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I first posted this message back in 2014 and got some very useful responses to it as recently as 2019. By that point, I was unwilling to start applying for new credit cards as we had a property transaction coming up and didn’t want to do anything that might affect my credit score. And then of...

Thanks for all this advice everyone. I will carefully peruse it when time permits. I understand that repeated applications for credit cards can damage your credit rating, now that we've adopted the US-style 'positive reporting' system. Given that we'll need to make some change to our property...

I've really eroded my points balance with QFF due to recent travel and am looking to build it up again. Here is our situation with AMEX: *I have a Platinum charge card and a Platinum Reserve credit card. Both of which give me a travel credit each year. *My wife has a supplementary card linked...

Thanks everyone for your advice.

My wife and i will be passing through Bangkok in July and August, on our way between Sydney and Paris with Thai. The only lounge entitlement we will have on this trip will be via Priority Pass. I see that there are a number of options with Priority Pass, but am finding it difficult to work out...

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On our four week trip to Europe starting Dec 13, we will not have access to Qantas or other airline-specific lounges. We have access to Priority Pass lounges and some of the ‘Plaza Premium’ ones via AMEX Platinum. Looks like there are a few choices under Priority Pass for some of our stops. Is...

I just recently acquired Marriott Gold status following their merger with SPG. I have made a reservation via their site for 3 nights in Vegas next August. Anyway, it seems I can get the same room under the same conditions for maybe 200 USD less than my current reservation. I have read with...

My wife and I are about to book flights to the US for August 2017. We will be booking on Delta but will be on Virgin metal (economy class) all the way. We are supposedly entitled to use Delta Sky Club lounges as AMEX Platinum cardholders, but I have heard that lounge access may be restricted to...

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Our group of five spent nine days in Cuba in October 2015. The group consisted of my wife and me, my cousin, my mother and a friend of hers (both in their early 80s). To get to Cuba, we flew with Qantas from Sydney to LAX, had a night in an airport hotel there (Four Points by Sheraton - LAX)...

I vaguely recall a story in the media a while back highlighting a trap where Aussies could end up worse off by electing to pay in AUD as opposed to the relevant foreign currency. I cannot remember the precise details of the story, but I think the gist of it was that some travel websites (maybe...

Thanks Oz and Joshua! I called Qantas yesterday and a helpful lady TCP'd our three separate reservations for SYD-LAX. When I look at the reservations online, I cannot see any indication that they are now linked, but I guess they probably don't present that info on the website? The Qantas rep...

Re: Advice for LAX lounging Looks like we have a choice of three or more Priority Pass lounges in Mexico City (also AMEX Centurion Club I think). Is anyone familiar with these and could advise me whether, given a choice, some of these are better than others?

Thanks for the responses - probably I shouldn't waste any more time thinking about what is a trivial issue in the scheme of things! mannej - re your suggestion about getting our three reservations TCP'd, a few points that may be relevant: *all five people are flying together from SYD to LAX...

I just booked flights with Qantas to LAX and return for our party of five. Hadn't travelled overseas on Qantas in a couple years. Once I'd made the reservation I noticed that the Qantas website stated that there was a $25 fee for selecting a seat. I don't recall this being the case last time...

Thanks everyone for your assistance.

Russ - thanks, I think they'll be OK though. Actually, one of them (my mum) climbed Diamond Head with us and our teenage kids only a few years back!

Thank you very much Serfty and RooFlyer! I guess we had more or less come to a similar conclusion. Also my wife and I will be travelling this time with my mum and her friend (early 80s) so I am very mindful of the need to not put them through ridiculously arduous connections after a 14 hr flight...

We will be arriving at LAX on QF17 at 1405 on Saturday October 10. We then need to connect to a flight to Mexico City, where we will have a few days before proceeding on to our ultimate destination of Havana, Cuba. We had been looking at not having a night in LA on the way to Mexico, but taking...