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    I've just reached Velocity Platinum

    Hi brains trust, I've just hit Platinim for the first time in any airline loyalty program. Literally took the last flight on Sunday night to hit the eligiable sector minimums. I ended up with close to 2000 status credits in the past 12 months. Anyhow, what's the first thing I should do with my...
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    Melbourne to Paris in Business for <$3215

    Just found this for MEL to CDG flying in J on Hainan Airlines for September to October 2019. $3215 in J is cheap. Haven't checked what their product is like yet.
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    Tour de France

    Hi all, I'm going to take the family to Europe this time next year and one of the things I'd like to do is to follow the Tour de France for a couple of days. I hoping to follow the tour through a couple of mountain stages in a motorhome. Just wondering if any AFF community has done this and/or...
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    FF Points predicament to get the family to LHR

    Hi Guru’s, My wife and I are planning to take our youngest daughter (10) on a European vacation next June for around 7 weeks. We’ve been a couple of times but this time we’ll only stop in the UK for a few days to see family, and then head over to the Continent for the rest of our stay. My...
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    Qantas Best Dressed Competition

    Hi all, So my wife flew CBR to MEL on Q earlier this week and was presented with a bottle of sparkling wine (375ml) as a gift for being best dressed on the flight. She was flying solo so my question is: is Q running a competition during fashion week or should I be worried that she's chatting up...
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    What's the age of the youngest Gold Platinum member?

    Just wondering what's the age of the youngest Gold and Platinum FF? A couple of years back, I was tempted to take my daughter on a status run with me which would have given her Gold but decided against it.
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    Do infants earn points?

    Just wondering if anyone knows if infants earn ff points when flying? We're planning a RTW trip for Aug next year and we will have a bew addition to the family.
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    Missing e-tickets (again) from Expedia (.br) for QF flights

    Hello, I've booked 3 trips with Expedia (.br) in the past month, all for trips that are coming up between October 2013 and January 2014 and all flying on QF and Emirates as QF code share. It was my first time not booking through the QF website. Saved me some good coin, thanks to this site. :D...
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    Aus to UK/EU trip with AUS/UK Dual Citizen and AUS Citizen family members

    Hi all, I have tried searching this site and I've gone through the UK Border Agency website but not much luck with my question. I am an Australian, born and raised in Aus and I recently obtained my UK citizenship and passport through my British parents. So I now have my Aus and UK passports...
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    maximising value for CBR to LHR

    Hello experts, On short notice, I have to get to London from Canberra. Most likely flying out on Wednesday or Thursday this week and only staying 5 days in total. I'll by travelling buy myself so have the ability to do something different to maximize SC, Points or getting upgradable tickets...
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    Tracking Red eDeals for SYD to LHR

    Hi all, I've been watching the Red eDeal prices for the past 12 months for flights from SYD to LHR. I thought I'd post them in case anyone was interested. I can’t upload Excel documents so if someone wanted to do more work with this, you'll need to rebuilt it using the data in the txt file...
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    award flight and cash flight booking

    So I'm not far off making my first award flight booking between CBR and LHR and was wondering if anyone had any tips to make life easier with booking the award flight and tickets for the rest of the family. I'm sure they appreciate being on the same flight and seated next to me, me on the other...
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    Qantas Multi stop trip via Hong Kong

    Hi all, Love the forum, I read much more than I post. I wish I had seen this forum when I was travelling for work. I was averaging a return internal flight each fortnight and although I had reached Gold FF, I could have made platinum if I had the knowledge I do now from reading this forum. Now...
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    Flying to London on Q

    So quick question on your personal choice: if you were flying to London via Singapore with Qantas, would u choose the Q A380, Q 747 or BA 777? Sent from my HTC Incredible S using AustFreqFly
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    Newbie

    Hi all, great forum. I'll be using to get the most out of the airlines for an upcoming trip to Europe and regular business travel. I'm a loyalist to Qantas but have recently received gold Velosity status. I have my first virgin flight in a couple of days, who knows I might like it enough to make...
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