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A few years ago I took up an offer that was mentioned on the website for a citibank gold credit card which came with no annual fee ever. At a later date, everyone was offered the option to keep the gold card or upgrade to the platinum card (there were some associated changes with the rewards...

Hello, My mother uses a CPAP and is travelling to the US later this year. Her current machine is a real old clunker, so it's certainly not suitable to take with her. I've noticed a few mentions of CPAPs on this site, so I figure there are at least a few people here who use them, and also...

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone is aware of a travel insurance policy that covers a premature birth? The scenario: Travel to the US at > 20 weeks, but < 26 weeks pregnant Medically assisted pregnancy I see that there are a few travel policies that cover the medically assisted pregnancy - with...

Hello, I'm looking at booking a flight with AA from LAS to LAX, then picking up my work booked flight back to Aus. My understanding of the information on the AA website is that as a Silver Qantas FF member which = Ruby oneworld status, I don't have to back the extra $ for baggage (i.e. the $25...

Hi, I'm looking at booking a flight from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. Three airlines seem to have cheap fares around the same price US Airways, United and Continental. If you were flying - which would you choose? After landing at LA I would be connecting to another flight to return to...

Olympic hockey final forced Air Canada to delay flight The flight was delayed (article doesn't say how long) as passengers were too busy watching the game to heed calls to board. To be fair, it was a very exciting game.

QF9 flies out of Melbourne to heathrow at 3.30pm, QF29 goes after 10.00pm. Both times have pros and cons. My question is - which flight is less likely to fill up? Is there one of the two that is usually busier than the other?

I've heard mentioned, that for older people (say 70+) it is better to break up a long haul flight by having a stop over in between. The thinking being that it helps to adjust to the jet lag better. I'm curious to know what other people think? I've never made a stop-over, and I'm curious, does...

Yesterday I received an email from qantas advising that they had changed the special meals "These options have been simplified to provide a range of 13 individual Special Meals which cater for religious, medical, or dietary requirements, along with meals for children. " Basically the...

Recently I had to call a travel insurance company on behalf of a friend who had injured herself on holidays. When I was giving the details about the incident, one of the questions was 'had she been drinking?'. Afterward I got to thinking, would that make a difference? Some time later I...

For the people here who travel for work, what is the arrangement for travel outside of normal business hours (e.g on a Sunday or a Friday night)? Does your company pay you overtime (at overtime rates), or are you able to take the time off at an hour for hour basis, or is the travel a donation...