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EK F. 36 hours of drunken debauchery…. Errr… I mean enjoying the finer things in life. Managed to polish off the Dom rose while on the ground (they had some left over from DXB).

The trout crudo and minute steak are the special items for people flying first.

A great session in the Sydney Flounge. Salt and pepper squid washed down by Lallier rose based on advice from this thread, followed by the trout crudo and Strelley Farm chardonnay (very good IMO), minute steak (and Neil’s leaves:rolleyes:) with the Smithbrook pinot noir (wine just okay), and...

On again today. Agree on the rice to other stuff ratio being too large but it filled a gap while waiting to get to the SYD Flounge.

My view from the MEL J lounge (sadly won’t be on it). First sighting for me in the wild.

Never it NAB would stop selling the cards after 14 September, only that it was a reasonable assumption to make. One that was ultimately proven incorrect (although I'm glad I didn't wait for a Clear balance transfer card as I locked in many tens of thousands of dollars of my mortgage...

Another Langtons private sale is on until 3 October. Password is VintecClub https://langtonssales.com.au/

According to their own bumf that I linked to above, it shouldn't do for carry on. They market their interline and codeshare fares as applying the partner allowance. Might be worth querying...

No.

Jetstar sales kit Page 11 states "Partner airline’s baggage allowance included for all ticketed Jetstar codeshare and interline services. This applies for interline fare classes but not necessarily for combinable GDS fares (where the Jetstar fare rules apply, however this could be overridden...

Always the local angle! Managed to get very good walk up seats in the members on level 1. Left at 3/4 time as my spidey senses thought the game was about to blow out (this proved correct).

You can use the Whatsapp bot too. Enter your Lifemiles number Select “I have a ticket" Select “Check your booking” Enter your PNR and last name Select “Check In” and then “No”. The chatbot will then connect you to a human agent.

David Jones Rewards has now launched. 1 Qantas point per dollar, plus another point if paid with a DJs credit card. You have to opt in to Qantas points though. https://www.davidjones.com/rewards

I booked the 4 nights across 3 stays: 2 x 1 night Stay Plus, and 1 x 2 night 50% off. It was booked using the Wechat mini app that you would have used to sign up. The vouchers are automatically applied so just look for the hotels that cost 0 yuan.

Yes, you can stack up to 50 nights through Accor China until 30 September. Two mid tier ones mean you get two stay plus nights (the same) and two 50% discount vouchers (one more than the top tier card), but no ongoing 10% discount. Generally, it'll be a better deal than one high tier one...

The 31st of September hey?!? That's a new one. ;) I broke down and bought the top tier card as I only needed 30 nights to keep platinum and don't expect to do more than one trip to China over the next year (mainly to burn off the free nights and 50% discount voucher) - although buying two...

Property: Q Station Manly Status: Accor Plus Platinum Room booked: Heritage Suite (Stay Longer and Save $355 p/n) Room upgraded/type: No Free internet: Yes (and needed as the mobile signal suite Free breakfast? Yes Early check in/late out: Not requested Welcome drink: Yes - bottle of De Bortoli...

Flew VA882 from SYD to MEL. Choices were chicken in black bean sauce or cheese tortellini. Went for the chicken. Beverage was Katnook Estate Founder's Block chardonnay. Top notch service from cabin manager David.

Managed to grab ORD-HND in F and HND-SYD in J on NH for ~$3.3k in points and taxes so pretty happy with that. :) (Just have to hope NH operates a 77W with The Suite on the days I'm flying in F now.) I worked out why my earlier bookings were erroring out - in the 'emergency contact' field, I...

I just had a play around with that hotel. It seems that the site shows the 2 person rate but the next screen includes the child too, as the correct price is quoted with 2 people.