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The Iranians have bombed DXB again. I flew Emirates F to UK just over 2 weeks ago and QR J back 5 days ago. Was pretty nervous about escalation but my priors were that we'd have airspace closures for a few hours at a time which would create enough chaos as it was. This is utterly unprecented...

See I think if you're taking out a Qantas home loan (way bigger commitment than one top level CC a year but both are 100k points) they should also be giving silver level status, so say 300 SCs a year. But no chance they'll do that as part of their SCs on the ground given the maximum is 140.

Ah yes, thanks for pointing this out. Regular business goes up to $1700 which maybe is a less exciting value proposition for 240 SCs, though not the worst either.

Other routes I'm booking on top of the DSC flights in case people want ideas other than Qantas: CGK - FRA Qatar J return $3100, yields 320 SCs - will make two of these trips = 640 SCs. Not a status run as such but if planning a Euro trip anyway... DPS - KUL - BKK Malaysian airlines J return...

The Balik salmon with it is a real bonus too and doesn't really get remarked upon

I found this a bit annoying last time I was in Al Mourjan. I guess medium isn't that bad but I don't see why you'd even offer steak as a main dish if you're not willing to cook it to the setting that most people prefer it at. Unless they have it pre-prepared and just heat it like it's in the...

Using a decent airline with comparable quality (Finnair, Air Europa newer cabins) is one thing but using something lowcost like Wamos or HiFly is quite another.

Etihad does this on quite a few routes which is definitely a black mark against their name. Though I flew to Madrid from AUH on an Air Europa plane with a pretty new cabin and very serviceable business class, so it's not always bad

Are you referring to TG? They have pretty good availability to/from MEL in J the next few months

Options if you want to fly to CGK in J on awards: 1. QFF awards aren't too bad on this route at all. Maybe the best international J route to get award seats on (except short haul destinations). Nowhere near as many Indonesians in Australia as Filipinos so demand isn't nearly as bad as to MNL...

I think I'll just fly 7.5-8k AUD EK F return out of Jakarta to Europe as a treat every couple of years or so. It's the same as a lot of J fares out of Australia to Europe and I can fly to Bali for a couple of days to sleep off the jetlag on the way home.

Unfair to list Jetstar here. Their business class is often better priced than PE and a better offering than most PE seats.

SQ are weird. I booked a MEL - SIN - DPS flight in December for 45k Aeroplan points that wasn't available at Saver level on KF, only Advantage at > 100k points. I can see return on EK F in November from CGK...$7200 to MXP, $7600 to FRA, $7700 to BRU (including gamechanger), $8000 to CDG and...

It's also available to Velocity Frequent Flyer members. It's 20 USD each so about 30 AUD pp

Has anyone used this offer? I'm flying J from MAN - DOH - MEL next month, I do have access to Al Mourjan but have a 4h layover and if there's a decent bite from a restaurant to be had for 20 USD (or a bit more) to be had at a proper restaurant I wouldn't mind it! I'm aware it won't be enough...

That's per membership year.

I knew they managed Velocity and Aeroplan inventory differently but I would've assumed KF had prime access like with most other airlines. I'd be fuming if I was an SQ Elite at this, though I understand PPS Club members at least get extra access to award seats. It is odd how Aeroplan...

Okay here's something strange...not only has availability on Aeroplan suddenly improved massively to/from Singapore, it's also sometimes better than KrisFlyer at saver level. Just booked MEL - SIN - DPS in J on 16/12, 1925 departure. Peak Christmas season I should add. Involves 6.5 hours...

Iranian airspace shouldn't affect that much should it? Aus to/from DXB/AUH/DOH don't go over Iran, flights from those airports to other destinations should mostly be able to route around...

Pick the 1945 departure from DPS and fly the A380. The other departure is a 777 2-3-2 monstrosity. Not sure how much it costs flying into CDG but you can find about $4k return flying into FRA.