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Just saw this on the MH website: https://www.malaysiaairlines.com/content/mh/au/en/mh-media-centre/important-for-you/inflight-food-beverage-services.html Amongst other things: Seems that they ended a catering contract in KL and didn't manage to get a new catering contract in place in time.

My Explorer anniversary date is next week and I'm planning to cancel (my last attempt to cancel, a few months ago, resulted in an acceptable retention offer, so I doubt I'll get another now). However, i just noticed that I received the $400 annual travel credit about 15 days ago! This seems very...

I'm on a foolhardy quest to create a comfortable trip to/from North America ex Melbourne, using my relative paucity of hard-scrounged SQKF miles and/or my Covid-induced slightly better stashes or QFF and VA points... (I also have 65K Amex... but I don't think that'll solve these problems). I'm...

I've been a very infrequent traveller to North America in the last twenty years, but each time have been aware that hotel prices tend to be much higher than in Australia for my category of accommodation. Looking at prices now for a number of cities, it seems like the difference is even greater...

I have a PP membership with two free visits, via a Bank of Melbourne card. That card account was closed some time ago. Is it necessary for the card still to be active for the free visits to work? (I'm not sure, for instance, whether a charge is sent through to the "gifting" bank and is then...

I'm having a "fun" time with Westpac with a new card: first transaction got flagged as fraudulent, all accounts got locked, and it took two hours in a branch to resolve it. That first transaction didn't get credited as Altitude points until a manual intervention, listed as an "adjustment". So...

I've just got my first statement for my Altitude Black (Velocity). No points were awarded for a council rates payment using Postbillpay and Paypal. Is this normal? (I haven't used Postbillpay for anything else in this statement period.) (The sign-up page for this card only lists ATO as...

Much to my surprise, Westpac just let me have a Black card... I can't see info about the waiting time for bonus Velocity points to be awarded after the qualifying spend, but from a few comments in this forum, am I right in thinking that for Westpac: points from spend within a statement period...

Hi folks. I'm hoping those of you with broad travel experience in Indonesia might have some wisdom to share... I am booked to fly SUB-SIN-MEL on a Saturday in May; VA award on SQ (J). Dep SUB 18:40. I was planning to get to SUB (Surabaya) from ARD (Alor) as follows, sold on one ticket as a...

Many years ago I (or my alter ego aspro) asked a similar question here to little response, but I think the scenario was less common then: Think about delays/disruptions affecting e.g. separately ticketed flights with "reasonable" transit time allowed (not the novice 2-hr transit between...

I was under the impression that you could churn back (so to speak) to ANZ and take advantage of the current offer, but read this: Am I right in believing that once you have ceased being a customer for 12months (I cancelled my ANZ FF card 13 months ago), you are treated as a new customer upon...

I've got one of those convoluted looking-for-opinions questions :) Trying to get my head around options and best choices for MEL > western Japan and/or Taiwan > Europe > MEL. As I have limited miles earning opportunities and rarely spare cash for premium travel, I like the experience to feel...

I haven't found any recent thread about the pros/cons of the various local OTAs (trust/cardfees/bookingfees/usefulness), but I wondered today about whether expedia.com.au/wotif.com.au is the only provider that allows direct seat selection when purchasing? In my case this particular issue is...

Looking at a fortnight in Paris (ex MEL) and have been investigating mild improvements in comfort for the trip. I hope the list proves useful for others, and of course I'd appreciate feedback for my own decision. No premium economy sales of any attractive value. QF/AF is over $4800, VA/EY is...

My partner and I want to travel MEL-SFO-Japan(any city)-MEL or vv in Dec/Jan over 2-3 weeks. Flexible about intermediate stops, prefer not to backtrack much. I'm acutely aware that prices are all over the place for that period depending on travel dates, so at the moment curious more about what...

Just wondering if there is any site (or thread here... haven't found it) that tries to keep track of the ancillary (add-on) fees being levied by LCCs in/serving Australia? I avoid the LCCs, but was trying to check the JQ fees for various add-ons on a flight to/from Japan and it seems the *only*...

Hi everyone. I found that Etihad's C-class fares in their current specials were surprisingly good. MEL-Europe-MEL for circa $6220 inclusive. Cheaper from jetabroad.com.au (I paid $6044 incl for LHR/CDG) and travel.com.au. Only valid until Sunday (18/1) -- I'm posting this cos it hasn't been...

Hi all. Next June I'll celebrate my 40th. I'd like to head off for 4-5 weeks in May (flexible). I'm an experienced independent budget traveller. Not scared of odd ticket combinations, novel suggestions, etc. Would like this trip to be nice and comfortable in the air, but I'm always travelling...

An increasingly common travel scenario involves passengers transferring to different flights with different tickets at various intermediate point, what with tourists transferring to/from LCCs in different regions or just buying separate tix on various websites. (E.g. pax flying to Asia or Europe...

I'm trying to work the logistics for the following in early May. Qatar Airways directly sells excellent business fares to Europe ex-Asia. AUD 1980 ret to all European ports from all Asian ports! Marvellous:), especially with the Doha premium terminal and C class on their A340-600. (Prices...