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I moved to Dubai a few months ago, and have a stack of QF points I'll need to use up. While I'll occasionally head back to Australia, there is obviously a lot more opportunity to use them with EK or One World carriers going to other countries. I don't have any problem finding award flights on...

In mid-late Jan 2015 I applied for the Amex platinum charge card and was approved. So right after receiving my card in the mail on Jan 28 I jumped online and asked for Accor Platinum Plus which was a benefit at the time. It got processed and I was informed my Platinum Plus would last until Jan...

I'm going to book some (at least partially) J-class flights to Bogota next year. When I search on the website I can see Y class saver awards for MEL-LAX-PTY-BOG (on UA/CM), and J class if I search for MEL-LAX (same UA flight). I've booked a mixed-class award on SQ metal before, but had to call...

I recently had some flight changes, which affected how I earned on flights directed to QFF. I haven't contacted QF yet, since I'm in Central America with intermittent internet access, but thought I'd see if anyone else had encountered the situation before going through the process of asking QF...

Now that I'm shelving my fee-free for life Citi Signature card, I'll be taking advantage of a 0% for 12 months balance transfer as a cheque to my mortgage offset. I've also been approved for a StGeorge card which has 0% for 18 months, with a balance transfer of roughly the same amount. While I...

I saw this fare pop up on another site a few days ago, and noted it down to consider using, but I've forgotten which site I saw it on (sorry). Santiago to Easter Island is normally $1854 in J, but LAN have a sale fare which can only be sold in Chile. So go to lan.com, switch to Chilean Spanish...

I saw this on OzBargain: https://www.priceline.com.au/amex Amex Platinum Edge with no annual fee for the first year, 13500 bonus points if you spend $200 at Priceline within the first 90 days, and the earn rate increased to 10 points per dollar at Priceline. Otherwise standard Edge earn (3...

I'm looking at flying from LAX to BKK a bit over 12 months away, and was hoping to snag a F (well Suites) seat on LAX-NRT-SIN. The award table lists it as 107.5k miles from Zone 10 (west coast US) to Zone 1 (SIN), but also that many miles to Zones 2 and 3 as well, so was hoping that meant I...

I just received an email offering a $250 flight voucher if I joined Qantas Club. The way it was written suggests it was targeted at former SG/WPs with "remember the feeling ...". Only valid for purchases of new 1, 2, or 4 year individual memberships (not partner/corporate). Travel voucher will...

Promo fares - ex-AU | FlyScoot.com! Pay just the taxes on the return leg to SIN or HKG, or $100/150 plus tax for ScootBiz on the return leg. That's $280 BNE-SIN return going without luggage and food, or $427 with 20kg luggage plus meal going over and ScootBiz on the way back.

We came back 3 1/2 months ago, but I’ve been slack typing this up from my notes. Here’s my belated trip report from my honeymoon in the Maldives. Pre-trip Mrsdoctau is a teacher, so is pretty restricted with events outside the school holidays. We had planned to get married in the April...

There are quite cheap flights on Delta to various South American cities for next year, via the US. The outbound international flight must be between February 4 and March 27 or May 1 to June 19. The rules listed on ITA Matrix say it's valid for DL flights and DL codeshares on VA...

I dropped from SG to PS+QP at the start of the month, and have an international flight out of MEL coming up. I don't normally fly out of MEL and aren't quite sure if there will be any lounges open I can get into. I fly QF BNE-MEL and arrive around 21:50, then fly out on a QF codeshare on EK...

Back in October I booked some flights for (now-)mrsdoctau and I for the start of July in mixed Y/J, and since we were getting married before then used my surname which she's taking. That turns out to have been a stupid thing to do because, as I've now found out, three months isn't apparently...

mrsdoctau and I are planning a big (~12 month) RTW trip to leave in about two years time. Part of the early planning for that is figuring out how best to take advantage of credit cards now to give us benefits (like upgrades) when flying then. The OneWorld network fits our plans better, and I'm...

I'm currently planning a RTW trip, which obviously will involve spending money in currencies other than AUD. The other times I have travelled for leisure I've used my 28 Degrees card to avoid fees, which has been great. Now however I'm employed by a US company who gives me some free shares...

I'm probably going to be going on a trip to South America later this year and was trying to figure out whether it was better to fly Qantas or LAN in terms of metal and marketing carrier. Obviously my domestic and trans-Tasman flights will be on QF metal, and my intra-America flights on LA...

A year ago I dropped from my normal PS back down to NB because I did less flying than usual and the one work trip wasn't on a OW carrier. I was going to make it back up to PS anyway, but Qantas sent me a double SC offer which means a small JASA would get me gold for the first time :) The most...