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    How easy is it to cancel a QF booking done on FF pts

    We have 2 business class return seats Melb-Singapore leaving late May 2023, coming back mid Jun 2023. We may not wish to go to an event that these flights were booked for. Flights done on FF pts and a small amount of money. How easy are these to cancel. Q Question No 2 is if we elect to just...
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    Using Qantas lounge passes on arrival at the destination airport

    We're flying Melb-Singapore return with QF in Jun and then onto Sth Africa return with Emirates. We've bought 2 QF lounge passes with the original intention of using these before we fly back to Melb on QF. However going we have a 3 hour 15 min layover between the QF flight arriving Singapore...
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    Emirates Citi World Mastercard ; 60,000 pts + 2 Emirates AU lounge passes + 1 return Emirates Chauffer Drive a year

    https://www1.citibank.com.au/credit-cards/emirates_citi_world?tab=rewards-benefits I wonder what AFF members think of this offer? I'm a QFF and Virgin FF member, bronze and red respectively. About 725,000 pts and 300,000 respectively. Do like to fly Emirates and will be flying with them in...
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    How often is there a bonus sign on for CBA Business Platinum card?

    Looking back can see expiring Jun 30 2016, the CBA offered 80,000 of their pts as a sign on bonus for personal and business Platinum awards cards. Just wondering if any followers of CBA cards here have any idea how often these bonus offers come along? Interested in a business Platinum card...
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    HSBC Platinum Qantas Visacard "Benefits that will change"

    A letter in the mail today from HSBC whose Platinum Visa credit card I've enjoyed using. "Benefits that will change" should read "benefits that will disappear" * Issue of 2 QF lounges passes a year will be discontinued * You will now earn 1 QF per $1 spent up to $2500 per statement on eligible...
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    Optus $10 a day travel pack... gamechanger!

    Just back from a combined 27 day business conference trip and vacation overseas. At the last minute arranged a $10 day Optus Travel pack which is a quick add on if you're an Optus pre-paid customer. Covers unlimited incoming and outgoing calls and SMS & 50MB a day. The 50MB is coughulative, that...
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    Transferring most of my direct debits from Citibank

    With Citibank seemingly getting very picky awarding points on any sort of insurance, be it personal income protection, trauma, basically anything insurance related, I'm checking my debits and one by one transferring the debits to other cards. Missed out on the Oct 1 2013 cut-off to keep the...
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    Bringing 2013 travel expenses into tax year 2012?

    Hi looking for ideas on how to bring tax year 2013 travel into 2012 tax year without actually booking tickets yet. To explain have several os business trips to make, USA, China, UK but not able to lock in dates before Jun 30. Can you for example buy Qantas, Jetstar vouchers or other airlines...
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    Virgin Velocity Credit card with free flights to NZ?

    Recently I was ploughing through different credit card offers and one of the Virgin velocity cards you could enjoy not only a free Australian domestic flight but also flight from Melbourne to NZ. However I'm stuffed if I can now find which card this was. Anyone have any idea? Thanks.
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    How long for NAB 10,000 bonus points to show in your QFF account?

    With the recent NAB credit card promotion (10,000 QFF pts for the basic $65 a year card) wondering how long these take turn up. I've got my first account, paid that and the points from that have been credited. On hold at the moment on the phone to NAB... it's about a 30 min wait so no real...
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    Citibank Platinum Travel insurance : if you cancel the card will ins still be valid?

    I've got some tickets to London booked for 2011 on a Citibank Platinum card. With other offers out in the market, I'm a bit sick of Citibank. If I cancel the card will the insurance that was part of the platinum package still be in place for tickets bought and paid for for travel next year. I'm...
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    Around Europe with RyanAir

    So our time in Europe this year in May/Jun was a choice between a 14 day cruise at the end. Or Germany/France on the ground and in the air. Starting pt was Prague and what a difficult place that is to get out of. Few want to rent a car to drive into Czech and it's the same coming out. Some of...
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    Point earning opps Jul 2008?

    Hi must confess most of my FF pts are generated by credit cards. When it comes to flights I'll generally buy on price and convenient flying times rather than blindly support say Qantas to accrue pts. For business owners I see this year QBE in Victoria will take credit cards for Workcover...
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