-and-charges
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    Card payment sucharges banned in Australia from 2026

    So there’s annual card fee to cover “asset maintenance services” AND And the technology fee… And a Disbursement Fee (read CC surcharge fee) The profit gouged from the actual exchange rate itself (by offering the X rate that favours them not you as the customer) And a 3.5% foreign exchange fee...
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    AFF Point Valuations

    This is why I earn and churn Knowing the “bank of Qantas” can pull levers and throttle BOTH sides of the transaction They can adjust the value proposition at will They decide what points you earn for your spend AND decide how many points you need to use to redeem “so-called” rewards AND they...
  11. CaptJCool

    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    From memory you can rack up a negative balance on the transport card at Brisbane airport so perhaps that’s a way to lower costs. I didn’t feel bad about doing this cause I’d paid $10 for the card itself You do need enough on the card to get through the entry gates in the city
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    Hobart lunch - 11th Oct 2025

    I now booked JQ Direct flights from Adelaide (that’s dirt cheap) In Oct 8 Out Oct 15 Got a great per night deal at Rydges (under $150pn) with $25 food & beverage credit 😜 Two separate ones so I can be flexible Will see my brother in Adelaide later this week and will discuss with him about...
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    I'm in the QF Lounge thread

    We at Qantas really would like to Rope You into the J lounge but will make do with the inconvenience of “replacing escalators” instead of the ‘Batclimb”
  14. CaptJCool

    Etihad Business CGK-FCO return $2,076 USD

    Not yet but did find this in a search. This arvo
  15. CaptJCool

    Qantas Hotels & Holidays bonus point promos

    I got 2 of these unknown 3,000s😋
  16. CaptJCool

    Recent Experiences with Qantas' terminal transfer at SYD

    This … flight connections in Syd
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