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I just booked a Junior suite at Crowne Plaza Adelaide using the confirmable upgrade reward; rather than making a booking and then calling in to upgrade, I did the booking and upgrade in the same call after first checking the website to see there was suite availability. The call centre operator...

I have had a similar experience today - I have an existing J booking that I wanted to change due to cancellation of one of the legs. I did quite a bit of searching on the Qantas classic rewards search tool and came up with 6 new flight segments, all showing availability, but the call centre...

Thanks for the useful reply DC3.

Hello, after listening to the AFF podcast interview with cove I am inspired to try applying for a US credit card. I studied in Chicago and left in 2001 so I have an old SSN I can use. I had citi and amex cards while I was there. My question is do I need a US address to open the account and if so...

Do comfort seats get double SC too?

Re: World of Hyatt Status: Globalist I've had very good experience with WOH so far: GH Beijing - upgrade to suite on prepaid rate GH Taipei - upgrade to suite on C+P rate, not the biggest suite available but OK GH Guangzhou - upgrade to suite on a prepaid rate PH Hyderabad - upgrade to suite...

I have done this for a short business trip of 8 days, when I ran out of time to get a business visa. I have had 3-4 business visas in the past. The process is wonderfully quick - simply pay and upload a photo online. I got a confirmation email the next day. Then gave the confirmation print out...

After Aloft, now comes a new Sheraton, this time for North Adelaide according to Travel Weekly. Hasn't that site been under discussion for years? Believe it when I see it ... HOT ON THE HEELS OF ANNOUNCING ITS ALOFT BRAND WILL DEBUT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, STARWOOD ARE WORKING ON ADDING A SHERATON...

Re: Travelling with small pets on the golden triangle As a follow up to my above situation, I called QF back and was told that ADL does not allow pets in the terminal so all pets have to go via freight forwarding companies. OK that's fine but Qantas Freight close at noon on a Saturday! That...

Re: Travelling with small pets on the golden triangle The implementation of this new policy is very unsatisfying. I booked and paid for a ticket in November BNE-ADL. After reading AFF I called the plat line to check the situation for flying with my dog BNE-ADL and was told that no matter the...

I hate, hate, hate the toasters. Half the time they're reeking with the scabby leftovers from god knows when. I once put in a nicely made up sandwich, when I went to extract it had become victim to a previous users' festering gunk. (There was a half sandwich stuck to the top side of the toaster...

I've had an ambassador since Jan this year so not a long time experience. However my impressions are mixed. Good points: - Birthday gift - box of TWG tea, arrived late but it wasn't expected and a nice touch. Also got a cake the stay after my birthday which I think she probably arranged. -...

The travelisfree blog has a handy Best Hotel Rewards Program infographic that compares the major hotel loyalty programmes - Club Carlson comes out as the winner, though it really depends on your style of travel. It's very useful to get an at-a-glance comparison without having to wade through all...

Contemplating a stay here next week. Can anyone confirm that the gym/swimming facilities are open? What are the opening hours? Range of equipment? Any sauna or steam room? Ta.

I've been twice in the last week or so - after QF5 and before QF6. Great service, lots of room and I like having a stand up area at which to eat. In terms of cooked to order service I had the minute steak, fish and wagyu beef with baby eggplant (served on different occasions). All were...

I came down to Shanghai from Beijing this afternoon. My advice - if you can, choose a large aircraft that will dock at the gate. The plane I was on (MU) was an Airbus 321 and we had buses to and from the terminal at both ends. It's not fun queueing to get on and off a plane in -10 degrees...

Got a shock today when I went to ebates to book a series of stays in Jan to find that all SPG hotels are no longer available. Thanks to a post by markis I've been using ebates for over a year to book all my SPG stays and found it a good little earner for just a few minutes of extra work. My...