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Hi folks, I am travelling from Sydney to Ireland (via 2 weeks in USA) within the next week. I have some baggage that I don't want or need to bring with me to USA and would like to have forwarded to Ireland. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has ever used any excess luggage...

Hi folks, My wife and I are planning a RTW trip and already have an existing one-way classic award bookings from SYD-ORD in F (costing 168,000 points each + taxes). Subsequent trips yet to be booked. However, after applying for the Citibank Signature rewards credit card (with 80,000 bonus...

There was a thread here a few months ago which gave a comprehensive account of the various ways that points could be used, and the relative value of each. Unfortunately I can't locate it. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Many thanks

I'm flying to Dublin for Christmas with my wife. The ticket was booked a while ago and I contacted my travel agent to add my newborn daughter to the booking. Her fare was only 10% of our fare (about $200) but the taxes and charges were another $850 on top of that! I was amazed at how much higher...

Hello, I'll be based in HKG for the next couple of months, and I'm hoping to make some visits to surrounding cities while I'm here. The thread below highlighted a good value status run (TPE-xHKG-MNL) and it got me thinking that there may be a few more opportunities to rack up some SCs while...

Hello, I have come across lots of threads mentioning that the US is the place to go to make some serious SC gains. However, I have not come across many threads describing how to do this. Can someone refer me to such a thread (or give me a quick overview here)? Apologies but I couldn't find...

Hi, I got an email from singapore airlines, offering me Westpac Platinum Card (AMEX + VISA). Comes with 15,000 bonus points and 50% reduction in the first year's annual fee. The invite was part of my email, so I'd rather not share the personalised link, but I did a search on the Westpac...

Hi, I'm new to this forum and have recently discovered the concept of status credit runs. I am currently 150 SCs short of Gold status and reassessment will occur on 30 April. I have a return flight SYD-MEL-SYD in 2 weeks but this will only earn me 20 SCs (still 130 to go!). Later this year...

The Citibank CitiSelect Card | Citibank Australia 60,000 bonus points after $1000 spend within 3 months. $749 annual fee (ouch!) :shock: [$700 card fee + $49 rewards program] 1 FF point per $1 spend 60k bonus would be nice, but don't think I'd fork out that annual fee.

The Citibank Platinum Card | Citibank Australia 50,000 bonus points after $1000 spend within 3 months. $299 annual fee ($250 card fee + $49 rewards program) 1 FF point per $1 spend also 2.9% on balance transfers for 6 mths Annual fee seems a bit steep for 1 FF per dollar, but the 50k...