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    Q: Azamara cruise cabin availability

    We will be in Europe later this year, and have been looking at a particular Azamara cruise between Turkey and Greece. There are only 3 cabin decks 6, 7 and 8. After much research, we decided on a balcony (veranda) cabin on deck 7 - to minimise my seasickness. I am claustrophobic, so there has...
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    Q: BNE - transfer between INT and DOM

    I have booked a QR flight arriving BNE at 5:30pm (from DOH) and a QF flight leaving BNE at 7:30pm (last flight for SYD). Booked flights on points with 2 separate airlines (QR and BA) so the 2 bookings are not connected. I understand I have to go through immigration and customs at BNE on...
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    Along the Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan

    Our friends A and D invited us to join them on their trip to Uzbekistan. We gladly accepted as it would not be likely that we would do it on our own steam. The trip was to attend a wedding (of strangers) in Uzbekistan and to tour the 4 cities on the Silk Road: Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand and...
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    Qantas health insurance

    Currently serving half time in prison hotel quarantine, plenty of time on hand to prepare for a new life outside 😂 after release. Hubby has been thinking of private health insurance. We had it for at least 6 years (before our wanderlust to the UK) with a small health fund called Phoenix, and...
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    Friendships via AFF

    We have formed friendships through many walks of life – eg schools / universities, neighbours, work, church, friends of friends, and through AFF! As we are waiting and planning for our trip home later this year (fingers and toes crossed tightly), I often wonder how interesting these friendships...
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    Vaccine - Booked in (UK)

    Our local GP clinic here in London has called us to make appointments for the 1st dose jab. So hubby is having his this Thursday and I will have mine this Friday - both at a health centre (not local GP clinic). They said the 2nd dose will be 12 weeks later. Hope Australia will start vaccines soon.
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    seat selection for virgin international flight

    A relative (no status) booked a return Y flight SYD-LAX with Virgin. During the booking, she tried to select seat for the return flight 3 months away, and most / all window and aisle seats were crossed out (not available) - available seats were middle seats :( Not sure if the window and aisle...
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    anyone received invalid email from Qantas?

    I have received this email from Qantas a number of times in the last 2 weeks, they all went into junk/spam folder. I have logged into my QFF account, and the email address is correct there. Not sure if it is legit, or a spam?
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    Q: Credit card for a temporary resident

    My sister (Aus & Can passports) lives in Canada but is now in Australia for 6 months. She wants to get an Australian credit card to use while living in Australia (eg internet payments), but finds it difficult to get anything - they want A$ income. Does anyone know if there is any bank /...
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    LATAM fares within South America

    Two years ago we went to Peru and the fares for domestic flights operated by LATAM were very expensive (eg LIM - CUZ route) so many recommended to use BA avios instead of paying cash. This worked well for us. Next year we will be in South America (not Peru) and would like to know if we should...
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    ? what's going on in Adelaide - September 2018

    We have been looking at booking Y award seats from SYD to ADL at the end of September 2018, and none available on QF for 27th, only J award seats available and Y fares really expensive. Does anyone know why? Is there a big event in Adelaide for that day? It is 11 months out, and no Y award...
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    Hertz - damage and excess time questions

    Hubby rented a Hertz car for a week from a Sydney suburb Hertz agency while he was in Australia last month. He accidentally damage the bonnet of the car which he told the office when he returned the car - repair assessed by Hertz to be just over $700 and it was charged to our Amex plat card...
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    Q - J seats on A380 in middle

    Could someone please advise if the 2 J seats in the middle of Etihad A380 would be facing forward or backward? They are in the row of 4 seats in the middle. Many thanks!
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    Q - CX101 J seats

    We will be on CX101 HKG to SYD - it is B777. I have selected seats 12A & 15A for us (prefer windows for both, instead of middle pairs). I understand that CX101 is B777 with 3 class config, seatguru shows 12A & 15A - J class - in the same cabin. However, CX also uses B777 with 4 class config...
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    QF pre order meals for First Class?

    Is it correct that QF pre order meals are not available to F pax? I read in QF website that they are only available on Y, Y+ and J for flights out of Australia. BA allows pre order F meals out of London. Hubby was on F with BA a few months ago and wanted a fish dish on the F menu - it was not...
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    Qantas activities website

    We are going to be in Beijing in a few months time, and noticed that Qantas has a separate website for booking activities in Beijing (earn QF points). Thinking of one day in Beijing and one day to the Walls. Has anyone used this? Experience? Activities were reviewed and generally they were...
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    Seat selected at time of booking

    November last year we booked SYD-MEL return for travelling this May - as it was cheap, one way pleb $95. Aircraft shown was A330 (!), so we selected seats 25A & 25B. Just checked MMB now, and aircraft is now B737 and our original seats were unchanged, but at the back of the plane. Have now...
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    book red e-deals now?

    We are going to be in Oz next May. We need to fly SYD-MEL-SYD for a wedding. Qantas currently has $99 for one-way. Not sure if we should book now, or wait a few more months? Will the $99 come back? Or, if we wait we will likely have to pay $109 or $119? Thanks!
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    Q - point and SC calculator

    We are going London City to Dublin for the weekend in December - booked the cheapest ticket with only hand luggage (could not find out the booking class). I am with BAEC so booking show number of avios (1,250) and tier points (20). Hubby is with QFF. I tried the point calculator in QF website...
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    Q: problem with QF website for award searches

    I have been having problems with QF website regarding award searches. I logged onto my QFF account and tried to search for award flights but only "Search Airfares" was shown, no Qantas & Partner Classic Award Search was shown. Has anyone encountered this problem? Tried to search for award...
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