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Yes indeed. EK cash payments are intentionally in your face. I'd rather pay a similar amount and get decent busines class on another airline. And who wants to fly EK's old clapped out business class?

Cathay regional in J is pretty garbage, as is much of TK's long haul. Check the a/c config before you book. Hint: avoid TK A330 or B777.

Of course it is, but that's because there's a monopoly.

I always do an idiot check before leaving an accommodation, with good success, but a couple of months ago at the Grand Chancellor Launceston I failed. I omitted to pick up my small digital travel alarm, and when I got home and discovered the missing item, I thought, well it's only a $10 thing...

Doesn't sound all that great.

OK, why not just spend a couple of hundred bucks and get your passport renewed? And the UK passport does have some other uses, like saving you 50 EUR when entering Turkey.,

Yeah, the good fares have departed.

Yes indeed. One wonders why the Govt did that, but it will certainly push up the Intl traffic from/to Aust.

I was lucky in being able to get UA 2MM before the CO takeover (remember Smisek?). As for FFP's changing their US focussed credit card based schemes, it won't happen IMO. Just have to suck it up.

I guess you haven't heard, one word is worth a thousand pictures (moving or not)

I'm not sure why anyone gets excited about AA. At least in Australia.

Obviously the bus schedulers live on the Southside. That's also where the most floating voters live, I imagine.

Don't know why such an easy offer, but very welcome: 4X$70 for 10000 pts. The Woolies alternative was 4x$260 for 22000 pts. They're dreamin....

Often, I'd like to book several hotels online at the one time and pay for them with one credit card payment. So far I haven't found a way to do it with any online provider. Am I missing something?

I imagine if a $50,000 bonus was offered to the person responsible within Qantas it might happen a bit sooner.

And citizens of Eire may as well be, from an Immigration point of view.

Abolutely right. I'm off to TPE shortly, and will be taking Wise, ING debit cards and Westpac, Amex credit cards. I could also take UB and MacBank, but don't see the need. Taiwan is fine to get cash withdrawals from banks, but nowhere else accepts foreign cards. For day to day expenses, use...

Ah, so cash might be useful after all. I never have any in my wallet, but that might change.

Well, Glen. as a MP 2MM I do think your assertion that you got upgraded on every flight might be a little contentious, but if that happened, good for you. But I do agree than the new American styled Velocity might hit a few headwinds in Australia.

OK, I understand. Wasting my keyboard fingers. Won't happen again!