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I have an upcoming multi stop flight starting with QF out of Syd then UL from Sin-Cmb and QR to Doha and on to Dublin, all in business. QF's carry on stipulates one piece up to 10kg with a limit of 14kg total. The other airlines show 2 carry max 7kg each. If one backpack carries a laptop and...

Are there any crumbs for a travel agent if you book using points plus taxes? I could usefully get advice on and book travel insurance I suppose.

Will I need to look for off the shelf travel insurance? Commencing my journey this April, I present about 3 probable complications. I am in my mid 70s, fit, well and triple vaxed. My card payment will be for about $850 in taxes. The fare is on points. All CC travel insurance I can find is for...

I'm new to using or earning QFF flight points. Apologies for naïve questions. Can I earn points by booking and paying for international flights outside the QFF website? Eg, through Skyscanner or similar? Or an agent? And do all or some legs have to be QF tickets? Or might QF plus an alliance...

As a generalisation, putting together a multi-stop awards fare needing 5 or more stages, can covid restrictions be lessened by differing degrees of either transit or stopover but still qualifying as a stage? Presumably an airport hotel is an entry into a country.

Do I presume correctly that Amex credit cards face this issue? I've had their green charge card for decades and expect to regularly get the response that, 'sorry we don't accept Amex'. Is this a limitation world wide as well? It affects the attractiveness of their fairly pricey cards if you...

I'm planning (as far as I can!) to travel to these parts for a stay of at least 6 months in 2022. It could turn into a year or 18 months. I would like to set up the use of an international brand CC (or debit card or both). I will also need somehow to transfer or have available from Australia...

Later this year it is my intention (covid permitting) to travel and stay in the UK and Ireland, plus stopovers (RTW or multi stop), for up to a year and preferably longer. Fit and basically healthy in my early 70s, will there be insurers willing to cover me? I will buy and use a vehicle over...

Two years ago I helped my son travel to a job in Canada by transferring QFF points to a new QFF membership set up for him. He is still in Canada, has a Citibank debit card but no credit card to earn his own points. QFF now tell him that his remaining points have expired and that he would need...

Thanks for previous helpful advice re my son going to Canada to work for the ski season. He's just arrived there and an unexpected situation arose - his phone broke. Anyone with experience of getting a new phone in Canada? His trusty old phone (till now) is an LG G2, which I think he bought a...

Hi. I've previously asked about CCs for my son who is travelling to work in Canada and got many great responses. Thanks. Apparently because he is not currently working, banks will not give him a new CC. But I want to gift him quite a few QF points. What is his best way to achieve QFF...

Further to my earlier post, my son applied for a Commbank Platinum card with the current offer of 40,000 QF FF points. His situation is that he has been working and has substantial savings, more than enough to satisfy Canadian working holiday visa requirements, but by choice he has stopped...

My 21 year old son is going to be working the Canadian ski season. I think he should be gathering the right mix of credit/debit cards for this. He has some savings from past employment but is only working casually now. He is a Commbank account holder with a debit card plus a high interest...

Regrettably I am not as much a FF as I once was but I am still accumulating thousands of points. What would be the drill in gifting a few hundred thousand to my soon-to-be-21 son? I think there are limits but can the total be added to in increments? What would be the best way for him to...

This question is addressed to those who have had to live overseas for protracted periods, beyond the coverage of travel insurance, which will be my situation later this year. Our comprehensive health cover is currently with Medibank Private, at about the highest rate. I have seen discussion...

Can I use QF FF points to book multi city via the BA booking engine ex SYD? If not, can this be done ex anywhere outside Australia? Eg., if booked independently to SIN, can I have booked multi city from there on via the BA website multi city, finishing in SYD? Will the fare convert to One...

It's reported that the Qantas FF "business made $231 million" in the past year. (Today's SMH) There are strong moves to have it privatised or sold off. Could I ask to have explained how this "business" (and presumably all FF programs) makes so much money? Bill

If travelling internationally into western Europe, which country has the least punitive landing charges? I mean literally anywhere, from Netherlands to Spain/Portugal, for example. So, if flying on an Australian issued ticket, can the all up cost be affected by where your European...

As I understand it, there are airports, or cities or countries, to avoid if possible because of high costs. To put together a RTW or One World program, because of the airlines most commonly available (QF, BA), a destination anywhere in Europe normally transits through London, usually LHR. Is...

If I wanted to do a multi-stop trip in the manner of a RTW ticket but actually wanted to do a loop, out and back, is there an appropriate type of ticket and is it competitive in price to RTW offerings? For example, if I wanted to go to Europe via Asia, especially India, and the Middle East...