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    50 SC for signing up to Qantas Health Insurance

    Working for me now. Must have been a temporary glitch.
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    50 SC for signing up to Qantas Health Insurance

    I got an email this morning for up to 140K bonus points - sounds like a similar deal to what is described in this thread without the SCs. I'm looking at getting cover anyway so thought I'd check it out but the site just keeps breaking for me - I can't get a quote - site breaks after details...
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    Update on VA Lounges? [BNE/SYD/MEL/PER/OOL/ADL/CBR now open]

    Oh I see. I read it as all the lounges opening today, but it says "from" today. In that case I have no idea.
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    Virgin 3.0 product revealed

    Any alliance with Rex, particularly where VA points could be used for Rex flights, would benefit me enormously. I'd love to see something happen there. Also keen for CBR lounge to re-open as I have a bunch of J flights coming up out of there.
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    Is it Time to transfer/withdraw points from Velocity?

    I'm in, but every new page is real slow and crashes regularly.
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    "oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

    Hey guys I recently organised a 420K award. The next sector is Singapore to Athens with transits in Hong Kong and Heathrow. These are the flights: 2 Sep SIN-HKG 09:50-14:05 CX J 2 Sep HKG-LHR 23:45-05:30(+1) BA F 3 Sep LHR-ATH 06:55-12:40 BA J It's likely the first 2 are going to cause...
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    "oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

    Thanks for that. That's interesting. I called again, got a different agent and it went through with a 5k change fee and the charges went up about $400 so looks like it is all fine. But I'll have to keep that in mind for future reference for flights outside the hub. I guess JFK-LAX on QF if not...
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    "oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

    Hey guys. I'm trying to book a 420K oneworld award: MEL-SIN QF First SIN-HKG-LHR-ATH CX Business - BA First - BA Business ATH-LHR-TXL BA Business - BA Business TXL-LHR BA Business LHR-YVR-JFK BA First - CX First JFK-LAX-MEL QF Business - QF First Approximately 33K miles. 5 stopovers. 2...
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    Is It Worth Chasing Qantas Gold Status ?

    In economy. If flying business, it doesn't really have any benefits anywhere save for lounge access domestically in the US and the occasional extra QF award showing up.
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    Is It Worth Chasing Qantas Gold Status ?

    In your case, I wouldn't go for it if you're not going to do that trip anyway. When travelling business class, the difference is miniscule. I'd say you'd be paying the full cost of that status run for maybe one extra award flight next year that you would have otherwise had to pay for and no...
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    "oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

    Cheers. Yeah Doha to LAX is a nice long possibility, similar to that. I've tried some of their shorter flights to Europe and Nepal but never a big one like that.
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    "oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

    I use mileage monkey. There are a few handy tools around. This is a bit generic but does anyone have a standout oneworld airline for business class? I have an awful lot of options for getting from Doha to the US (any initial port is fine - PHX is the final destination) and am not particularly...
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    Giveaway: 7 million VFF points shared equally between all entrants

    I might just be too optimistic but I'll say 200.
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    STOP urinating in holds of planes

    The chances of this being completely made up and no source even existing let alone tested for reliability are virtually 100%.
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    Star Alliance status match

    You'd think so but there are a lot of reports of that match occurring. Anyway, I don't have a European passport so it's not an option regardless.
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    China Domestic Lounge Access via Skyteam Elite Plus

    With Skyteam, you have access pre-departure with 1 guest when connecting to/from an international flight on the same day. Otherwise no access on domestic flights. I travelled China Southern everywhere and only got access on the final departure from Beijing, which was a pretty nice lounge. With...
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    Sleep Strategy CBR - LHR

    If it were me I'd crash after dinner and try to get maybe 5 hours on the first flight then a small nap early in the 2nd. Then just go to sleep normal time Saturday night. On the way back, I'd crash after dinner on both flights. It often doesn't work out that cleanly but that would be my plan!
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    Why are there so many DYKWIAs

    I've never understood the desire for priority boarding at all, much less to be seen using it. My preference is always to stay in the lounge rather than line up. If you have to line up anywhere, do it at the end of the gangway.
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    Qantas to offer Netflix, Spotify and Foxtel via Wi-Fi

    If they have enough bandwidth to handle streaming live sport, this is going to make a huge difference to weekend flights.
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