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Applied - 3 July Approved - 7 July Activated - 11 July $5k transferred - 14 July Email received - 14 August Thanks for this - it gives me comfort that if I give my number late in September, the points won't hit until November (when my new membership year starts).

Email from Citibank asking for my QFF number arrived today. Will hold fire until the end of September to maximise my likelihood that the points hit in my new membership year (starting 1 November).

Yup. See: https://help.accorplus.com/hc/en-au/articles/49242699057177-What-happened-to-Accor-Plus-Explorer-and-Traveller-and-Discovery (The email to me announcing the change indicated I could keep platinum but only if I renewed before 1 October.) So if anyone is not a member of A+ and has at...

Assuming you have 10 status nights up, and you've renewed A+ by 30 September (giving you 20 nights), you should get platinum next year as an additional 30 nights will lob in on 1 October. Or don't you have 10 nights at the moment? (I do feel for the people whose renewals are in October to...

You’re ‘Accor Plus platinum’ now. You’ll drop to ‘Accor Plus gold’ on 1 January unless you have 60 nights up on 31 December 2025.

Dairyfloss's post was in 2023 and under the old T&Cs. The new T&Cs mean this operates differently, and the old 'best of the last two years' rule dies on 1 October. When 31 December rolls around, they'll look solely at how many nights you accrued in 2025 to determine 2026's status. Unless you...

$110 for 2000 points. A few big spends on booze in the recent 4x$60/10K offer means the algorithm now has the wrong idea. I’ll need to do a couple of $20-$30 shops to reset it.

Funnily enough, I've just done this. Would rather have 2 x 1 free night in a two night booking than a free night. But I digress... No Sofitel availability on 27 Sept. Sofitel Wentworth is available on 4 Oct.

I'm not sure that's right as Accor status is determined by calendar year. My understanding of the status is that post 1 October 2025, status in 2026 will solely be determined by what is achieved in 2025. At least this is what Schedule 1 to the new T&Cs suggests (there's nothing suggesting...

If you fly a lot of domestic routes, WP on QF will get you lounge access in Admirals Clubs and Alaska Airlines lounges.

If you're Qantas SG, the Kenya Airlines program allows you to get SkyTeam Elite Plus, unlike the VN offer which requires WP. Something to bear in mind.

Hmmm... 2000 bonus points and two free months. Was planning to renew in November or December after it lapsed this month, but I might leap now...

Yeah. They've changed my DXB-SEA flight on 1 October to have Dom rose, Angelus 2006 and Opus One 2016. Good wines all but no Mouton Rothschild (was looking forward to trying one - hopefully I'll be able to scrounge one in the lounge). Meanwhile, the wines on my SYD-DXB flight on 30 September...

'Get the same value from your points as you had yesterday for the same price.' Pass I think...

That's odd - DXB-ADL is showing for me fairly reliably until 21 May in J.

It's up to each carrier to determine how much baggage allowance each class gets.

If the flights are on the same ticket/PNR coming back, Qantas will protect your connection and rebook you onto a later flight if you misconnect. If they're on separate tickets, allow 3-4 hours to accommodate delays (although Qantas may still rebook you).

Yes, MH through-checks bags on separate tickets. If you're going international to domestic, you'll clear customs and collect bags in MEL. Fortunately, this is a much easier process than SYD.

If you're flying MH, your best bet from KUL to BKK would also be MH as I think they through check bags on separate tickets.

Have you tried a paid sub to seats.aero to see what's there? And Daydream Explorer on pointsyeah.com may also work. Pointsyeah tipped me off to the fact there are plenty of 2xJ seats on MH MEL-KUL in May, so give that a go. Good luck, and smoke 'em if you got 'em...