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    Article: Car Rental Loyalty Programs Compared

    BOTH PRESIDENT LEVEL OF HERTZ AND AVIS VARY ENORMOUSLY IN AUS AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES. VARIES BY STOCK, ATTITUDE AND LOACATION. MY UPCOMING ICELAND RENTAL WITH HERTZ REQUEST FOR AN UPGRADE WAS MET WITH "WE ARE INDEPENDANT HERE.... BUT YOU CAN HAVE A FREE SECOND DRIVER... ONCE AT DARWIN AIRPORT...
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    Article: Car Rental Loyalty Programs Compared

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y9D1vL8S00rlEbiIin7ezWaqqkwMll8Y/view?usp=drive_link 25% FOR HERTZ PRESIDENTS CIRCLE
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    MEL taxi scam

    Recently in Beunos Aires we caught a "touted" cab cause I counldnt find my uber and it was 1 am and I'd been flying all day and I'd been enjoying the free stuff they have in lounges, anywho after agreeing on a price, as soon as we got out of the airport, the firendliness all changed, bottom...
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    What's your golden travel rule?

    take a physical credit/debit card ( better if you take 2 or 3) , take your physical licence (and international licencse if req) and study jet lag
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    Virgin Australia Pick Your Bonus Promo - Double Points or Status Credits - Ends 13 June 2025

    I assume "register then book" mean existing bookings dont qualify for the double xx_??
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    Article: The Car Rental Industry is Ripe for Reform

    yep, been slamed in various locations (hertz Italy, late fee, fuel fee, fuel fee adminisration fee, parking fee, etc - never again) and in South America (Avis) the front panel fell off - when I returned it, I pressed it back into position, pointing out that the previuos repairer had failed to...
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    Article: How to Fly First Class with Qantas Points

    pointless exercise (get it) as QF let plebs have 1 seat, if your lucky ( yes I know you can get 2 if you want to leave tomorrow)
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    Emirates restricts first class awards to elite members only

    SHHHH! Dont let Emirates find out
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    Article: I Have Zero Qantas Points and It Feels Liberating

    Well done Matt, as you have the knowledge- so you have the power. The consequence of endless promotion of point acuring cards is givng airlines the power to manipulate " their " customer base, eg hardly ever 2 lie flat seats any further out than a month out , etc I looked at the MEL -SYD- LHD...
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    Major changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer announced 17/10/24

    Brag alert - just received my activity record back to 2013 from virgin ( I rang and asked for it) belted it into excel and after taking out the pooling 17234 SC (plus or minus a bonus or two) so I'm cancelling all all future shorthaul J and sitting in 3 or 6 (if I dont want pay their silly $50)...
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    Velocity introduces Forever Gold lifetime status tier

    my brain doesnt work - just looked at my activity and it only goes back to Oct 21 - is there a way to find out how many STATUS credits I have accoumulated since 2005 - sorry 2013
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    Article: Why I Started Collecting Frequent Flyer Points

    Matt, great to hear your story, probably haven't paid for a J flight for 12 years (and we do up to 4 Au to Eu or Us annually) the problem is that more and more people are "getting on board" and two things are happening/gong to happen. Availability is shrinking, airlines use AI to calculate...
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    787-9 LA800 SYD to SCL

    flying direct MEL-SCL in late Aug similar 2 2 2 - my logic is picking by the 2 center seats you will be in the 2 center seats if it changes to a 1 2 1 ( but I know the seat numbers change) so lets see a few days out - whoa who! remember to select where to credit (to the best of my knowledge)...
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    General Medical issues thread

    Thanks for the replies, its a bit of a rabbit warren, the old EU charter ( which is why I bagged an aus one in the survey) Little chance of compensation due to weather - it was bad! But its the cover of the accommodation and meals and transport that I need to go the airlines for; because my...
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    General Medical issues thread

    Wife broke her ankle in Tromso we depart tomorrow back to Aus , looking for advice on EU compensation claims or tips to get back to $2000 in hotels and meals. The problem will be the original flight was canceled due to weather but that was 29th and we went rebooked until 1 Feb , if there's a mor...
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    Avianca LifeMiles – Bookings and Discussion

    BUY 2 GET 50% REBATED - targeted? fly till May 24
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    AFF Review: Avianca A320neo Economy Class (CNF-BOG)

    Good timing thanks Matt, I have just spent a few hours trying to sort out out LPB-BOG-QIO. After dealing with all the quirks of the Lifemiles booking process ( and the usual fare increase as soon as you enter the passengers) I booked an L Bundle points booking and paid $85USD for row 2 seating...
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    LATAM status match $80USD

    shocking experience trying to get over the line - requested screenshots of various card 3 times - then was requested to phot id face over their wired site using the camera on laptop which wouldnt work ( 15 times over a couple of days in different light) wouldnt work at all on iphone - in the end...
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    We'd like your feedback on Australian aviation policy

    Didnt really know there was an ACA - but I do now! A charter like the EU may be a good thing but AFAIC the Australian aviation sector works quite well. The issues lie with the airlines in so far as they (QF/VA, etc) can to cut costs to the bone and that is nearly in every area from baggage...
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    LATAM status match $80USD

    its ok did it 15 times from differing browsers and differing email addresses - finally got registered - now I cant access their site - no permissions - internet is good; isnt it?
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