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  1. trippin_the_rift

    Malaysia e-wallet

    Intl CC for rides/food etc is fine. Grab Ewallet (required if you want rewards) is malaysian card/bank account only.
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    Malaysia e-wallet

    Touch-and-go physical cards are reloadable using cash at most convenience stores. TNG ewallet is a Malaysian-only service, similar to Grab Wallet. Ewallets are mostly useless on day to day basis anyway. Stick with cash or an intl cc.
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    Jetstar Asia to shutdown on 31 July 2025

    You can see me in the vid :D IMHO - Jetstar's big problem was loyalty program. SQ/TR both seamlessly intertwine with Krisflyer. All other premium carriers in the region have a proper loyalty proposition. Air Asia's loyalty is beyond pathetic, but they're known as the lowest cost (even though...
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    Jetstar Asia to shutdown on 31 July 2025

    I was on the final KUL-SIN service, and there were loads of onboard announcements from crew/pilots. You could see the sadness and emotion in their faces and hear it in their voices. A large % of the pax had booked that flight knowing it was the final service. Sad to see them go - mainly...
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    Skyteam Kenya Airways Status Match

    An excellent option to lock in Skyteam status!
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    QF or EK?

    There is something sweet about using EK in a QR lounge. I like it.
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    QF or EK?

    I hahve connecting sectors with MH, and that dones't jive with EK obviously. Maybe I'll hit up MH for Platinum status match. That would make it easy!
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    QF or EK?

    Think I could show EK# for lounge access, but credit to QF?
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    QF or EK?

    Flying SIN-SYD-BNE / BNE-SIN on QF#, booked in J. I'm LTG with QF, but I'm also EK Platinum. Would EK Plat status get me into QF F in SIN? I don't care about missing out on status credits (as lifetime), and at this point EK miles are more valuable than QF points to me. I'm wondering if there...
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    Qantas connecting to AF in Singapore

    You are flying Air France. You are not flying with Qantas or oneworld. so it doesn't matter who you book it through. Qantas is essentially your travel agent in this scenario (and nothing more). All that to say that if you're not on a QF flight number, you're out of luck. P1/CL may still get...
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    Major changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer announced 17/10/24

    Anyone earning 1685 status credits is unlikely to be doing that only in economy class, and the non-VA flying suggests high intl frequency. With the above assumptions, and applying the VA logic of 'we only want high spending domestic travellers'. I'd probably drop Velocity and stop flying VA...
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    AFF Point Valuations

    I keep miles in SQ because I know that I'll burn at least X in the next 3 years. Those miles are not going up in value by sitting in Amex, and transferring out during a bonus period makes it even more worthwhile to warehouse in airline vs bank. On a separate not of interest for everyone.. Not...
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    AFF Point Valuations

    I like the logic. Cash ticket would also earn miles, so I'd net those out, along with taxes that are included in cash fares vs awards. I'm reminded that the overwhelming vast majority of folks redeeming for biz/first, would never pay cash for that cabin. So the 'value' is distorted on both the...
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    The Emirates First Experience - What to Expect?

    Am I the only person in the world who doesn't jive with GC seats? - They are sloped beds - The zero gravity thing basically means the seat shakes a lot - Nowhere to elevate your feet except when flat - Main screen IFE too far away Give me a380 F seat any day over GC F.
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    YouTubers. Youtubers everywhere [Travel Bloggers]

    It's one way to expense the trips you would otherwise would be paying with post-tax money!
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    YouTubers. Youtubers everywhere [Travel Bloggers]

    The bigger youtubers are (mostly) all friends and talk to each other regularly. The idea is - they all take a unique approach as to not overlap with each others style. This grows the available audience instead of competing against each other for your attention. A standard "flight review" video...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Catastrophic is a plane crash with loss of life. Basic data being shown to someone who isn't authorised is not. You may also consider what a fine will achieve. Will it prevent someone at a call centre from ever being socially engineered again? Unlikely. Will it prevent the next big Australian...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Qantas has more people with CEO titles than any other airline in the world. Then there's the layer underneath those CEO's with commercial titles. Then operational ones.... The org is extraordinarily top-heavy compared to other airlines, and thus, many targets to go after before the board...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Tell me - what should the board have done to avoid this? I've never met an airline that didn't have fking insanely strict protocols, policies, procedures, ongoing training, MDM, PC management. QF call center, mobile phones are not even allowed on the floor. QF also has a culture of safety (more...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    free credit monitoring might be the biggest scam in all of this...
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