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    AFF Review: Flying Long-Haul Economy Class on an Airbus A321

    Yeah, TP short-haul is around 28". 🤬
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    Oh that's funny. I actually checked before posting and the page I found showed only Google Play, so, par for the course, PTV's documentation is incomplete/inaccurate.
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    AFF Review: Flying Long-Haul Economy Class on an Airbus A321

    Nice review, Matt. I love Portugal but TAP is so so meh. The intra-European experience is almost as joyless as Ryanair et al. At least Lisbon airport is not quite such a dive as it used to be.
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    It's not a great detour, but it is almost invisible to most passengers (and unknown), and a completely illogical location.
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    Unfortunately useless for all the Apple people - not an option. It is truly stupid that PTV doesn't install (or is perhaps blocked from installing?) installing a machine in a useful location at the airport.
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    hotel booking sites that bill as an o/s transaction?

    As a data point that doesn't align with the thread title but is in a similar vain (airline ticketing), this thread indicates that Qatar Airways tickets are currently charged as domestic transactions, even for non-AU-originating itineraries.
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    Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

    No lucky status for me... I cancelled on 30 May. Statement issued 9 June. Aeroplan status lost sometime thereafter (in the AC app it still looked like I had status today and I was hoping this would endure, but the moment I touched another menu in the app, my status refreshed as Peasant). The...
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    Cash or Card? Countries where you still need cash.

    These nation-specific characteristics in Europe have long history... France was an earlyish adopter of debit-card payments with handheld terminals, while in Germany any form of card payment was relatively rare until the early 90s and actual credit cards were very uncommon for an average consumer...
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    hotel booking sites that bill as an o/s transaction?

    I can add to the list (though it's travel platforms, not accom per se), that Viator and Klook both seem to bill as local (Australia) billers. Does anyone know for Expedia? My only transactions are truncated in my bank statement such that any country identifier is missing.
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    Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

    Your old Zip Plus? I notice that the "add payment method" interface even in Zip Pay (not Plus) says "add a debit card" but you can add a credit card. However there is a table on the website somewhere which clearly shows only a tick for credit cards against the basic Pay account and explicitly...
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    Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

    It's worth noting that officially, Zip Plus cannot be paid off using a credit card (only debit card).
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    Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

    Yes, the value proposition from this card is poor if you're looking to requalify for status. However, it isn't correct that "the majority of cards" still give points for government spending. Those days are from many years ago. Other than business cards, there are very few cards which give...
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    Public Transport to our airports - what's cheapest?

    Bugger. Well, if they don't tell people loudly enough about a service, I guess they don't get patronage...
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    Dining advice - vegetarian strategy in J class flights

    I'm very similar to @MEL_Traveller in my dietary needs. However, I'm a bit more assertive ;) Sick of the assumption that vegetarians have no taste (or in my case, no-pesc) I go for pre-bookable or known-menu choices where possible and then flag beforehand with crew that I can't do seafood. 70%...
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    Coles Rewards MasterCard devaluation

    Good point. I don't think I use sites enough (e.g. payment platforms, ATO) where the payment volume will make a big enough difference to compensate for the (smallish) annual fee, but I'll check!
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    Significant NAB changes coming; no travel insurances on most cards from mid-2026

    Virgin cards are also seeing changes to travel insurance. So it's the whole brand portfolio by the looks of it.
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    Coles Rewards MasterCard devaluation

    I'm having trouble thinking of any reason to retain this card as I approach anniversary (I have the Virgin High Flyer now, which has the same earn rate equivalent: $1=1 Velocity point, and higher spend cap). I don't use Flybuys for anything other than conversion to Velocity. Have I overlooked...
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    Credit Card Offers Virgin Money Velocity Flyer Offers & Discussion

    Adding some data to this thought from a while back... I just successfully applied for Virgin Money and NAB cards. The questions asked during the application processes were different, with the NAB form requiring more details about income and spending patterns. I applied simultaneously but...
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