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    Qantas Business Rewards and Points Club

    Hi there. If I transfer points earned in my Qantas Business Rewards Account to my personal account will those points count towards attaining Points Club in my personal account? And if they do, which category do they fall into - flying or non-flying? Many thanks.
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    QF6001 MEL - VCV VH-OQH Qantas A380 departs Melbourne bound for Victorville

    I just had an unusual sound overhead - the distinctive hum and purr of A380 engines pushing an aircraft into the sky and onwards to it's faraway destination. This was once a regular occurrence multiple times a day over my place but since COVID the skies have been silent, so it was unusual for...
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    Group tour recommendation for South America

    Hi there, I am looking at travelling to South America next year on holiday. Usually I am a solo traveller but this time I am contemplating a small group tour (max 20 pax). Does anyone have any recommendations on a good quality tour? A couple of relevant facts to assist: - I am a 50 yr old...
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    Upgrade possible on QF ticket to SFO purchased with a Gift Voucher

    I have recently purchased a J ticket SYD - SFO return on QF. The purchase was made with a regular QF gift voucher of value $100 and balance on credit card. I know the flight cannot be requested for upgrade as the online request system doesn’t allow it. However, are there other means by which...
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    Platinum Ambassador benefits possible when booking a stay through another website?

    Hi there, A couple of questions for the more knowledgable amongst us: 1. If I book a stay at, say, Intercontinental New York City, via the QANTAS Hotels booking site will I still receive Platinum Ambassador privileges at the hotel?, and 2. Am I able to get that booking to appear on my IHG...
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    Travel in the US on AA, crediting back to QFF - is joining AAdvantage a sensible ide

    Hi there, I am about to embark on a holiday through the US and Canada and most of my internal flights will be on AA, with some designed as status runs. I am a QFF member, but not an AAdvantage member. My questions are as follows: 1. Should I join AAdvantage and have my AA flights booked...
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    QF Premium Economy pricing MEL -LAX. Is it unusually high?

    Hi there, I'm looking at some return Premium Economy flights MEL - LAX for later this year, around the July to August timeframe. My dummy bookings are coming up with what I thought were unusually high prices at approx $5100 return on Premium Economy Saver fares (lowest bucket available)...
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    Question: AA flights earning QFF SC's....

    Hi there, hoping for some assistance on a question I have. I am currently planning a trip to the USA and will naturally include some good quality status runs, just for the fun of it..... I have looked at the AA website and generated some dummy itineraries. Some of the flights legs are coming...
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    Problem booking flight on QF website and getting CC authorisation.......

    I am having problems getting credit card approval on a one-way QF Wellington to Melbourne flight using an Australian Bank issued Amex to book a flight via the Qantas website. Qantas says the card gets declined when they try to pay (they tried processing payment yesterday evening at booking time...
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    Ideas sought for my ANZ Rewards Platinum points

    Hi, i have about 275k Rewards points on my ANZ Rewards Platinum Visa/Amec account. What ideas do members have on how to use them? Travel options preferred but not necessary. Value for points is however necessary. I wish now that this was the card that converted to QFF points. But alas it...
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    Peculiar observation on QF flight

    On Friday 2 November I flew QF from MEL to SYD. It was a peculiar flight as the crew seemed completely flustered and panicky the entire flight. However, towards the end of the flight, after a very rushed meal service, the cabin crew started to shift bottles of wine from the business class...
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    Points not credited to QF from AA - advice sought

    All, I have first hand issues with the industrial problems AA are having that are covered in other threads in this forum. I can relay my story to you, and seek some wisdom from the forum on the best way to solve my problem. I was in the USA during September and booked a SC run for Friday 21...
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    Misleading and deceptive marketing by Priority Club - beware

    Hi everyone, I need to share my recent experience with you regarding some disgraceful marketing from Priority Club. As background, I recently joined Priority Club on the recommendation of a friend with is a PC Elite member. I accumulated some points on my recent holiday to the USA and have...
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    "price" of status credits - has anyone calculated it?

    Hi there, I am about to head off to the USA in early August for a longish holiday (7 weeks) and while I am there I will do a bit of flying. A couple of flight legs are quite deliberate status runs. I'm quite amazed at how quickly you can run up status credits in the USA and book (relatively)...
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    Assistance required: Booking car rental for the USA using UK websites. Possible?

    Hi There, I am currently planning a USA holiday that will include a component of driving. I have looked around at various websites and I have seen significant discrepancies in pricing between the different country websites of the same company. For example, if you use the following data in the...
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    Status runs in USA - ideas sought by a new member

    Hi, i joined AFF today after sitting on a flight yesterday where a fellow member told me about this forum and the concept of status runs. I was intrigued by the concept and after a quick look on the forum this morning I was hooked and joined up straight away. I have had a good look at a few...
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