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    Expiry of KF miles attached to points used?

    This is a slight variant on the usual question of how the expiry of miles used to redeem reward flights is treated. I know that if you book a reward flight with points and then subsequently cancel that flight and the miles get redeposited into your account, that the expiry of the miles is still...
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    Booking available reward seat I can see on EY website using Velocity FF points

    Can someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I was under the understanding previously that if I could locate reward seats on the Etihad website(known on the EY website as GuestSeats), I could then subsequently book these seats using my Velocity FF points by calling up Velocity call centre and...
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    Tips flying JFK-FRA-SIN-MEL?

    Thanks to the kindness and tips of contributors to this forum on how to secure award flights on SQ(and thanks to the gods of the SQ waitlists!), I've managed to secure two Suites/First seats for my wife and I, and a business class seat for my mum, departing JFK to MEL, transiting in Frankfurt...
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    ITA Matrix fares and airfare engines that use same platform

    Have found some fares to singapore over the christmas period on the ITA Matrix site for a reasonable price, and I've been trying to book it, but having no luck. What airfare consolidators(expedia, webjet,??) on the web use the same engine as Matrix so that I can try and use the website to find...
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    QF did well!

    From what I've seen on forums, majority of posts are complaints rather than praises as people are usually more apt to be ticked off enough to post about injustices, etc than when they have been treated well. To help balance this out, I'm posting this as one way that QF have done the right thing...
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    Accessing CX "Wing" lounge in HK while flying Qantas

    Just a quick question....I'm a WP flying Premium Economy on a Qantas flight tomorrow out of HK back to Melb... Can I access the CX "Wing" first class lounge tomorrow or because there's a Qantas First class lounge in the airport, I can only go to that one? Just heard a lot of good things about...
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    Best card to use to withdraw cash from ATMs overseas

    I've already got a Wizard CC(or 28degrees card) which I've previously used for withdrawing money overseas and purchases, without incurring a lot of currency conversion fees. Always found it a minor pain to make sure I had it in credit before I pulled any cash from it so as to avoid the cash...
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    Flying to Hong Kong...any tips?

    Hey knowledgeable ones! After having got some really good advice last time when I needed some SCs to go from Gold to Platinum before my SCs expired, I'm hoping you guys can help me out again here. My partner is about to start work in HK in about 2 weeks time on a 12 month stint. As I have...
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    SC Run?

    Hi everyone I'm a longtime lurker but first time poster so bear with me :) If I've posted this in the wrong forum, please let me know. Wanted to get some tips/advice on getting SCs.. Looking to get to Platinum(WP? if I've got the acronyms right) and according to my account summary, I need...
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