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    waitlisted flights to be combined with other staralliance flights

    Back booking flights again after paying a huge amount of tax. If I book a waitlisted bus saver flight does it give you the option to confirm or does it just go straight to booked???? I need to combined this with another star alliance carrier with heaps of availability on Expertflyer. So I...
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    South African Airlines J or singapore J from Johannesburg to Melb or Perth

    Thinking of flying J with my family of four back from an African trip. I need to fly Dar es Salaam to Melb. I can get 4 J with points Dar to Perth with SAA then I will go virgin to Melbourne at my cost. Or I can fly Dar to Dubai cattle class then Singapore J to Melbourne on points. Any...
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    Virgin Domestic Flight Redemptions

    I am trying to get some virgin domestic flighs with the small amount of Krisflyer points that my kids and wife have that are about to expire. They have about 15500 each - enough for a one way flight such as Hobart to Adelaide - 11000 points required. I have heaps of points that I am using on...
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    Luggage and two seperate star alliance bookings

    We can fly Singapore airlines to Mumbai business class. However we need to travel onward to ebb Uganda via either ethiopian airlines or Kenyan airlines or Egyptian airlines. They are all star alliance carriers. What's the best way to ensure that our bags get all the way through? Is that...
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    Best value - book part online or do all through call centre?

    I can book part of my trip online - mel to bom or dxb or a few other hubs and get j savers. However I want to travel further via another Star Alliance carrier - need to get to EBB (entebbe uganda). Should I book the j savers online and either buy the rest with the other carrier or try to book...
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    Mel to ADD to EBB, Dar to Mel : United Web Site and booking Award Seating

    I am waiting for award seats to become available for Dec 13/Jan14 . We are a family of four and I have a heap of KRISFLYER points. I am hoping to try to fly us to holiday in Africa- We need to get Melbourne to Addis Ababa in Ethiopia (ADD) then ADD to Entebbe (EBB) in Uganda then to return...
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    500,000 points to use

    Hi, I currently have about 500,000 points to use by Dec 2013 when they start expiring. I will have up to another 100,000 points by March. I have been trying to plan a trip for my family of four where we can use these. It seems nearly impossible to work out. My probblem is working out seats...
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    South America

    Any ideas on how to get to South America on points - I have a stack of them and want to go from melbourne to Equador, Peru and Chile. Singapore's website is a pain in the butt to find anything sensible on. My entry point is flexible - Santiago, or Quito, or even Buenos Aires. I want to...
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    CBA Gold Mastercard bonus to velocity?

    Noticed that Amex and heaps of other cards have a 25 percent bonus on redemption of velocity points. Does anyone know if this applies to the CBA Gold Mastercard points?
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    Velocity or Emirates Skywards

    I am booking flights Melbourne to Damascus and Cairo to Melbourne for my family of four over the December/January period. We will likely fly with Emirates. I am wondering which will give the best flight miles - open a Skywards account and use them with Emirates or use our velocity membership...
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    Melbourne to Cairo/ Damascus to Melbourne (Amex and Velocity Points)

    Well this is my first post. I am taking my family (wife and two teenage kids) to Egypt Jordan and Syria this Xmas (around Dec 16th and Returning Jan 17th) We need to fly Hobart to Melbourne (or Sydney) then on to Cairo. On the way back we will be leaving Damascus to Melbourne and on to...
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