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I've got a Platinum credit card issued in conjunction with CPA Australia. It's got free travel insurance included - quite a good policy. I read the terms and condition -- fine with me. With a few days before I leave for the US for 2 weeks (on points) I thought I'd check if I needed to do...

Hi experts -- I booked this June 2010 Qantas flight last year using points. The LHR-IAD leg is a BA codeshare. It's an odd way to get to Washington but it was the only way the Qantas booking engine would let me do it PE the whole way in a single booking. (LAX-IAD is a code share with AA -...

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From The Middle Seat in the Wall Street Journal -- Frequent-Flier Miles Get Harder To Redeem - WSJ.com With some possible relevant and useful tips.

Can't see this mentioned anywhere. I got a frequent flyer email from Qantas this morning. On-line check-in and seat allocation is now available for international flights, 24 hours in advance. Good news.

Interesting article from the Wall Street Journal's 'Middle Seat' -- Baggage Theft At Airports Is On the Rise - WSJ.com

from The Middle Seat, Wall Street Journal's travel pages -- Read on... Flying With the Ultimate Travel Junkies - WSJ.com

Hi folks, anyone know if there are some US sockets (or, less likely, Australian) sockets on the public charging/power stations at Heathrow (e.g., T-Mobile)? I've lost my AUS-UK adaptor and would like to avoid buying another. Ta, WP.

Interesting item from the Wall Street Journal -- Airline Cancellation Fees and Penalties Are a Big Business - WSJ.com

A couple of months back I posted a query about MEL-IAD (Washington) on points and querying why I couldn't get an award/PE MEL-LAX-IAD flight and had to go MEL-LHR-IAD. The consensus was that I was looking at too short a timeframe (6 weeks) and the award direct flights were booked out. I've...

Hi All - In a couple of months I'm looking at booking a hotel for a week mid-next year in NY (Queens, actually). I just wanted to check rates so I tried a couple of links off tripadvisor: expedia and hotels.com.au. Both showed my target hotel as booked out. I tried the hotel direct (it's...

I couldn't find anything about this with a search of the threads. On a trip to the US is it better to change AUD notes for US currency here before leaving, or do it on arrival (say, in the terminal). A post on tripadvisor.com said for Thailand (to give an example) on arrival was...

Hi folks - couple of queries for experienced travellers. I'm planning a trip to the US in June 2010, on points and in PE. It will be MEL-IAD (Washington/Dulles) forward and JFK-MEL return. I had a look at flights June this year and tried a couple of tentative bookings see to if a split...