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    Doubletree Melbourne

    I've been to this DT twice this month. Being a Gold, no upgrades both times. First time was at a higher floor with window and second time is at Level 2 a windowless room. To be honest, there is no difference between the 2 regardless window or not. Breakfast was sub-standard, if you have to pay...
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    Cheapest way to clock up some sectors ex MEL

    Wait until this arvo (Thu) happy hour, you may be lucky to find some good ones.
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    QF's system for priority boarding on domestic flights

    Flew with Cathay Pacific last two weeks, flight out of MEL boarding was a mess, there was no rules at all. While at HKG, things worked like a charm, F/J with Platinum first, Gold/Silver/Marco Polo second, and after the first two was the general boarding (Infants were actually grouped in the last...
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    Etihad Gold travelling Virgin Australia/Singapore Lounge access

    I think most likely the answer is no. I was flying VA from MEL to CHC last month and the check in agent suggested I can only use the domestic lounge if I really want.
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    Hilton Honors Macquarie Platinum Card

    Re: Hilton HHonours Macquarie Platinum Card How did you tell you status got upgraded? From Hilton website? If that's the case, is your new expiry date set to be Mar 2016? I am currently a Gold, so I can't tell if the status had been applied to my account.
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    Hilton Honors Macquarie Platinum Card

    Re: Hilton HHonours Macquarie Platinum Card I had the same issue when I activated my card last week and tried to access it online via http://www.macquarie.com.au/macquarieonline, I rang them a couple of times, nothing helpful. later I found out I can actually access my account via...
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    MEL-AKL-MEL on EK – if you could only do F in one direction which would you choose?

    Re: MEL-AKL-MEL on EK – if you could only do F in one direction which would you choos Am thinking about doing same thing this winter, and noticed the big tax differences. For MEL - AKL, 2 F tickets will cost $191.62 (AUD) while on the way back it's only $100.88 (NZD).
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    Qantas Club Dress Standards...Stubbies, singlet and thongs....What the???

    So a pair of runner shoes, jeans, plus t-shirt is acceptable or not?
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    Etihad Guest Program

    Mine is still showing Gold...
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    hotel in dubai, attire in dubai

    I'm Chinese, and yes my wife is on her own surname which is different to mine. We had no trouble in getting into DXB transit hotel, and the booking is under my name only. They did take my wife's passport for a scan, but no questions asked. BTW, the checkin staffs were majority Asian face then.
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    AMEX lounge opening at SYD airport - 16th December 2014, T1 next to gate 24

    I know CBA supp cards definitely share the same number as the primary one.
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    Annual Fee issues - Diamond Cards.

    I called CBA the day before Christmas Eve when I read about the Amex Diamond would be eligible for the new SYD lounge (2 invitations only thou), the lady over the phone told me since I am on the wealth package, it will be free for me to upgrade from Platinum to Diamond for the whole time my loan...
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    New Qantas Toolbar - Earn Bonus Points just for searching

    No points of November so far for both me and MRS, so that's 300 points missing...
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    tips to access corporate hotel booking rates at overseas hotels

    Well if you can read and speak Chinese, one tip I can give you is to search hotels on Taobao (EBay equivalent in China). Most of the hotels can be booked from there with a significant saving, which usually comes with breakfast as well. There are many sources for this deal, many of them are...
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    Baggage Enhancements [oneworld]

    I thought priority bags are existed for a long time for sg and wp, at least that's my experience with CX, JL and MH.
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    MEL - CHC timing

    Just booked my NZ trip to CHC for the Australia Day week 2015. Outbound VA100, will stay at Sudima overnight, which is very close to the airport. (Used hotelclub 15 off coupon) Had a hard time to choose between 6.05am NZ or 8.35pm JQ fly back, but to save one night's stay, opt to orange...
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    Benefits when travelling trans-tasman

    I took the chance early this year to get status match of Etihad gold using my QF status, however, never fly EY and barely VA before. Now I need to travel to CHC from MEL early next year, and since it's either EY/NZ/JQ, and I'm a bit reluctant to fly with JQ, so here comes my rookie questions...
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    Virgin Australia - Promo Codes (ongoing)

    Looks like all these codes are for domestic only, or will they also be eligible for international flights? I am about to book a flight to CHC, but the code seems not eligible for TT routes.
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    China Southern to take up stake in QF?

    But looking at the trend, service quality for CZ is improving while we all know what QF is becoming. So eventually the line will cross? In 3? 5? years?
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    Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program.

    re: Qantas launches "Aquire" business frequent flyer program. Have a question regarding claiming missing points, not sure if I am eligible or not. Basically, my employer joined aquire in April, and I was added as a user only this week. Am I eligible to claim the flights I took between April and...
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