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Interesting. It's strange I never thought to change the origin city but was playing around with destination cities. Will give it a whirl and see how we go - hopefully the missus gets to have fun burning some QFF points.

So the wife has never flown business class and we received a wedding invitation for a Californian wedding but a quick search on Qantas sees nothing for MEL-LAX in Business in August. Questions are then... 1) Are there any US airports which tend to have more availability in business class for...

And the upgrade came through. Winning :)

Thanks Mattg. Is it just me or is that something like 75% empty based on a 28 Seat Business Class Cabin? Also, thanks JessicaTam. I've never used ExpertFlyer myself so I'll definitely note that if I have to ask a similar question again in the future!

Can anyone shed light on the likelihood of an upgrade from Economy (S) to Business on Thursday 18th's QF29? I've almost exclusively flown Discount Economy so I've never actually popped through a classic upgrade request. I'd imagine this is a pretty frequently flown route but curious to know how...

Correct. Policy stayed the same. Who you claim with changed. Popped through a claim and Allianz managed to pay it out six separate times over three business days (thurs-mon). Sent the money back but they contacted me after the quadruplicate payment on Friday, only to send another on the Monday.

I'd imagine the ANZ QFF Black comes out ahead with $0 annual fee and 75,000 bonus. Unless most purchases are going to be on Visa rather than AMEX. Given I can't get the bonus ANZ points until at least April I'm eyeing the AMEX QF Premium given most of my spend should be fine on AMEX/BPay. At...

If no takers I'd be happy to drop by and pick it up as I'm Melb based. Can also remove the cider from your hands as well :P

Awesome photo of Bergen. Is that from Mount Floyen? We wanted to head up there but unlike you we were getting cloudy skies and plenty of rain so we felt it'd probably be miserable up there and everything would be too foggy to see.

Would recommend water-resistant/waterproof footwear for walking around Norway as my sneakers definitely did not cut it. Grabbed a pair of waterproof shoes here. Heh. Also, with the clear skies in Tromso we booked three nights of Northern Lights chases and got to see the aurora on the first...

Hope your weather in Bergen is better than we got. We got 3 rainy days in Bergen which meant we didn't get about too much. Will keep an eye out for your photos to see what we missed :) Also, not sure if it helps you at all (as I think you've been to Norway previously) but there's really no need...

Correct. As far as I've known CBG is... $1 Spend = 1.25 Citibank Rewards 1 Reward = 1 QFF However, if you always convert during the 15% bonus promos (occur 3-4x per year) you will have an effective rate of 1.4375 points per dollar.

Hmm. Not PEK specifically but I have had it happen a few times in China. Perhaps Guangzhou and Shanghai. Can't say anything about Beijing/Tianjin as I usually get picked up from the airport in those cities - which I much prefer given my lack of Chinese :)

If you go along with a tour then you can easily hit up all of these things in about a day and a half I think. A couple years ago we went on a tour (Beijing Tour: Beijing Tours, Beijing China Tours - Tour-Beijing.Com) and did the following on a 2 day tour for $60 USD pp.: Tiananmen Square...

You can also just check the BPay website: http://www.bpay.com.au/Personal/Find-Biller-Codes-or-Financial-Institutions.aspx Also worth noting that in my experience BPay transactions are counted as Visa Card transactions and not AMEX. So you will most likely earn at the lower Visa rate for the...

Haha. So greedy! We already have it pretty good :P It's easy to get the fee waived on the CBG which leaves you with a fee-free Visa earning 1.4375 QF per $1 if taking advantage of the 15% bonuses that Qantas churns out 2-3x per year :)

China Southern are a slight pain in the cough if you are/appear Chinese without any Chinese speaking talent but I wouldn't worry for my safety. Also whilst not directly related to the airline I find that any plane filled with mainland Chinese tends to be less pleasant as their concept of personal...

Have you checked if Google Maps 'Offline Maps' allows for navigation yet? Google Maps allows you to save offline maps (limited by size) but I think you can save several maps as I've done this in China before. Only thing is that it did not previously allow for offline navigation. It was...

I've always just used my laptop to watch media (usually stored on the laptop) but often used the Hotel WiFi to stream live eSports (Twitch.TV or YouTube) or occasionally AFL where internet permits. Carrying the media would be much less of a hassle depending WiFi quality where you're headed...

Do keep my eye out but I feel I'd have to watch it like a hawk to have a chance there. A credit card application seemed like a more consistently viable route, but alas most of the cards have removed their QF Lounge Passes!