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    Virgin status earn on Qatar

    I have an I class flight on Qatar from LHR to DOH to ADL coming up shortly. I have dropped from Gold to Silver on Qatar and this won't be quite enough to get me back to Gold. I have just realised that I will drop from Silver on Virgin today. I can find the points earn on the flights for...
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    Uncommon words and Meanings

    I'm a bit of a word freak but had to look up hypocorism. Whether I will remember it or not is another matter but it's a lovely word like serendipity and apricity
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    London Airbnb or apartments

    I need an apartment in London for a week in July. Normally I would avoid it like the plague in July but a combination of events means I need to be there. There are plenty available but just wondering if anyone has a recommendation for either an apartment or Airbnb they have used that is good...
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    Suggestions for a town in UK to chill for a week

    So much to my annoyance my friend in London who I was going to house sit for in June/July for 2-3 weeks has given up his flat and heading back to Oz. I had planned to just chill for a week but never mind there are other places to explore and last minute bookings in London are a little...
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    Emirates restricts first class awards to elite members only

    Do you think this means you won't get Qantas awards in F either https://loyaltylobby.com/2025/05/10/emirates-restricts-first-class-awards-only-to-skywards-elite-members-from-may-12-2025/
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    Marriott buys Citizen M

    Marriott buys CitizenM - interesting https://thepointsguy.com/news/marriott-citizenm-acquisition/
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    Trenitalia complaint

    I think I posted on here about an issue I had with Trenitalia. I booked and paid for via Trainline a ticket from Sicily to Milan on the overnight train. I booked an ensuite cabin with shower and toilet and about two hours before the train left I got an email to say that they couldn't give me...
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    Eurail passes 15% off until 1st April 2025

    Interrail Global Pass for Europe and you have 11 months to activate them
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    Malta Sicily Belfast Cornwall and a few others in between

    After much "nagging" or "encouragement" I have decided to do a TR because the new guidelines for only one or two photos in the View from my office thread I do have a reputation for starting and not finishing TR so we will see how it goes I will do Sicily first then go back to Malta This all...
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    BA with Qantas Gold

    Does anyone know if Qantas Gold trumps BA economy basic and I will get included luggage.
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    Malta

    Interested in people's must do in Malta. I've reviewed a few TR but if anyone has anything to add I'd be interested. Someone maybe two or three years ago mentioned some nice apartments in an old building. If anyone remembers that I'd be grateful @MARTINE @RooFlyer @Flashback
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    Send private messages

    I've just tried sending a PM to two people and after I've added one it says limit reached. @admin is this an enhancement or is there an error Thanks
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    Seats.aero vs Qantas website

    I've been looking at some flights from Adelaide to UK and Qantas is showing availability from a number of cities but when I get to the booking stage I get the dreaded Qantas website error #4002 [0] which AFF says What the Qantas website says: “An error has occurred in our central database...
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    Star alliance app with status from HSBC

    So I got the HSBC card and have reached my spend and now am Air Canada Gold. I was expecting to see my points go to Aeroplan but just realised they are in Star Alliance and I can divert them to numerous places. What is interesting is the app for Air Canada is fine and showing me Gold...
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    Reciprocal Healthcare and travel insurance

    Just reading an article which lists all the countries with reciprocal health care for Australians UK, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Malta, Norway, Ireland, Slovenia and Sweden. Interesting fact was Private treatment is an option, but there’s a catch Rather than...
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    BA flight cancelled and have to pay extra accommodation

    Hi - a friend booked a BA flight in May from LHR to DUB and was picking up a hire car. BA cancelled his flight and the other choice is to go the night before which means he will have to pay another night accommodation in Belfast (he is driving DUB to BEL) when he has already paid for...
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    Ignore button use

    Click on the user name and then you’ll see the button
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    Qantas 2024 review

    I just received an email from Qantas to say that I was in the top 5% of all Qantas points earners because I earnt 227,000 points. I would have thought that I would be a lot lower down than that
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    Swiss trains

    This is a bit of a follow up of something I posted about Swiss trains which prompted a bit of a conversation with @p--and--t so thought I would put some of the info a thread so others could either add things or ask more questions. Here are some popular connections...
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    Eurail passes on special

    https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes/global-pass Looks like this is even cheaper than I got last year
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