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  1. Mr H

    Churning - when the golden goose stops laying

    I started churning in earnest towards the end of 2021. I had switched around credit cards a little before then, but since 2021 I have been visiting each card for as long as it takes to open, hit the target and then close. In that time, I had had a couple of rejections, but most cards have been...
  2. Mr H

    Award flight on EK - tight connection

    I have an EK F award flight in 2024 booked through QF: JED-DXB DXB-CMB CMB-MLE The connection in DXB was 85 minutes. A schedule change has just made this 70 minutes. The MCT at DXB is advertised at 60 minutes but that sounds uncomfortably tight. My preferred route was DED-DXB-MLE without the...
  3. Mr H

    Best lounge in Melbourne for an SQ F flight?

    Hi all. I am due to fly MEL-SIN in a couple of weeks in F on a flight leaving at 3.40pm on a weekday. I am wondering what the best lounge choice would be. I have Lounge Key, Priority Pass, Star Alliance Gold and, of course, an F boarding pass. I do not drink. I like tarmac views, quiet spaces...
  4. Mr H

    VA Redemption on Etihad

    I have just redeemed Velocity points for a shorthaul Etihad business class flight AUH-MCT. Cost: 18,000 Velocity plus AUD 265 The retail cost of this flight is apparently AUD 2,306. So I got $2,041 value for 18,000 points. That makes 11.3c per Velocity point. That must make this one of the...
  5. Mr H

    Time to credit Qantas bonus points

    Has anyone had recent experience with the sign up bonus for Westpac Altitude Qantas Black card? I took this card out in December, met the required spend straight away and have just got my first statement - the spend points are there but no bonus points. I know the terms and conditions say the...
  6. Mr H

    Citi Prestige - cancelled card = cancelled Priority Pass

    I opened a Citi Prestige card in November and took out the Priority Pass membership that came with it. I met the spend target for the sign up bonus and cancelled the card when the points came through. I noticed today that my Priority Pass membership has been cancelled. That seems a wee bit...
  7. Mr H

    Using voucher on Batik Air - middle name issue

    A friend (yes really) has used a flight credit to book flights with Malindo Air operated by Batik Air MEL-DPS departing in January. The passenger details were taken from the flight credit which did not include her daughter's middle name. My friend is terribly worried that her daughter will be...
  8. Mr H

    Privilege Club Membership Suspended

    I tried to log into my Privilege Club account - set up earlier this year and I think it should have 1,000 Avios points in it. The website said that the combination of name, password and email address was invalid. I tried to reset the password and it said the email address was not recognised, but...
  9. Mr H

    Redeeming for connecting QR flights

    I am wanting to book two flights on QR, connecting in DOH, using Velocity points. On the search engine, it only seems to allow this as two separate bookings. Does anyone know if there is a simple way to do this as a single booking requiring a single set of points?
  10. Mr H

    Star Alliance Redemption - Open Jaws and Stopovers

    Sorry for starting a whole thread on this but a search turned up no results. I am looking to do a Star Alliance redemption in the far future using KF miles - route: MEL-SIN-ADD-(stop)-JIB ASM-ADD-SIN-MEL ADD - Addis Ababa JIB - Djibouti ASM- Asmara (Eritrea) The MEL-SIN-ADD route could be...
  11. Mr H

    Wishing your life away

    I have been churning for a couple of years, but really started doing it in earnest a few months ago. I have noticed myself getting ever so impatient, waiting for card to be approved, waiting for cards to arrive, waiting for points to post, waiting for the 12 (or 18) months to elapse... I wish it...
  12. Mr H

    Card Promotions 180k Altitude Points for Black Mastercard - only received 150k

    So I signed up for a black Attitude Mastercard on the promise of 180k points. Just need to spend $6k. Great - lined up nicely with the KF 15% promotion. I received the card, spent the 6k, but only got 150k Attitude points. Bummer. I have requested immediate closure of the card - if Westpac can't...
  13. Mr H

    How do Qantas classic awards on oneworld airlines work?

    Buoyed by the imminent opening of the borders, I decided to book an overseas trip using Qantas points. I am a first time redeemer with QF but have redeemed with other programs in the past. I am surprised by one or two things I am discovering and I would be really grateful for...
  14. Mr H

    Dream Tracker

    Glad VA has set up a dream tracker for me. Gotta have a dream...
  15. Mr H

    300 bonus Velocity points - the worst Flybuys offer ever?

    Get 300 bonus Points* on your first Auto Transfer from Flybuys! Mr H, turn on Auto Transfer today and for every 1,000 Flybuys points transferred to Velocity you will receive 500 Velocity Points*. Plus, if you transfer before 17 June 2021 you will also receive 300 bonus Velocity Points on your...
  16. Mr H

    ANZ Rewards Black - prepaying a card to enable car purchase

    Here's the deal. I have an ANZ Rewards black card. It has a credit limit of, say $10,000. I am looking to buy a car that costs, say $80,000 and I have sufficient funds in my ANZ current account. Can I transfer the $80,000 onto my credit card to create a credit balance, thereby allowing me to buy...
  17. Mr H

    Flybuys - 2,020,020 Velocity Points Prize Draw

    It's 2020. New year, new prizes, new you Mr H, it's out with the old and in with the new year... Welcome to 2020! To kick-off the year, we've got 2,020,020 bonus Velocity Points up for grabs, plus a stack of flybuys points to give away exclusively to our linked flybuys and Velocity members*...
  18. Mr H

    Reward flight rescheduled (EK404) - will QF spring for a hotel?

    I have a redemption in F - MEL-SIN-CGK//CGK-SIN-MEL. The final sector is with EK in F. It has been rescheduled for nearly 19 hours later. Apart from the additional cost of having to stay in Singapore overnight, I can live with the change and I have verified that there are no suitable alternative...
  19. Mr H

    Jetstar Asia legs on Qantas premium redemption

    I have just made a sweet redemption for April - MEL-SIN-CGK in QF F and 3K (Jetstar Asia) Y - and CGK-SIN-MEL in 3K Y and EK F. It would have been even sweeter if I had made it a fortnight ago. :) Now I knew the deal with the Jetstar Asia legs when I booked, so this isn't a complaint as such...
  20. Mr H

    SQ611 - ICN-SIN brought forward from 11.20 to 09.35 tomorrow - any chance SQ will spring for a taxi?

    Flight brought forward to avoid a typhoon with 12 hours notice - sounds sensible - but my plans to get public transport from Seoul to ICN look shaky. Any chance SQ might spring for a taxi?
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