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    Which are your 5 favourite airlines - and why?

    It really is horses for courses based on cabin class, routes, preferences etc. Never flown QR (apart from a fifth freedom return in Y from SIN-DPS well before they joined oneworld), so can't really comment on them, being based in Singapore, the ME3 don't really get a look in from me, as the...
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    What cheeses me off

    The Americanisation of the world as manifested at this time of the year by promoting faux sales based on tomorrow which has zero cultural significance anywhere else. Sick of hearing the two words, which when growing up had more to do with some tragic bushfires than rampant consumerism. End of...
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    QF32 (A380) returns for 1 (?) flight. SIN-MEL 1st December 2025.

    At the end of a day fortunately it was just an incident with no loss of life. Like QF1, QF30 and QF72 and of course they are still used. It’s probably only those involved and aviation geeks that would remember. Different scenario to fatal incidents. Not sure that too many people (in their...
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    What cheeses me off

    This is also useful public transport, works well on readers here in Singapore (or I did until it stopped working properly). The only thing I swapped from wearing my watch on the left hand to right hand, partly because the readers at train stations are on the right.
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    Singapore (SIN) Stopover Tips

    As long as there’s enough time to collect and get to SQ checkin before checkin closes allowing for modest flight delay of course. (SQ counter at DRW closes 40 mins before departure).
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    What's your Uber experience?

    It would be naive to think otherwise, that a tech company doesn't take about 1/4-1/3 at every opportunity they have to do so!
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    Singapore (SIN) Stopover Tips

    As VA don't have an interline/through checking agreement with AF, I don't think tagging through from BNE will work. Sounds like hitting the transfer desk at SIN would be the best option, with Plan B clearing immigration and re-checking - 4 hours should be plenty of time. The other option...
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    Jetstar no longer selling Max bundle in Economy

    Also just noticed on MEL/AVV-SYD and SYD-BNE they've removed Flex and added a lower tier bundle the"Mini" that has free seat selection and same day changes. So no option of a bundle with 14kg of hand luggage there. You want that you pay extra. And only one option for earning points now - the...
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    Flixbus One Way $9.99 Promo Fares (Melbourne, Albury, Canberra, Sydney)

    On SYD-CBR mainly? On MEL-SYD I can't see it making much of a difference, but perhaps for intermediate towns. Flixbus or not, I think for many people bus is a distant 3rd behind planes and trains.
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    Singapore restaurants

    If you like Indian food, we’ve found Amrith By Song of India to be superb. Modern setting and kitchen is run by the chef from the Michelin starred “Song of India” which is closed whilst the bungalow it occupied is being renovated. Alcohol prices also very reasonable for Singapore (eg $12++...
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    United Airlines argues ‘window seat’ does not mean ‘seat with a window’

    We can have arguments one way or another. But really, I'm afraid no airline sells true window seats , except maybe some carriers in First. (image courtesy of AI of course).
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    Singapore restaurants

    Do you have any preferences as to type of food, or just generic western food?
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    But it is also in the realms of possibility that it could be done via a Routing/ACH Number and Account Number as a lot of bank transfers are done in the US. If they were able to do it to a US debit card, wouldn't they just say that? All I'm saying is that the Swift Number may have just...
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    But you said they only pay out to US issued debit cards, that is different to paying out to US bank account. Two different mechanisms of payment, one obviously easier than others. Wise has a US bank account set up for account holders via with all the parameters of a US bank account...
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    Abbreviation already spelled out by @VPS. It functions like our BSB. My wise account has three types of identification, an Account number, a Routing Number (for Wire and ACH) and Swift/BIC number. The ACH number = Routing Number. The account also shows Routing number is "Only used for...
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    But neither I or the OP were taking about AS. My reference to "they" was not to AS. It was to IB, which is the topic of this thread. AS and IB almost certainly have different processes - just because AS only choose to refund to a debit card doesn't mean refunding to a bank account is...
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    Sounds very much like it. Seems to be very common with Iberia. Shame they can't follow the lead of their sister Spanish IAG subsidiary, Vueling, which seems much better with prompt payment (or was for us anyway in both essential items and EU261 claims).
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    But if they take US domestic bank transfers as they originally advised, they can pay without Swift code - it is superfluous/unnecessary information (not needed for US-US transfer) that caused them to say no. If you'd gone back to them with just the ACH and account number they probably could...
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    Which airlines offer compassionate fares and are they worth it?

    TBH, the best way to access last minute fares when in need for urgent compassionate travel (internationally anyway) is to post here and tap into the AFF brains trust. I do recall several such posts over the years. Sometimes it’s about speed and sometimes about price. Unfortunately not so...
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    Article: Have Australians Stopped Flying to the USA? Here’s What the Data Says…

    Keep on hearing about these crime ridden war zone cities like Chicago, San Francisco, New York, Boston etc. If only hotel prices would reflect that, it would be worth venturing into these war zones! As it stands difficult to find anywhere cheap, although now that it’s almost winter Chicago...
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