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    NAB removing point earn on BPay

    From 18th April: We’re changing the way you’ll earn reward points on some transactions. From 18 April, you’ll no longer earn points when you make a BPAY® payment using the following NAB Credit Cards: NAB Flybuys Rewards NAB Qantas Rewards NAB Qantas Plus NAB Qantas Rewards Premium NAB Qantas...
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    An Allianz insurance experience. Read the fine print and ignore advice over the phone.

    Hi all, A recent family skiing trip to NZ resulted in my daughter (minor) spending 3 nights in hospital and then instructed to stay near the hospital for a few days for subsequent check-ups and recovery. As a consequence, I had to cancel a hotel near the ski slopes (charged for 2 nights) and...
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    Hertz - Electric car fuel charge

    Hi all, I’m a 5star Hertz member. Last week my intermediate suv booking was upgraded to a Polestar electric vehicle. I have just been invoiced $27.50 fuel usage for 215km travel. I returned the battery back at 1/2 charge. What is the protocol of returning electric vehicles? Am I meant to get to...
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    To Scoot or skip?

    Hi all, After reaching WP on QF, I'm no longer in the hunt for SC's to justify the QF tax. I need to get from SYD-FRA within some particular time windows for work. My cheapest and quickest 1-stop option in J is on SG, but I would need to do the final leg flight on a Scoot 787. This will be a...
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    SYD car hire changes

    Looks like construction works will impact hire car pick up and drop off in Sydney. All providers moving out of terminal complex to Ross Smith Av. Below part of letter sent from Hertz. Key Points ● A free car rental shuttle service provided by Sydney Airport will transport Hertz customers from...
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    Qantaslink fees on connecting J fares

    Hi all, I'm looking at return flights from ARM to MAD or SVQ in J class. SYD to MAD on QF is just under $11K, but add the ARM-SYD leg in Y, costs jump above $12k. How can I get around the forced flexi fare cost for this leg? Will 2 separate bookings that are then linked post sale do the trick...
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    Best advice on AFF

    After another week travelling in row 4 as a non-WP, it made me think about the single best piece I have received on AFF. Here's my top 3 in order: T-80 seat selection. Too many row 4's on 737s or exit rows for free to count. Alitalia status match - goes back a few years now but being alerted to...
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    I made a deal with the boss...Y or W

    So I made a deal the boss to bypass company policy and fly W instead of J so I could attend an event in the UK. My first plan was to fly QF as that is where I have all frequent flyer benefits and I usually just scrape my Gold renew each year (I need 410sc by end of November). But prices for QF W...
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    New AA campaign on flyer etiquette - lets hope it works

    AA are launching a new marketing campaign that doesn't focus on the cliche features and benefits. Can read about it at the NY Time here. I'd be happy to pay a bit more to fly with 'great fliers'.
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    EK exit row selection

    Hi all, Selecting seats for my 70yr old parents on an upcoming QF flight on EK A380 metal. It looks I can select row 52 via the QF website. Seat guru indicates this an exit row. Is this really classed as an exit row and will the selection hold? I don't want to move their existing seats...
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    Security rescreening at BNE - why?

    At Longreach airport, passengers are security screened yet deposited landside in BNE following a bus tour of the airport (side point - Dash400's carry more passengers than what fit onto a single bus!). In SYD, when security screened at regional airports passengers get dropped airside, while...
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    QF to JQ mobility assistance in SYD

    Hi all, Relative has just purchased a connecting QFlink to JQ domestic flight in SYD. Not being regular flyers, and unaware of terminal changes, physical requirements of the terminal transfer were not accounted for when buying tickets on QF website. Does the QF mobility assistance help with...
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    Comped Gold..but I earned it.

    Hi all, Flew back home on Tuesday to find a QF 'Keep you gold status with our compliments' package in the mail box. When it would have been posted, I would have been 40c short but with flights booked to push me over the threshold. Lovely gesture but since I have racked 610 SC, I thought I...
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    Domestic to International connection in Jakarta

    Hi all, I have a LOP-CGK on GA arriving at 10:40am followed by a 7:45pm departure for SYD on QF. My plan when booking was to allow a days work to be done in the 2 lounges I have access too at CGK. Tickets are on the same PNR but obviously different carriers/alliances. I will only have carry...
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    Beating corporate travel policy

    The QF FF adjustments haven't had any effect on my status earn but the tighter policing of our corporate policy on travel is going to really hurt. Any suggestions on how to play nicely with policies that state it must be cheapest economy fair and most direct? I have found that either booking...
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    Accor subsrciption cards - Ibis Business Card/A+

    Hi all, Any thoughts on the Ibis Business card as reported here Grab a shiny Le Club Accorhotels Gold card for just $130 - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller for someone with no status currently but most likely silver by end of year compared to A+...
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    Whats happening with the Rabies vaccines?

    Hi all, I need the rabies vaccine as I'm about to take a trip to rural Cambodia and working with animals (1st of many trips with this risk). Rabies vaccine supply is not available to doctors/chemists outside some travel clinics. As the vaccine requires 3 dosages, that means 3 trips to a...
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    LAN/QF pricing for same flight

    Hi all, I am thinking about a SYD to AKL rtn flight with LAN in business for $770 that leaves SYD at 9:30am. I can get this price booking through LAN or pay double through Qantas and get a QF flight code. Qantas website allows me to be book this flight with the preceding connection from ARM...
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    QF flight schedule changes to Christchuch - moved onto Emirates

    Hi all, Here is my positive Qantas experience with the recent flight schedule changes on the SYD to CHC route. My original QF flight to CHC was moved from a morning to late QF evening flight with a midnight arrival and the return leg was moved from an afternoon flight to a very early morning...
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    PER to SYD on Qantas. Upgrade worth it

    Hi all, I'm travelling on the midnight flight from Perth to Sydney QF568. The plane is an A330-200 with the seat map on Qantas showing the plane as either VH-EBM or VH-EBN (based on not having row 43 seats?). Can anyone confirm what style business seats are on this flight (its doesn't look...
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