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$2600 return Manila-Dublin on Etihad available at many points over the next few months.

Thanks folks. I have read the AFF articles.

Does anyone have the text of this article on yheir website today? Call me cheap...

Thanks. I thought upgrading a Virgin domestic economy flight would just be a case of using points to pay for it...

Virgin sell the same flights for a little more. If I booked them that way, could I upgrade the domestic legs using points? I've looked into booking from Adelaide, with a view to buying business class tickets to and from Adelaide with points, but it's a lot more expensive.

So Qatar have a good economy class fare from Sydney to Dublin, via Adelaide in both directions. The flight between Sydney and Adelaide is Virgin of course. What's the prospect of upgrading those legs to business class using Velocity points, to start and end the trip in comfort?

I was a NSW Councillor for two terms, and the requirements placed on us by NSW government were strict and onerous, but often ignored, especially by candidates and councillors associated with the Labor, National and Liberal parties. Probably because they saw that their MPs and MLCs weren't bound...

As an immigrant, this disappointed but did not surprise me. The tolerance for corruption in Australia is very obvious to an outsider. Incidentally this isn't okay for private industry either - there is such a thing as Related Party Disclosures which accounting standards require to be completed...

And of course they get sniffy if you don't board your onward connection to the place you don't want to go to...

And all bizarrely less expensive than Amsterdam itself, though routed through Amsterdam.

Some bizarre pricing. Looking at Kuala Lumpur to Europe in May returning June, and it's under $3000 to Munich via Amsterdam, but $3500 to Amsterdam itself! As I want to go to Dublin, backtracking to Munich to save money isn't particularly attractive. I'm now leaning towards this and similar...

After a bit more digging, I am now considering other departure points and airlines. Kuala Lumpur has some good deals on various airlines wirh faster connections.

Skyscanner offers other routes with shorter stopovers. To Dublin via Heathrow on a 380. And back via Schipol (not on a 380). Cheaper too. Connection in Heathrow is 2.5 hours and requires transit from T2 to T4. I haven't been through Heathrow in 20 years. But if we were to miss the connection...

Yeah, still one 777 and one 787. But the price difference isn't related to the aircraft type

Anyhow, around my dates Jakarta-Dublin is about three times the price from Manila, so I will keep investigating Manila. There do seem to be two main fare points - starting from about US$950 each way and starting from about US$1800 each way. I assumed it was worse and better connections...

We all know that for unknown reasons, Business Class from Manila is a fraction of the price of J from Australia. But has anyone actually done it? Is there a catch? I'm currently looking at $2800 return from Manila to Dublin. It will cost another thousand for direct (economy class) flights from...

There was definitely no menu when I flew in November and December. Meals were a mystery! They were fine though, and while I've previously been hungry on Etihad flights, that wasn't the case for any of the four legs I flew. I had decided against those seat rows because I thought they would be...

I think I've settled on a day trip to Ballina from Sydney. First weekend in Feb, but I think it earns me enough Status Credits to make up for the ones that expire before then.

Thank you. I have until 30 January to get 14 status credits including two flight sectors... Surprisingly expensive to do from Canberra... Flying somewhere and back in the same day just isn't possible for reasonable money.

I just keep trying and it eventually seems to work. I've been doing that all morning and it seems to be working now.