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Ah.... already joined IBIS/Voyageur for the 30SC. What I noticed from these announcement vs Voyageur: 1. No mention of room guarantee availability. 2. The discount maxes at 15% vs up to 20% (sometimes even more in my experience with Sofitel) 3. SE Asia vs Worldwide It is cheaper and probably...

I don't know if it is mentioned here, VA Customers on Gold/Platinum can have access to SQ lounges ONLY if those lounges are operated by SQ (eg: Melbourne Airport, Sydney Airport, etc) however, they cannot access 3rd party lounges like Plaza Premium (eg: Jakarta airport, Tokyo Airport) despite SQ...

This! But we all get the consequences for the crime of few. We also don't know in this story whether or not the power bank was found to be charging. Usually for this to happen, it would be found to be charging while on the plane (ie: If the powerbank is stationary and not being used, then there...

This is a start. Like everything, it needs to start somewhere. If we start to accept surcharging has been more of the pain than the gain (however late that be), then inevitably (or hopefully perhaps), it would flow onto other surcharging. And I think there should be a whole of industry review...

Mayhap. However, we comparing reality vs ostensibility. The reality is, before Surcharging, nobody were screaming enshittification, no business were screaming high CC cost as they all accepted that's the cost of doing business, and most of all, everyone was peaceful. Words like "Points earning...

To those wondering why people aren't more upset about RBA's proposal, I'd say this. Allowing surcharging is the worst thing that RBA has had ever done. All it ever did was increasing cost of living while opening the floodgate for merchants (mainly hospitality & now Government joining the pack)...

Citi Signature too. BoM also has changed their earnings with caps now apply from August.

Awesome. Will give it a shot. Thank you so much! Shows how much more I need to learn

Is that so? I will give it a try later. I have been transferring my SA points via the SA Portal and it always went to my chosen airline. If that can be overriden, that would be good!

So my chosen airline partner is now Air Canada but I dont fly with them. Previously I credit all my points to Krisflyer but since I am forced to move to Air Canada for 1 year, all SA points would go to Air Canada points. Or am I missing something here?

That is excellent. They did say to me they would try to keep track of it but with only 3 days before I had to travel I was not going to risk it so I switched to Air Canada and I got the status within 48 hours. Not ideal because now I dont know what to do with these Star Alliance points I have...

So it sounds like you only had to wait 1 day for Krisflyer to confer you the Gold status right after the expiry of the selection period (14 days)? Btw they actually breached their own T&C, I think i have posted above the link but the T&C essentially states the 14 days waiting period of...

Another publication that explicitly said Star Alliance Gold can use express path. https://www.pointhacks.com.au/star-alliance-gold-track/

Oh I see. I will enquire about that the next time I am at Mel Airport. Thanks thats a good info

The SQ lady did say to mention to the contracted officer that I am a Star Alliance Gold member. Unfortunately, that contracted personnel probably has no idea what that means.. The lesson for me next time is to urge the SQ lady to note that in the boarding pass based on this experience as this...

Not according to this website https://www.staralliance.com/en/gold-track

For those of you who are flying a Star Alliance partner airline, be aware many contracted security officers (not AFP) Melbourne Airport has no idea how Star Alliance Gold works and so proceeding to deny your accesses such as priority security screening. In this event try your best to get your...

Hello everyone, Actually a past user of AFF but for some reason, it couldn't find me anymore so started a new account. I posted this in another forum as a warning but essentially this. Those with HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card & Have Chosen Singapore Airlines As Your Star Alliance Status...