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    Card Promotions New Offer 30k Points or 200 status credits with CC Sign-Up

    Looks like this offer is back for another round: Get up to 120,000 bonus Velocity Points, plus choose your own exclusive benefit* apply by 31 March for your choice of an additional 30k points or 200 SCs.
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    Accor hotels charging higher prices when logged in as a member with “complimentary” breakfast due to status

    Anyone seen this before… so I’m currently at the Sofitel Noosa, which is a lovely, if expensive, place to be. At breakfast this morning I was idly checking prices for a potential return stay next year. I’m Platinum, so “complimentary” breakfast should be included as a status benefit. However...
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    PERfect School Holidays

    September school holidays, and we’re heading west. Heart sank when I saw a text from QF first thing that started “we’re sorry…” but luckily it’s just the IFE. No biggie. Now I don’t fly with the Roo all that much (focus on the VA/SQ side of things), but I add to my QF points balance from...
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    France (and London, Briefly)

    I’m heading for Europe this evening. After last year’s family Euro adventure, unfortunately it wasn’t feasible to take everyone this time. Instead, I’m flying solo to meet my UK-based parents in France for some family events (more of that later) while Mrs MattA holds down the fort in Melbourne...
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    Velocity Transfer Bonus - May 2023

    Looks like the usual May transfer bonus to Velocity is on. No Flybuys this time by the looks of it. Email received: Email links to 15% bonus Velocity Points According to the page metadata: "Transfer your reward points from participating partners to Velocity between 1 May and 31 May 2023 and...
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    Tokyo Weekender

    So the last time I wrote a TR on here it was our two month family adventure through Europe. This is… not that. I’m off to Tokyo for a couple of days for a work thing. While I’m by no means a road warrior I do get to do the odd bit of work travel. Some trips are more enjoyable than others. Tokyo...
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    2 months, 2 kids, 2 continents (technically)

    Long-time lurker, occasional poster, first-time trip reporter… My wife and I, along with our two kids, are Europe bound this evening on a trip that was planned in 2019, booked for 2020, cancelled, rebooked for 2021 and finally rescheduled to 2022. We both have long service leave, so we will...
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