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IIRC last time I flew a non-oneworld airline into Perth T1 with an onward QF domestic flight from T4 (so separate tickets) there was a special QF domestic check in desk in the T1 checki n area that you could use to check in for your QF domestic flight and which would transfer your luggage for...

I noticed that the terms and conditions listed on the website have recently changed. At: Black Qantas Credit Card | Earn Qantas Points | Macquarie footnote 1 now links to a new version which instead of saying you earn 1 QFF point per dollar on eligible purchases, uncapped, now says: 1 Qantas...

Thinking about using a QF classic award to book us in JQ business for a domestic flight. Flight leaves from T2 (international) at MEL. Do we get access to the QF international business lounge? Or to put it another way: is a QF classic award used for JQ business class considered to be the same...

I just received this email from Commbank: Dear Stephen, Thank you for using lock, block and limit to add extra security to your CommBank Awards MasterCard credit card. When you locked your Awards MasterCard you also unlocked double Awards points on your MasterCard spend# between 30 November...

I received a letter today from Citylink (Melbourne toll road company) warning me that from 9 December a 2.15% surcharge would be applied to any payments made by Amex or Diners card. The letter said that is is what Amex charges them. As a result I changed my automatic credit card payment from...

One of the standard QP complementary invites valid to end of August 2012. First to PM me can have it.

Some ramblings follow from a non-economist but someone interested in these subjects so hopefully an educated layman: An increasingly likely scenario being discussed in the financial papers is the financial crisis causing either a complete collapse of the euro or forcing several countries to...

On 24 November I will fly HKG-PER-MEL and earn enough SC to carry me to SG exactly. My membership year ends on 31 January and I don't think there is any prospect of me getting another 700SC in the two months to get to WP. So now I am feeling that I should not fly QF between 25 November and 31...

We are off to HKG in November for a week's holiday. This is my first overseas holiday done entirely as ASA's following the excellent advice in this forum. Due to paying tax on CC we have QFF points to burn so I wanted to enjoy F class for the first time and collect some SCs. Flights are...

Due to the QFF point earning strategies I have learnt on this site my wife and I are enjoying our first QFF F trip (QF29 overnight MEL-HKG). Are there any slight advantages or disadvantages to picking 2E/F, 3E/F or 4E/F? I realise these are all great seats in the overall scheme of things but...

Flew back on JQ *class from SIN last weekend. Flight left SIN at 9pm local time/11pm Australian time and was due to arrive at 4.45am SIN time/6.45 am MEL time. After the evening meal I settled off to sleep at about 11pm/1am. I was asked to pull my window shade down on the basis that...

Just got an email from Jetstar advertising cheap business class fares to Japan, for example - Gold Coast to Osaka $949 each way on Business Max. The email then notes that you can fly the same route for $549 in standard Business Class. Why would you pay $800 extra (almost double the price) for...

We are travelling to SIN on JQ *class and are supposed to connect to a Silkair flight that leaves SIN 130 minutes later. I know that JQ arrives at T1 and Silkair leaves from T2 but will we be able to have our luggage transferred so that we don't need to go through customs? From what I have...

Notwithstanding that I have a CBA platinum amex/MC I got an email from qantas FF offering me a CBA gold amex/visa combo. The terms of the offer: - 1 QFF pt per $1 on the amex - 0.5 QFF pt per $1 on the visa with a cap of $30,000 QFF points per year after which the amex rate is halved and the...

I've been a QP member for about ten years. I am usually QPNB. This is my situation: - I fly maybe 4-6 times a year for work, I'm entitled to J class on all work travel - thanks to the helpful tips on this forum I am now amassing enough QFF points to be able to fly J or Y+ for holidays a...

Aside from getting your meal last and being slightly slower to deboard are there any disadvantages to sitting in 5AB and 6AB? For example, do the row 6 seats fully recline? I ask because we're travelling in a family group of four including two young children and I have found when travelling...

Am booking a family holiday MEL to SIN flying with two small children and have the option of either Jetstar Starclass on an A330 or Qantas PE on the A380. The Starclass fare is about 70% of the PE fare. Pros and cons of these options?

Recently travelled with the wife and two kids (ages 2 and 4) from MEL to BNE return, all in J class on FF points, for holidays. At the MEL QP I went through to the J class lounge and after showing our tickets was asked by the desk lady: "Are you travelling on points?". I was slightly taken...

I'm thinking of getting a platinum charge card to use to put my tax through now that the ATO accepts credit card payments. The charge card converts the first $200,000 at $1 = 1.5 rewards points in Ascent Premium. However, I note that you also get a free platinum credit card with the charge...