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You don’t need to be a local to load a balance on AliPay from you Chinese bank account, just before COVID Alipay introduced Tourpass (see step 5 on the trip.com guide) to use it as a wallet with the caveats that it’s time limited and unused funds are not refunded, so not of much use anyway...

You don’t need to have a balance in Alipay, just a card the Alipay can charge realtime when you use a QR code to make a payment or use Alipay to buy a metro ticket etc...

Foreign cards are not accepted at many places in China, you need to setup Alipay/WeChat pay and then use the wise card as the source.

Qantas website says no access https://www.qantas.com/au/en/qantas-experience/network-and-partner-airlines/china-airlines.html. The plaza lounge was closed for a while when it moved to gate 77 which is a lot closer to gate 74/75 where CI departs

They are not alone in this regard, with AirNz using Wamos for a long period and Springbok and Brunei also using HiFly and let’s not forget Qantas using Finnair! Fact is the aviation market has issues with new aircraft supply and parts supply not to mention space to get servicing done, which is...

As a general rule yes, although some are playing hardball with minimum night requirements and blackout dates. For instance the Sofitel Melbourne, a dated but still very nice property has become wide open on availability resulting in savings of 650-700 in room rates which is a high return on your...

You need to go to the check in desk.

Early days yet but a low near Vanuatu could develop into a Cat 4 cyclone that will affect SEQ next Tuesday. Brisbane Weather

Plaza Premium near gate 77, you will need an invite

We will see next Monday

Afterpay have not been able to do that in Australia and NZ for a number of years following RBA intervention, still is the case in USA via Clearpay

Looks like it will be Ospreys LOL.

There is usually a vegetarian option on the menu that might do the job eg https://delivery-p146463-e1510352.adobeaemcloud.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:234f5408-c4f3-4fc9-af82-d01a9e44f17c/original/as/First-dining-menu_AUS-USA.pdf

Afterpay is not unregulated credit and has been that way for a while with the national credit code amended in dec 2024 to cover BNPL Afterpay has 200000 merchants in Australia, many of them square clients

Accor ALL status is assessed after the end of the year based on activity during the year, if you renew in December you will get the 30 nights in December. Previously for many the nights credited the following month but lately they have been in the same day you renew.

6% is the amount deducted from the sale, so if I sell a $100 item After pay will remit $94.

Profits come from the merchant fees in most cases, not the delinquent accounts, as an example Afterpay charges 6% of the purchase price while overdue accounts get a flat $10 charge.

They used to do the ADF charters with an all white A340 ex BNE