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Looking to hire a car for five days in March - pick up at MEL on a Monday evening, drop off at MEL on Saturday midday. Holiday Autos is by far the cheapest at AU$160 for a Corolla. All other prices from the car hire companies are $207+ for a Corolla/Yaris/i20. Is there anything I should be...

I did our OLCI this morning for our PER-ZNE flight on Virgin this afternoon. Booked cheapest seats for our flight and couldn't select seats at the time of booking. How surprised was I to find we have been allocated 2D and 2F. I'm Gold, hubby is Silver. Yeah its only a 1hr 45min flight but we...

Booked on VA PER-MEL and SYD-PER in the Cheap Charlie seats which will earn 20 SCs each way. Booked on Air NZ in PE MEL-AKL-LAX-AKL-SYD. I'm VA Gold and am trying to work out whether I'll have enough SCs before December to maintain Gold - at this point in time I need another 350 SCs. On the...

We were supposed to go on our USA/Canada trip three years ago but for one reason or another never got around to it. Our flights are now booked (trying out Air NZ's premium economy) and we're off at the end of August. We will arrive in LA mid afternoon on a Monday. What recommendations can...

Silly question but I have to ask. I'm a VA Gold member, hubby is a Silver member. I've got a complimentary upgrade to use by August. We're going to Melbourne in a couple of weeks and if I use my upgrade what are the chances (besides none :lol: ) of hubby being able to get an upgrade as well...

I'm here to have a good rant. Mid-September flights to Perth, cost for one person depending on which flight is chosen is $602 or $625 plus $381 back on QF, and $425 or $530 plus $279 back on DJ. That is bloody ridiculous! A DJ flight PER-AKL on the same day is $511. Are there people from DJ...

Late last month/early this month we flew PER-AKL-DUD and return with Air NZ. Last week I found out that Velocity Reward points and status credits can be earned on Air NZ flights. Can these points and status credits be claimed retrospectively? I emailed Virgin Australia last week but haven't...

Are sealed 1.5 litre bottles of water allowed through security? I don't really want to have to fork out $7 for a bottle of water at Perth International Airport once we've gone through security, since I just bought some 1.5 litre bottles at the supermarket for 75 cents each. I'm pretty sure...

Unfortunately our planned trip to the USA and Canada in September last year got put on the backburner for various reasons. We're planning to do our trip in September/October 2012. We're now also looking at doing a 7 day cruise to Alaska. This will cost just around $2,000 each for a veranda...

Not sure if I've posted this in the correct place, move it if you need to. In the travel liftout in the Perth Sunday Times this week there was a small article about the credit card-style room keys. Apparently these cards have stored on them: your name, partial home address, room number, check...

For 4 days only book amazing deals for 2 people on selected Qantas International airfares in Premium Economy and Business. Available to a great range of destinations including Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Singapore, Buenos Aires, San Francisco and more, for selected travel dates. Hurry! Sale ends...

Still thinking of flying VA to LAX, but was just looking at the QF website. If want to book PER-LAX-PER, it won't let me choose QF11 and QF12. If I choose QF11, the only option it gives me to come back is QF94 which gets into Melbourne at 0845 and we have to wait there til around 1500. Why...

Just wondering about getting from San Diego to Tijuana. Is there a bus that goes there as we don't want to pay extra insurance for the hire car. I've got the impression there are long queues.

Have been looking around at hotels in Las Vegas. There seem to be more awful ones than nice ones, if TripAdvisor is anything to go by. One I have found that sounds nice is The Carriage House, which is just off the strip. We will most likely arrive in LV on a Sunday and stay two nights.

If we decide to travel Y on DJ PER-SYD, then VA Y+ to LAX, do DJ book the luggage right through to LAX?

Was just exploring some options, thinking about doing VA PE one way to LAX, then Hawaiian LAX-HNL for a few days, then HNL-SYD. When I look at VA's site, it says approx $4,700 for a one way fare per person. WTF?

I use a "3" USB modem for my laptop in Perth. We leave it at our house there and it gets used for a few days a month. I've done a bit of looking around, trying to find a pre-paid USB modem to use in the USA but can't seem to find one that has coverage in every state. I know some of the...

Just wondering if anyone has stayed at the Pan American Hotel, Queens Blvd, Elmhurst NY? Sounds OK, most of the TripAdvisor reviews are good except for the most recent one but the person just sounds cranky. Close to bus/train - we don't want to be driving around NYC and paying for parking...

I must say the discount available through this website is very generous. A policy for travel to the US for 2 months will cost the 2 of us just $358. It seems to have all we need - my main concern was the medical but it covers us up to $12.5 million. I would never, ever consider going anywhere...

Ok, so what's it really like? Who's been there recently? Does it really take as long as 2 or 3 hours to get through? We won't be using locks on our bags. I've got some of those little plastic luggage seals, each with a number on them. I didn't want to spend the money on TSA approved locks...