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Pre-Covid, VN used to offer free transit hotels with free meals and a city tour depending on the length of the layover. I used it many times and thought it was a great way to do a quick bit of sightseeing in SGN and Hanoi. Needed to have passport photos with you for the 1-day visas. On the...

Thanks for the info Mattg. My EK outbound flights are O fare and inbound are I fare so I should earn AS miles as you've mentioned. I have a few short internal US flights that I booked on a separate ticket with Delta that I could probably direct to AS too, seeing as they are partners, rather than...

I have an upcoming business trip to the East Coast of the US where my company allows business class but it must be the cheapest available. After much searching, Emirates was found to be the cheapest available Business Restricted fare and I now have the following routing: SYD-DXB-IAD-DXB-SYD. My...

Hello All Cheers once again for all your ideas. I had an unexpected return trip from SYD to PER just before my China trip; so that's done the done the trick and got me over the line into Platinum territory by a paltry 25SCs. Was getting a bit nervous waiting for the and Cathay points to come...

Thanks to all for your speedy replies. I'll have to squeeze in a quick domestic return before month end. Fingers crossed I get over the line!

I am trying to close in on my first attempt at Platinum and try to walk tall with the giants of FF....although saying that, they have Platinum One nowadays which means the bar has been raised yet again :( Currently, I have 1105 status credits. I need another 295 status credits to attain...

Greetings from a first time poster, long time reader... Can anyone advise on airline policy on wearing earplugs or in-ear headphones unplugged? I have found out of the 30-odd flights I have been on over the past couple of years that 3 of those I have been asked to remove the offending buds...