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    Credit Card Offers Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

    Air Canada Aeroplan is a partner of Membership Rewards for the US market, so:🤞
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    New Amex statement credits

    Likewise, we got it on our Reserve and supp but not the Edge or Plat which would pay more points on the same dollars for fuel.
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    Amex Platinum $200 "Dining credit" towards a list of Global Restaurants

    I've only done M&WCo in Melbourne but they are kid-friendly and I imagine it's similar in Sydney.
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    Based on playing around in the QR app just now, it seems like (for me at least, YMMV): If you search for MEL/SYD-DOH award space, you get the VA-prime flights as well as QR-prime. But if you search for MEL/SYD-FCO/CDG, you get only the QR-prime departures from Aust. So maybe it just won't...
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    It didn't occur to me that it might be available to partners (other than QR) until you mentioned this. I also can match VA-prime (for example) MEL-DOH, on Aeroplan. I can't find the same flights through MileagePlus or KrisFlyer though. I also don't imagine you can book beyond DOH onto QR-prime...
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    General Virgin Australia discussion

    So there will be a moving map (and apparently a more schmick 3D one) consistently available on all versions of the IFE eventually?
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    The CBR tag flight is the exact same flight time? Ay caramba.
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    I don't even understand how they arrived at that. Are QR selling block seats on the VA-prime QR-metal flight, and then VA codeshares on that?
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    Novotel BKK leaving Accor Jan 31st

    Note that I haven't stayed at this property and can't comment on whether I think its current state is in keeping with either Novotel or Hyatt Regency. I think the Novotel at TPE (where I have stayed, and it was perfectly pleasant for a night between Eva flights) is likewise reflagging to a...
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    Novotel BKK leaving Accor Jan 31st

    Yeah, seems unlikely that "brand standards" would drive a hotel from Accor to Hyatt.
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    General Virgin Australia discussion

    Sure, but how would they stop everyone from grabbing one whether or not they qualify?
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    May I ask whether you have QRPC Plat, @jase05? Because I don't think you would get AS even on the QR codes, unless one of the flights is in F or you have that particular status.
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    Quandoo Partners with KrisFlyer

    Can confirm I made a Quandoo booking in midDec without touching my existing KrisFlyer link, and received the 150 KrisFlyer miles within a week or so.
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    Stay not Crediting to Accor Account & What to Do About It

    I have a follow-up with Accor which is still outstanding after four weeks (and more than five weeks since the stay). And they are extremely spotty with crediting points. They're far and away the most painful of the major brands with which to deal.
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    Qatar Airways returns to Canberra in December 2025

    Sure, but that's the situation with CBR too. MEL is the intermediate stop in either case and has no curfew. The times departing MEL aren't significantly different in either direction with the change from ADL to CBR. And the standalone MEL rotation is many hours later in the evening so they...
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    New Amex statement credits

    Before I make a moderate detour to the Cellarbrations locations that are somewhat proximal, what kind of gift cards might I hope to find?
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    Qatar Airways returns to Canberra in December 2025

    Yes, these timings are better than ADL. Given that the flight times and time zones are negligibly different, it's not clear why ADL didn't use a similar schedule rather than the terrible overnight MEL stop.
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    Qatar Airways returns to Canberra in December 2025

    While this makes sense as a perspective for ADL locals, I don't think CBR is an improvement? ADL at least has the Plaza Premium after passport control, for Amex holders and such. CBR doesn't have any lounge at all in the international departures zone as far as I am aware.
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    I was looking at dates where the SYD vs PER premium was not significant. I found return J fares to FCO (low taxes makes it good for comparison) in October for about $8400 from PER and $8600 from SYD on the same dates.
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    Virgin Australia flights to Doha

    Yes, this seems odd to me too. The general thrust of the new chart seems to be that they intend to offer single through award bookings [Aust port]<>DOH<>[Euro/Gulf port] and vice versa. But as far as I understand, VA prime codes will only be between Australia and Doha. And award seats are...
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