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  1. henrus

    Anyone used WAYMO driverless cars in Los Angeles?

    Can’t tip waymo there is no option in the app and there is no driver.
  2. henrus

    Anyone used WAYMO driverless cars in Los Angeles?

    I used it twice recently in LA. Annoyingly it didn’t cover LAX and its limited to route off freeways. Nope, no driver and no option to even tip in the app. I found in San Francisco the price was a bit more expensive than Uber/Lyft whereas in LA it was cheaper by a couple of dollars. Same as...
  3. henrus

    Free Qantas Club Membership?

    Was the gold earned during the Covid status match promo? If so QF Club was initially offered until the criteria was matched and upon dropping off gold the remaining amount of QF club still exists.
  4. henrus

    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    It’s a rather normal process made even easier if you have an Australian drivers license on you. You’ll find that if there aren’t many around you’ll be through without much delay (they know you’re coming). Every airline can uplift passengers back to Australia without a passport (provided they...
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    Velocity Status Benefits on Partner Airlines

    This is somewhat surprising, often these things are the other way around where priority check in is granted but lounge access denied.
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    Escape Lounge at Cairns Airport International Terminal

    Escape lounge have seemingly copy pasted that from their UK lounge pages. UK airports have a lot more issues with passengers especially those wanting to have a few drinks.
  7. henrus

    Qantas First Lounge in Singapore

    No need to head to T4, can check in at Jewel but it must be at least 3 hours prior to the flight. As mentioned above can easily head to T1 security and I’ve never had any pushback with a kiosk printed boarding pass from Jewel.
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    AccorPlus China

    I stayed at two different hotels in HK both using the voucher making it a $0 stay, the first one Novotel HK Citygate didn't ask to see the voucher but the second one the Silveri MGallery did.
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    Article: Guide to Lounge Access When Flying Jetstar

    You might actually be eligible for lounge access on a JQ J flight without using a pass. On the Qantas website it mentions that classic rewards can use Qantas operated lounges. Yes no issues. Once you're in the international terminal you can access any of the lounges you're eligible for.
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    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    It’s got better, you need to download and use WeChat to scan the Accor code, after that you can login using normal Accor username/password and purchase.
  11. henrus

    Made any travel mistakes lately?

    It sounds like you are chasing status points not nights? If the latter Platinum can be gained/retained quite easily through Accor plus and all plus China.
  12. henrus

    New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

    Provided it’s open then yes.
  13. henrus

    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    Link to that post here: https://yssyforum.net/board/showpost.php?p=121867&postcount=130 It looks like the engines and the satellite dish are the two main things removed. A photo on plane spotters 6 months prior: https://www.planespotters.net/photo/1704991/2-hrqc-rex-airlines-boeing-737-8fe-wl
  14. henrus

    AMEX Delicious Month Out: 20% back on dining - May 2025

    I'm finding it a bit of pot luck, yes I know they have their map to find places but one coffee shop that was on the map and had the Delicious tag didn't registered however a couple of others I've since been to which weren't on the map have come back with a credit.
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    99% of the time the prices are better on WeChat for stays in China/HK/Macao but Accor Plus benefits still apply so you can claim things like the dining discount etc.
  16. henrus

    Brisbane fine dining recommendation

    I'm Suprised Agnes hasn't come up.
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    It changes often hotels get to set them, mind you the Accor Plus free nights in HK have never been that amazing and its normal to find free nights in the All Plus China program in HK but not in Accor Plus.
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    I renewed my Malaysian membership last month and got the 10 night bonus. I paid the renewal prior to the date so officially the new year started on 1 May which is when the regular 20 nights came through and then on the 6th of May the extra 10 came through with the same transaction name.
  19. henrus

    Qantas A380 reliability issues creeping up again?

    Better than yesterdays with the ~5.5hr delay. It does mean there are now 2 QF1s in the air right now. One is ~1hr to London and the other ~1hr from Sydney.
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