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The 7am flight we missed Woke up at 7am to see the flight departing. So no lounge but no Lounge anyway

The JAL trio was at Websters @sudoer @DejaBrew @CaptJCool Shoutout to @lloyd

$6.50 on the train into the city Cashless payment only Skytrain is Free between the terminals

My plus one is sick so any late starters are welcome

Before we start

Nothing beats a great Bircher Muesli https://www.instagram.com/happydazecafeashfield?igsh=MXZ5aW0zNWRmMjl4dg==

Brunch in the business Lou Ng e in CBR?

I’m dressed for success And Orf to breakfast

Access to wifi in Arrivals Halls will be the way of the future Digital cards QR codes We in Australia are not yet used to all this as we have physical credit cards They are doing QR codes for payments of all manner and type (atypical of countries without an extensive Tap & Go CC system) On...

That’s roughly where I landed 0.5-0.7 Seeing NAB now own Citi and shut down Diners after they bought it, the NAB calc is a good “proxy” So life stages Where once I had to travel on the smell of an oily rag, it’s much more decent these days. Sure paid employer travel with cash travel...

I got a citi rewards card When once this was 2 for 1 It’s been so badly devalued It’s 0.5 for 1 AND capped at $5,000 monthly spend I’ll read the article and see if I can ballpark its valuation

Well I had placeholder flights for Ashes dates in Brissy, Melbourne and the home test Holy smoke The hotel costs are extortionate So I’m sussing out Youth Hostel options Also Bangladesh will be along later on 2026 and CA are looking to hold the Tests in Darwin Mackay Cairns or Townsville...

That looks like the old QF lounge in BKK - it was years ago I was in transit there Clearly no longer there as they use Air France Lounge now...

Well if we aren’t nobody is Some are self-funded or have become that way the best Status runs for the least $ costing- historically ex Australia was a South Pacific location coupled with DSC that could get you WP for around $3,500 and there was the infamous NZ Loophole and the x USA AA F...

What AFF can avail us of is the 3 things 1. How to earn effectively when You are spending your OWN DIME 2. How to burn efficiently (eg rewards flights for least points, choice of programs, upgrade opportunities) 3. How to pay “next to nothing” for any flying through a combination of Points...

Same here I like playing the “cheapest fare” possible fare or hotel That means looking at points options first then lowest cost fare Usually early am or last flight of the night Trouble of course is late notice bookings are situational High demand routes with low supply High price routes...

Only at the margins The heavy public service fliers ARE NOT receiving points for their APS Funded flights They do two things 1. They fly most every week (once or even twice) 2. They spend ZERO $ out of their own pocket. (In fact receive a substantial daily $ allowance) This APS Flying...

Once the money is in the door, it ain’t going back out except on the original form of payment. The anecdotal advice is that the round robining of funds (rinse and repeat) “purely for the purposes of collecting FF points each time” the money is sent in (you can imagine someone here has done...

Sounds Divine The wattle park bakery here in east dubs of Adelaide does a pecan and pineapple slice which is amazing