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    Many Velocity Partner Redemptions Becoming Unattainable

    Just looked at availability for a 1-way business reward CBR-IST over quite an extended period. And this wasn't the only city pair that I checked. I couldn't find anything that wasn't completely silly in terms of points required (see attached example). This is starting to make Qantas look...
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    TP/SQ - SIN-LHR - 1180 SGD / 2200 SGD r/t - Business

    Noticed this on Flyertalk. I'd be surprised if a few people weren't interested in this: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/premium-fare-deals/2152868-tp-sq-sin-lhr-1180-sgd-878-o-w-2200-sgd-1637-r-t-business.html
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    SQ PY IST-DPS o/w $1300

    Just booked this for May. Some might think it's not that great, but for me it's fine. I was holding a VA J reward on QR ATH-ADL which cost 121,000 points and a co-payment of $703. I thought this was fine when I booked it, but having reassessed things recently, I came up with a better option...
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    Changes to Qantas Travel Money effective 27 February 2024

    I received an email today advising of changes to Qantas Travel Money. The Issuer will be changing from Heritage and People's Choice Limited to EML Payment Solutions Limited. So I had a look at EML's reviews on TrustPilot, and it makes for interesting reading.
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    Long Overnight Transit at Melbourne Airport

    I've just booked a United business class award which involves a long transit at MEL (10 pm to 7 am). It hardly seems worth booking a hotel for what would be about 4-5 hours sleep at most, so I was wondering if it would be possible to go airside around midnight, given that I will have checked in...
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    Hertz Rental Pick Up at LHR - Beware

    Last month I picked up a Hertz car at the Hertz LHR depot, having booked it online several weeks prior. I had a confirmed reservation for a compact car with petrol engine, for my 600-mile round-trip to the North of England, to see some relatives. As I was travelling alone, that's all I needed...
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    Scoot to Gate - SYD

    Had an interesting experience today, checking in online for a Scoot flight ex SYD. The first time I tried it, using my UK passport (as I'm flying to the UK via SIN), the computer said NO, I have to check in manually at airport. The second time I tried it, using my Australian passport, the...
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    Splitting R/T PNR Into Two One-Ways

    I have a Qantas award ticket (one PNR) BKK-AMM-BKK on RJ in business class for later this year and would like to split it into two one-way PNR's, as I may wish to cancel/change the outward leg in due course. It's not possible to make any changes online, due to the numerous previous schedule...
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    Business Class Award Availability Australia - London

    If anyone is interested, there is currently Business class (I) award availability for several dates in March 2024 for 90,000 miles and up (plus taxes). They are using TG to BKK and then BR to LHR via MEL and also BR via BNE/TPE. I booked one myself very recently, and I don't expect them to...
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    JAL Premium Economy

    Well, I've just flown HEL-HND in PE, a 14 hour flight. Thankfully the seat next to me was vacant and I was in a bulkhead window seat, which I believe is the the best seat in PE. But, being forced to wear a mask for the entire flight was a real put off. The flight attendants enforced it as only...
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    Award Booking HEL-HND-SYD in JAL PE

    I'm trying to book this itinerary as a multi-city award on the QF website using points. There is availability (confirmed on the BA website) as follows: but the QF website errors out when trying to ticket the booking with the message: "We are unable to confirm your selected flights. Select...
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    Business Class Award to Singapore using VA

    I was looking to book a business class ticket to SIN using my UA miles when I noticed that going via DPS was 15,000 miles less than direct (40,000 vs 55,000). So I booked SYD-DPS (VA) + DPS-SIN (SQ 789), with an overnight stopover. I wasn't in a great hurry to get to SIN, and I thought it would...
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    UK Railcards for 1/3 Off

    The Trainline website is currently offering 1 year £30 railcards for £20.10, which is pretty good value if you're planning to do some train travel in the UK over the next 12 months. I've just purchased one online, and the process is quite simple (but you do need some valid UK ID)...
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    Changes Coming to BAEC?

    I've just come across a thread on Flyertalk which is discussing possible changes coming soon to the BAEC frequent flyer program. GGL enhancements - FlyerTalk Forums As with most changes to frequent flyer programs, I imagine there may be more negatives than positives for members, so now might be...
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    From 12.12, enjoy 12 days of great fares with Qantas - ex SIN

    Or, for the more adventurous of you (started yesterday)... 12 Fares of Christmas | Qantas SG Where's the Aussie one, I wonder?
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    United To Increase Mileage Plus Award Costs

    United will increase the cost of many international Mileage Plus awards (and decrease some short-haul awards) with effect from 1 November 2017. http://mileageplusupdates.com/images/United-Award-Chart.pdf There are some quite large increases for our part of the world, eg: Australia to South...
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    easyJet Overbooking

    Sound familiar? Couple ordered off overbooked easyJet flight at Luton one day after United Airlines scandal | The Independent
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    Qantas Reward Tickets from/to Canberra

    Can anyone explain why the taxes and fees for domestic reward tix from MEL to CBR are quite a bit higher than to other other places, such as SYD ($51 vs $34)? VA only charges around $31 for similar flights, and BA only charges GBP20 for the same flight on QF metal (as well as only 4,500 avios...
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    "Best" Y Seat on A330-200 International?

    Sorry if this has been covered before, but my searching couldn't find it. I have a QF booking in discount Y, SIN-SYD...MEL-SIN, which when I booked it was operated by 333 aircraft. It has now been changed to a 332 both ways, so my bulkhead seat in row 24 has disappeared, leaving me in a regular...
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    JQ SYD-HNL for $229?

    Times must be getting tough...Friday Fare Frenzy | Jetstar
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