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Don't count yourself out just yet - my experience is actually that while third party bookings definitely do not qualify for points/stay credit, they do qualify for status benefits unless you booked through a mystery hotel provider (i.e. wotif, Priceline etc). From the Hilton Gold web page...

Apparently not - I queried this with Amex and received this reply. I'm not sure what constitutes a 'chip-compliant' terminal though, considering the terminals I've used the card at certainly supported chip and pin for Mastercard and Visa: the reason you have had to sign for the first two...

Can I ask where you got your pin burnt? I received a new Amex card with a chip last week and have been unable to use it so far. There was even one eftpos terminal that refused to accept the card at all, because when I swiped it it said 'Insert Card' but when I inserted the card it said "Chip Not...

In the past I have been able to request my balance from foreign ATMs, but I believe the balance it shows is the available 'cash limit', translated into foreign currency. So if you put your account into credit with more than your cash withdrawal limit, the whole amount won't be reflected in an...

NO idea whether this fare is legit or not but: I noticed this fare on Jetabroad yesterday travelling out 24.6.10 and returning 7.7.10. When I tried to book, it came up with an error saying the fare was no longer available. Same thing happened when I tried to book it through Expedia. There was...

It was showing as waitlisted yesterday but now its confirmed, but the original Y segment is still confirmed as well?

Just an update - it looks like my request for J was successful! Given by bronze status I must just be really lucky, especially as I only requested it on Tuesday and the flight looks pretty full on SeatCounter :) The points have been taken out of my account, so I'm pretty sure that makes it...

Thanks guys! I have spoken to Qantas again and they have fixed up by request so that PE will be considered as well. Also, I know being a bronze member my chances of a J upgrade are pretty low, but in the off chance that I'm successful, will I have any lounge access in HKG? I have another flight...

Thanks for the advice about the seats! I just spoke to a Qantas rep who advised there is no fall-back to PE if a J upgrade is not given - you're normally able to request both, but I'm about 1000 points short of what I need for that. She advised that plenty of seats are available in both J and...

I am flying QF29 to HKG this Saturday, booked in discount economy and want to use my points to upgrade to either PE or J, because I have sometimes trouble sleeping on night flights and feel that a more comfortable seat would help. Am I better off requesting an upgrade into J (40000 points) or...

Thanks for all the replies - I guess my preferred option would be to fly QF to HKG and then CX/KA on to PEK to get the "best of both worlds" - i.e. avoiding annoying transfers in SYD and PVG but still more or less maximising my points earning. Can someone also let me know what the best...

There is a very good chance I will need to book flights from MEL-PEK for late Jan/early Feb within the next few days so I wanted to get opinions on which of these two airlines it is best to fly with. If I fly with QF the route will be MEL-SYD-PVG-PEK, with the last leg on a China Eastern...

Sorry to revive this very old threat, but I have a slightly different question that is probably most appropriate here - If I book a flight from Melbourne through to Beijing with Qantas, the final leg from PVG-PEK is on a China Eastern flight with a QF flight number. Given it has a QF flight...

I have recently signed up for an Amex Affinity card, and I was given the choice between enrolling in MR Ascent, or Qantas Direct. I indicated on the application that I would join QD simply because I already have a QFF account and wouldn't be starting again from zero points. However, from...

Thanks CrazyDave, disappointing but I guess its what I expected. Do you expect DJ to continue its codeshare arrangement with UA once VA starts flying from LAX? It seems it would make more sense for DJ to only codeshare with VA to encourage passengers from the US to fly Virgin the whole way...

I was looking at prices of some US domestic flights on UA and went as far as the booking page, and I noticed that Virgin Blue was one of the airline partners in the drop-down list where you can enter your frequent flyer number. I can't find anything on either the DJ or UA website indicating...

Thanks notzac, serfty and medhead for your replies :) When flying on AS I will book with the AS flight number, as I'm just a humble bronze QFF member with no chance of making silver this year so not too fussed about getting SCs.

I will be making a number of domestic flights in the US in July and wanted to check something before making all the bookings. I know that we only earn 50% of the miles flown in discount economy on AA, but on Alaska Airlines it is 100% of the miles flown. Looking at flight schedules on Orbitz...

Thanks for the tip! The first thing I did was investigate getting a copy of my credit file but I didn't see the free option so I will definitely fax off an application. Not sure if Amex will be able to tell me anything as they made it pretty clear in the letter that their criteria is...

Has anyone been successful being approved for one of these cards? For example the CPA Passport card for accounting students, AMSA card for medicine students and I think there is one for engineering guys as well? Only reason I ask is because my application for the CPA one was rejected this week...