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Driving in Italy is THE best way to see the countryside. You'll see beautiful little towns that you would never possibly stumble upon if you only caught the train everywhere; especially in Cinque Terre and Tuscany. Too many times we've accidentally stumbled into a little town, with no foreign...

It was briefly mentioned in page 4, I would imagine that Australian Consumer Law should apply - re the Consumer Guarantee, you clearly did not receive the product//service which you paid for, in which case you should be entitled to a refund or replacement. That's my simplified response and I'm...

Noting your last post, I have to say I had a little chuckle at the fact that you're going to Belize and Guatemala, but made the comment "not impressed with Mexico in general (people being robbed, assaulted and raped even in 5 star hotels!)". I found Mexico to feel (and, statistically, be) much...

As already mentioned, the big European hotels have been there for quite a while - if you go to the "package holiday" destinations like Varadero [beach], it already well and truly feels like you're not in Cuba. In fact, I hated Varadero for exactly that reason - the beach was absolutely amazingly...

So planning a leisure trip to Asia, noting VA/SQ's codesharing, I thought I would check the prices between each carrier's website. Slight shock... BNE - SIN, 30/01/15, departs 9:10am: - VA's website $807 - SQ's website $579.50 That makes VA 40% more expensive for the same flight, same...

Yes, discrimination laws are of course potentially an issue. Although the 50% of population overweight aren't all so overweight that they don't comfortably fit in an economy seat, most do. As for weight gain, well I'll semi-agree with you. It does creep up on people, but every single overweight...

Now there's the whole "political correctness" thing, maybe even discrimination... but Virgin almost wanted to hit me $70 last week for my check-in luggage being 5kg over-weight, and yet someone who checks in that ways 50+kg more than me, pays nothing... bring in Ryan Air's tongue-in-cheek...

As an ex major bank employee, I can tell you it is definitely illegal. I'm a little too busy right now to find the legislation, but basically a merchant is allowed to pass on the "cost", per se, of accepting the card. So in airlines' case, they can justify some level of administration in...

Hi all, There's been a number of threads over the years complaining about AMEX Platinum Charge, particularly dropping service/benefits for increasing cost. I'm interested though - as maybe this is something we don't put enough value on - what kind of "not so obvious" (e.g. bookings at any...

I would say it is worth it - the SYD-PER leg is a long flight, not fun in economy. An A330's biz seat will make a nice difference. If it was a 737 I wouldn't be so sure - it's been a couple of years since I've been on a Qantas 737, but back then the business class was rubbish - actually...

Perfect reply - written by a woman - the subject of which this thread relates - of course. I think this reply is good enough for this tread to be closed now!

I think proposing on an A380 is perfect for an avgeek - but is your partner an avgeek? If not, I would suggest it would not be her "fairytale". Personally, I would go for somewhere that will have a sentimental value for both of you (or maybe more-so for her!).

I've just come across this issue. Just booked an LAX-SYD leg with my VA points… VA points were less, with no charges, than QF's points plus $350 in fees/taxes! Getting a little annoyed that my primary credit card (AMEX Qantas Ultimate) is automatically going to QF points. Would prefer the...

How is this for a difference... my wife comes from Finland, so to travel there: BNE to HEL, in discount J, booked directly through airlines: Qantas minimum $9,000 Finnair minimum $6,842 Both prices are for flying on the same metal. Maybe there are slight differences in T&C'S, but for over $2k...

Unadvertised benefits can be the best. When the weather caused massive delays early this year, I was booked on the last flight out of Adelaide to Brisbane, WITH check-in luggage... when I got to the airport, they 2nd last was about to depart - the check-in girl gets on the phone, saying "I've...

I've just booked 2 hotels in Poland for July instead of June - with Accor's current 50% discount promotion - which has no changes allowed!! One of them (which I'm sitting in now) was nice enough to change with a charge leaving the total cost at about 75% of standard price. The Warsaw one however...

Poorly trained was my first thought. Which is why I tried showing her the webpage - she said she doesn't care what Virgin's website says, her manual says no. Which is why I asked her to get her manager - who was the one across the walkway at the other lounge - who said the same thing. So my...

So Virgin's web page on international lounge access, for which they have a lovely little disclaimer - "While every effort is made to maintain the accuracy of these details, access to the listed lounges cannot be guaranteed due to changes made by our partners or the third parties operating the...

good to hear!! i had loaded up my ipad with a bunch of screenshots of etihad & virgin's websites to prove the fact just in case... hopefully that was a waste of time :) looking forward to tomorrow's 6 hour layover in comfort!

Flying through AUH 4 days from now - I see someone on ausbt page about this subject said nobody at Etihad in AUH knew about Velocity Platinum benefits, so he was relegated to the biz lounge. Anyone had any problems/success with this? I've got a 6 hour layover in AUH, so hoping I don't need to...