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I work on the basis that I'm buying points, so I always subtract the value of the points (at a notional 1cpp) to get a rough idea of the value of the wine.

Oh yes, I do try and persuade her back, but no dice so far. But if we do Antarctica (or we win the lottery and do the Arctic on Le Commandant Charcot), then Ponant's a prime candidate...

I'm waiting for this very reason...

Nice! I've got an Iceland and Greenland cruise planned for August 2027 on Holland America which, while they slug me with a solo supplement, is still about half the price of Ponant per night. (Sadly, the friend I usually cruise with got bored with Ponant's on-board activities and disliked the...

Stop poking the bear! If they plan to impose a fee, they will tell you in advance. The time to do anything is then - and NOT BEFORE!

FWIW, for those who didn't get the first few offers, my first three offers are: 1. 10x points on prawns and seasonal bakery 2. 5x points on a $50+ shop at Big W 3. 10x points at BWS (Far more useful is 2000 points for a $70 in-store shop at Woolworths Metro ending 24/12.)

Another Langton's sale. LANGTONS Private Sales Password is: VintecXmas

Yup - 'Rewards' cards are losing insurance. Other rewards cards are not.

Absolutely (although I've now resorted to giving much of what I buy away!). The only real advantage of buying points (vs similarly priced wine) is that they're awarded instantly. That unicorn award might have vanished by the time Qantas Wines credits points.

Indeed. But it was an example of how points can be used for arbitrage. Yes, all points count (no 125K limit).

It's usually something like that, although I must say that when buying wine for redeeming on US flights, I've often found it cheaper to buy wine and redeem than pay cash. For example, I needed to book a flight between PDX and YVR for August 2026. I could either pay Alaska $US242 in Y or $US295...

The best 'standard' prices for wine are about 1.9cpp (this is the current best offer), but PCP members get 10% off and there may be triple points in the offing as well as vouchers to apply. FWIW, the last wine order I did was $430.60 ($534 less 10% off for PCP less a $50 PCP voucher) and netted...

Another 'buy points' offer has lobbed in. This time, there's a 60% bonus for purchases of 100K or more, giving 240K points for $4k, so 1.66cpp.

Yup - and this will be my fourth (of five) leaves.

My first ReSmart pickup has just gone off without a hitch. :) Two more to go and the fourth leaf will be completed.

I'd look to change the other flight. Otherwise I'd imagine you'll be reliant on SQ changing the timing on the flight (which then gives a degree of flexibility to the ticket).

Which are 'Rewards' cards...

Nope. (Points/SCs still not there, and others reporting the same issue on Reddit. So will need to assemble the boarding passes and email them off I guess.) EDIT - points have come through 24 hours after making the claim and 15 hours after the claim was stated to be successful.

There seems to be something weird going on with crediting Qantas points on EK codeshares. My dad and his partner just got back from Milan after three weeks away but no points have been credited. Did a retroclaim for dad through the Qantas site today and it now says 'successful' but still no...

People needing to complete the Shopping category should note Apple gift cards are 10x points on Qantas Marketplace, meaning a $100 spend will get you the SCs. https://marketplace.qantas.com/au/p/apple-digital-gift-card/AU100126615 (EDIT Also note that for me at least, it tried to revert to...