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My son is travelling via Lisbon airport this weekend and his TikTok is apparently ablaze with reports of how chaotic it is there, and there are also reports of upcoming strikes at the airport this weekend. A few questions: 1) I don't like to over-react to reports of how 'hectic' something is -...

Flying J on Iberia (codeshare on BA points) DBV-MAD next week and Iberia just sent an email notification that Privilege (3rd party operator, private charter company) will be operating the flight. They will be sending us a discount voucher to thank us for our understanding as well apparently. 2...

My son is flying from BKK-AMS-Split shortly with a 2hour layover on a KLM connecting flight. I feel like I should know the answer, but does he pass through customs in AMS, given that both AMS and Split are in the Schengen zone? I assume he might do passport control in AMS and pick-up bags in...

I thought I'd check whether the 'brain trust' has any ideas I haven't thought of here. My son (19) is about to go on his first big international trip, including travel to Bangkok (brief stop-over), Croatia (Hvar/Split/Dubrovnik), Spain (Madrid/Barcelona) and Lisbon. He has a nut allergy to...

OMG British Airways WHY! I'm curious whether other people have had my experience with BA or not in booking a reward seat. I'm not a 'noob' and have been booking points on various airlines over the years, and there are of course complexities, but I've not experienced anything as CLUNKY as BA's...

Happy New Year to all and I hope 2025 is a good one. If I am on the one PNR (connecting flight) from SGN-CGK-SYD - first leg on Vietnam Airlines and second leg on Garuda (Virgina Atlantic points - layover is 9h). Will I need to pass through customs and collect my bags in Jakarta to check-in...

Wondering if you can get access to the AMEX lounge without having your physical AMEX Plat card on you and just use the AMEX app? My guess is that it might work and it might not, depending on the lounge rep?? Whilst we're on it - does the same apply to the Priority Pass card? (ie, can you...

Interesting data points --- 1) Stayed in a Novotel in Paris, but somehow Accor temporarily froze our account, so couldn't use points there - no issue - just strange. 2) Stayed in an accor hotel in Athens --- said our account had a limit of using 2,000 points at a time maxium - checked with...

Hi AFF community - friends and family keep getting 'tricked' by how to use points, so I created this guide for them to refer to --- I welcome your thoughts! (I haven't ever posted an attachment like this before, so Mods, please let me know if I need to modify anything)

It feels like I'm missing something obvious, but I can't seem to find which Qatar economy class option applies to a Velocity reward booking - ie, Classic, Convenience or Comfort?

I've always liked flying with Virgin, even back in the days when it was Virgin Blue, and I still like flying them now - especially as I'm travelling quite a bit domestically and if you book a few weeks out, you can get J seats at same price as flex economy. Anyway - I've been flying enough...

Nice to be organising overseas trips again and work that points balance. Hi to all and thanks in advance for any input below! I'm flying JFK-NRT-Gold Coast-SYD in late August, and have some questions re the itinerary etc. It's not the greatest itinerary (32 hours, due to lay-overs), but at...

I'm relatively new to trying to use KF miles on partner airlines - given Air Canada has a dynamic reward points program, it would be great if someone can give me some guidance when reward availability on Air Canada reflects reward seats that can be booked with KF miles? To be specific - I was...

completely new to cba reward points and not confident in cba call centre expertise (the one hour+ hold didn't appeal to me either so thought i'd try the brain trust) A family member who knows nothing about points told me that they have 2M CBA points (accrued over many years) and they were going...

It looks likely that I'll be organising for one of the young adults in my family (20) to fly urgently home from Amsterdam this week due to the escalating situation. The options we're deciding between are: a) KF points in J (saver) --- AMS-SIN-SYD (there is also a back-up on QFF points in Y...

One of my family has a supp card of my AMEX Plat card and b/c they were trying to get a group of 6 into lounges before flying internationally at Sydney airport, I had suggested that he take 2 of them to the skyteam lounge, and then 4 into the AMEX lounge (3 on AMEX Plat and using a complimentary...

Hopefully I've posted this question in the right place, and it's not intended as a political observation in any way. My son (16) is travelling with a school group to Europe in early November and returning late December, and HKG is the lay-over stop in both directions. I asked the school if...

I thought I'd reach out to the brains trust for some creative advice. I'm trying to help a family member obtain Gold KF status. She is an additional card holder with my AMEX Plat card, so I can help her obtain KF Silver Status via Jade Shangri-La status. The challenge is that as I understand...

I was trying to assist a family member today and not having done this myself before, I'm curious to get feedback from the AFF community. Family member had already booked (cash) saver J flights from SYD-DFW return, but hadn't booked the intra-US parts of their trip. Needed to fly...

I've recently applied for a Diners Club card (with World MC) and unlike every other card I've ever applied for, I haven't received any notification of receipt of the application (I applied via email and via post). I can't recall where but I found a site which lists application processing time...