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Not as many pics as I'd hoped but phone gave out Service good and food tasty

CMB-LHR was on an A330-300 Seats were lie-flat and comfortable but looked a little tired

The Serendib lounge in CMB has a great door. Pretty busy when in. Views of planes, reasonabe food spread and ok booze. Did manage to leave my phone charger though

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Straight from work but I do usually wear a jacket when flying

Food was predictably delicious and service very good I dont remember a booze list but the tea selection was an unexpected highlight Only a 4h flight so descending into Sri Lanka quite soon

The short leg to CMB is in an A320 Seats are 2+2 recliners (though a big recline) and feel quite dated but were pretty comfy with lots of legroom. J cabin not full so I had a shadow. IFE in armrest though didnt use

And so to the QR lounge. I was one of the first ones in. Its quite a different vibe to the SQ J and the QF J/F lounges in SIN (all of which I do like) Obviously pretty quiet but I had the feeling of a gentleman's club which I think would remain even when busier I chose the Arabic Foules Medames...

0640 came round and I hung around at the transfer desk. No-one from UL arrived. After 10 minutes, I lost confidence that they'd be able to retrieve my bag (I know, I know). Headed for exit, completed the Singapore online immigration form, picked up bag (neatly arranged away from the carousel)...

...which was a blessing. Arrived in SIN at 0020 and my flight to Colombo is at 0940. SIN is good for transfers with the security at gate set-up. Went to the transfer desk but, as I feared, there was no UL agent until 3 hours before flight. At least I can stay in the terminal. I had been...

In Y+ and no relevant status, so no SQ lounge access. I'm nevee super-excited about the Amex lounge but I marginally prefer to The House (somewhat pettily I don't like the tiny glasses). Third time in SQ Y+ this year and its a decent product. Its a B777-300 (slightly preferred the A350)...

First challenge: Go to online checkin for UL flights and although I can get an electronic boarding pass for CMB-LHR, I can't be issued one for SIN-CMB. No joy calling UL either. On departure day, I hadn't taken the whole day off work (I have a Monday morning clinic that avoids people staying...

I had been planning my trip to England last month for my 30 year med school reunion from 11 months before. It was the culmination of hours on AFF picking up tips on earning and burning via multiple avenues. I was quite pleased with myself. SYD-SIN SQ Y+ (52.5k VA + $209) SIN-CMB-LHR UL J (75K...

Very interesting with the NAB card As an aside, wonder what happens if you part pay with points-earning gift cards and part with debit card (or low-earn credit card). The numbers would still match and might dodge the store credit refund problem

The Visas have been coming round reasonably often and are much easier to liquidate as can be used online. The eftpos need to be at the company office/store or the Post Office

I think he means the 'naughty' trick of tapping the eftpos card (rather than original payment method) for a refund

$6.95 on the $100. Is that an increase or am I imagining? Edit: I'm imagining-confusing with the Visas. Non-viable for me at that level

I stuffed up my meaning. Prices do go up while you wait. My feeling is that the illusion is that they go up because you are looking

Interested if anyone has success doing this. My impression is that the illusion of prices going up while you delay booking is due to a cheap fare-bucket filling in the meantime, rather than an algorithm spotting your interest

If you havent done so already, you should link your SQ account on the Amex website; yoy can't do this on the app. Occasionally there is a delay while this is approved (and you'll have oriented yourself to the points transfer tab). My impression is that points are available shortly after purchase...