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We arrive in Doha around midnight and depart the following day at 8PM - we are travelling on an award ticket (issued by AA) MAD-DOH (J) - DOH-SYD (F). I tried to request a transit hotel via the QR website but it does not work (won't let me complete the nationality field) so cannot be submitted...

So Mr LL and I (and a friend travelling with us) tried to enter the Virgin Lounge in Melbourne using our AmEx Platinum card(s) - I had my physical card but Mr LL only had his Apple Wallet - the lounge agent (who was VERY unfriendly) refused him entry (said he needed the physical card) - I had...

I received an e-mail from QFlyer offering cheap fares to North America - did some searches on their site as well as QF, Google Flights and AC (ex-SYD) and found there are some good deals through 2024 - YVR seems the cheapest at around $A6000 return flying AA (via LAX), AC (on a few dates) and...

Well I just completed applying for a VOA for Bali (in advance of travel) - here are a few traps if you've never done this before:- You must supply the name and address of your hotel (there are multiple address fields, including things like province, city, village, immigation office - !!??)) -...

I managed to book 2 award seats (1 MAD-DOH-SYD in J and another MAD-DOH (J)-SYD (F) for Mr LL and myself) on May 15 2023 using AA points. So today I received an e-mail re-timing these bookings to MAD-DOH (departing 4pm instead of 9:30am) then a 20 hour layover and DOH-SYD the following day...

Hum - currently in SIN in transit to FRA and spotted a Virgin Australia plane here ?? Perhaps it got lost on the way to Bali !!

As you probably noted AA recently started showing EY awards online (you previously needed to call to book). Previously it was recommended that you use the AC website to check for EY availably. Now I am seeing much better/greater EY award availability on AA than on AC. Very strange indeed...

I'm looking at MLE-DOH-JNB in a few "what if" searches as my booking date has not opened yet and I'm seeing lots of availability on QR but some flight combos show 80K pp and others show 55K for no apparent reason. The ones for 55K are less 'attractive'; i.e. longer layovers and one even goes...

We're booked to fly SYD-VLI on April 14 - went to the Air Vanuatu website the other day to check our booking/seat assignment and there was a notice at the top of the home page stating that all Air Vanuatu flights to/from Australia and NZ were cancelled until April 8 as they were waiting for...

I'm thinking about paying for either Economy X or an Exit row on an upcoming trip from Sydney to Hamilton Island - cost is $40 either way. Anyone care to comment on which is better and/or is it worth the additional cost.

Help - a friend is travelling to Dublin for a family emergency - (departing this Friday and returning Dec 5) - due to the crazy business class flights she's opted for PE. The best price by far was on BA - I found the fights for her online but then she decided to let her adult son book it. So...

Just flew ZRH-YVR on AC yesterday and I thought I'd mention the Covid safety precautions on board. Masks had to be worn, properly fitted, at all time - if not you were sternly reminded by crew. Crew wore full PPE while serving meals/drinks. You were allowed to remove your mask while eating but...

Woo hoo - booked 2 J award seats SEZ-AUH-SYD on Eithad. As everyone knows EY seats don't show up online - and often agents can't find them either. But it worked today - agent found them with no issues. 80,000 points pp and $118 (AUD) in taxes.

We're planning a tip to NZ Dec 1-17, 2022. Looking at fares I found a funny anomaly - AKL-SYD in J (on 787) for $468 when searching via Google Flights. Going straight to the NZ website - same flight is $700+. On GF when selecting the flight - it shows various sites with which to book the fight...

Looking for ideas - I need to travel (one person) SYD-YYZ for about 10 days in March / early April - exact dates very flexible. Must be business class (except for any short sectors; .e.g. 1-3 hours). I've looked for awards on *A and OW (having AC, SQ and AA points I can use - pickings are few...

Booked 2 seats in J for SYD-SIN-MUC confirmed and a WL for a later SYD-SIN flight (to shorten connection time) - now I cannot select seats online the 'button' is greyed out for no apparent reason. This booking was made over the phone as I was changing an existing booking and I could not do this...

For those frustrated by the fact that AC domestic award flights don't show up on LM - try doing your search to/from a US city (or other international port) - some combinations will show AC domestic segments. eg if you search YVR-YYZ no fights show up but if you search SEA-YYZ for the same date...

I use the UA award search capability from time to time - really like the 2-month window layout - just this week I noticed that UA's window extends out 364 days - unlike the 332 days - really useful when using this interface to look for awards on other *A airlines.

On searching Lifemiles - I often get an option to "Find more Fare" which according to the LM information should provide some sort of co-pay (miles + points) options for that route; however, if I click on it all I get is a blank screen. Any ideas? Just looking to run down my balance to zero with...

I'm hopping mad about the cause of the current Greater Sydney Covid outbreak and lockdown and now a Virgin flight attendant has tested positive. So I'm trying to figure out how to start a customer led "revolution" - I plan to tell QF and other airlines that my selection criteria when looking...