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I didn't think EK F was that popular because of the high taxes. Is the sudden interest only because of the scarcity factor or has there been a large but quiet group of QFFers booking EK F all this time?

Is this Australian memberships only or Asia too? A lot of us here have Asian memberships since it's cheaper.

Strange. No cash fares for sale either.

Looks like it only applies to W.A. Lucky Western Australians!

There seems to be Airbnb people and hotel people. Hard to convince fans of one to switch to the other. Airbnb marketing does seem to revolve more around feelings, living like a local, and all that. They seem to not want to be directly comparable to hotels. The feelings message doesn't work on...

Here is the calculation for Accor. 2,000 ALL points (worth $70.48 at a hotel) converts to 2,600 Velocity points.

I have been getting the cash back. I don't see anywhere in the terms that prohibits it.

Hard to believe that all of the highly paid airline executives in America don't know what they're doing despite having access to all of the data.

That's easy. As an Accor Plus Platinum linked to Qantas, I will get - 3 Qantas points per dollar - at least 5% off the public rate - welcome drink - welcome gift - probable room upgrade - up to 8.8% back in Accor points - up to 3.9% cash back using Cashrewards portal - probable early check in...

Same here. Good to know it is a widespread issue.

Only lasted 9 months

Seems to vary. Arrived in Osaka last month and it took about 15 mins. Arrived in Narita in Oct 2024 and it took a bit over an hour.

Unless they get a tip off then that would be by physical inspection. If a customs officer sees that [insert physical item here] in your baggage, how will they know that someone else had claimed a GST refund on that item? The answer is they won't.

They wont

Here are my thoughts after completing a 3 day visit. - a 1 day visit will let you visit 5+ pavilions, walk around and see the buildings, walk on the ring, watch the evening show and leave satisfied - a 2nd day visit will let you see another 10+ pavilions and explore the areas you weren't able...

I used trip.com for a return flight. They were the cheapest and even cheaper than from the airline direct. Everything went smoothly. No problems. I also booked a hotel in Canberra with them because of a special promo. I ended up cancelling the booking and received a full refund, as expected.

It's interesting how the way of finding the cheapest hotel rate evolves over time. In 2025 my method is by bringing up the hotel in Google Maps. It shows the rate on all OTAs including the price on the hotel's own website. Quick and easy.

This reminded me of Agoda's "book now pay later" scam. They charge a 5% fee for doing this which I only found out after my credit card was charged. I went back to check their T&Cs and found it hidden in their fine print.

It's actually taking off $110

Share your experiences and tips here. Mine are: - Stay for the evening water/fire/light/sound show. - Stay for the drone show. - The site is huge. I broke my daily step count record. - Expect to spend most of the day queueing. All big pavilions have queues. It's hard to tell how long you will...