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I got the 5000 points the day after the third bill was paid.

What are the likely routes of the flight? If Russian airspace is available, would it be useful for this flight? E.g. up to Darwin, Hong Kong, China, Siberia, Estonia? Or would it be better to go across to WA and then roughly follow the route taken by QF9/10, even if it was acceptable to fly...

Most nights appear to be available for 38k-40k points which I value at USD 195. Currently around A$300. Considering a booking as am Diamond and have lounge pass

The ETA is an authorisation to travel to the UK, it is not an entry clearance. Once you have landed in the UK, it would be pointless making you get an ETA. When you go through immigration the officer or the e-gates will just do the usual checks on your passport. The UKBF currently does not...

But clicking through cashrewards again will just replace the LL cookie with the CR cookie. Cashrewards also embeds their own "Travel Agent" code and, at least for me, the only way to get cashrewards to track is to untick the box "I am a travel agent" on IHG.com on the three search pages that...

I had an annual policy with 1Cover which is about to end. Even though I have no pre-existing conditions so should not be affected by the issues raised in this thread, the whole saga does not inspire confidence in them and I will be looking for a different provider for the next year.

In the IHG program, "points & cash" is exactly the same as a full points booking, but you just purchase a multiple of 5000 points at the time of booking and then immediately redeem them. This is always charged in USD regardless of the location of the hotel. The hotel is not involved in this and...

I was unable to use one of mine, so called up and asked nicely, they gave me a new one valid for 12 months. Perhaps being a Diamond helped.

Sorry for going off-topic but saw this posted on Flyertalk regarding FRA https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/01/29/frankfurt-airport-a-special-kind-of-loathing/

I have some credit with an OTA and I want to book a trans-Tasman flight operated by QF. It is about 5% cheaper to book it under the EK codeshare flight number. Are there any pitfalls in doing so? I would like to credit it to QFF.

Yes I think you are right about the bus arrival at DOH. The layout of terminals and gates at FRA does mean that sometimes you are forced to rescreen when Germany doesn't require you to. For certain non-Schengen to non-Schengen itineraries transiting FRA, you can choose between going through...

Whether you have to redo security at DOH depends on how the security people are feeling at the time. Some origins (e.g. Africa) will always be treated as unclean but US, Europe and other Arab countries may be treated as clean. I suspect that pragmatism may sometimes come into it. If your...

DCC is not possible with Amex. Visa and Mastercard publish their exchange rates in advance, so it is always possible to know exactly what you will be charged to the cent (provided you have internet access at the right time and you know what your bank's fee will be)...

It's basically similar to Australia's system where non-citizens travel with only their passport and all the visa info is held online (and needs to be verified in real time at check in etc) The system is operational but like with all new IT projects it isn't working perfectly for everybody...

No, Settled Status is completely different to ILR, although both are functionally similar in that they allow you to live in the UK without time limit. People granted ILR in the early 2010s or before received a sticker in their passport. This passport would now be expired as it would be more...

And at MAN, only within the same terminal. I believe LGW intends to reopen an airside transit route "eventually" EU > UK > US and vice versa is already a pain because the UK forces you to reclear security whenever arriving from outside the UK. On a Schengen > Schengen > US or US > Schengen >...

Well you can do the same-day change on the BA app/website yourself rather than having to get to T5 first. For the 0900 flight they'd need to get to T5 by 0745 or so in order to process the change and then have enough time left to check in. That might be possible if bags arrive quickly and you...

BA policy is to never through-check luggage on separate tickets to other airlines. Correct there is no immigration coming from DUB, there is a theoretical customs check. DUB flights arrive at the southernmost gates of T5A in order to bypass immigration but not bypass customs (small risk of bus...

Two domestic flights with JQ. On the first flight parents were seated together and child (5) seated 4 rows away. Had a checked bag. When we went to drop it the agent proactively moved everyone into a single row together, even though we said it was fine to swap with one parent on their own...

The Post Office's rates are awful. However, for a few hundred £ it won't make much difference (especially if you don't have / want coins to make up an amount to the nearest note). Since covid, London has not been good for bureaux de change. You used to be able to buy and sell euros for less...