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    Detail on using the AA RTW Desk

    LAN e-ticket utility What is this LAN e-ticket thing? I've never heard of it....
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    Frequent Flyer points a big con

    I would feel that the Qantas program is a lot less of a con job if there was less smoke and mirrors from Qantas. A big step would be to clearly state how many seats are available for each destination // in each travel class. At least then I could make some guess at what the points are worth to...
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    QANTAS being taken over by Macquarie Bank..

    so - well... what is the verdict? Personally, I dont really care too much -- I dno't have exposure to QAN right now -- but I want to buy in and having this whole buyout thing hanging around just adds too much uncertainty for me...
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    Upstairs J on QF 747

    isn't seeing 'how the other half lives' exactly your purpose in this case! ;)
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    Need Help Urgently: Traveling with Child to Australia

    I am going to second what inpd says on this one -- You don't enter 'as a US citizen' or 'as an australian citizen' -- your citizenship is a property dependant on your parents nationality/place of birth/ etc etc. When you get to the immigration - if you can prove that you are an australian...
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    Travel agent booking fees

    what is this 'best available fare' supposed to mean? is it 'this is the best price that I, the TA, will sell this ticket to you' ... now if it is higher than the qantas fare... ... so what? you were quoted a price. You paid it and you got what you want. I don't see a problem here.
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    Travel agent booking fees

    that's true too... also I think that sometimes it is only possible to evaluate the quality of advice wayyyyyyyy into the future (i.e. the fin planner gives you a 20 year plan -- hard to tell if it is good or not right now -- so hence interest in commissions right now).
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    Travel agent booking fees

    one thing about comparing with the financial industry -- it is difficult to evaluate the quality of the financial product/advice you get whereas you can work out pretty fast if you got a Y ticket from SYD-HKG on the right dates or not... that is why finance industry has much stronger controls. K
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    Qantas "Reward flights" on Jetstar

    I guess it is my personal view here, but I don't agree with that type of thinking for award fares. The award 'cost' in terms of points is pretty much fixed and there isn't differential pricing in the same vien as full eco and discount eco fares. Having the extra flexibility (even if it be...
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    Qantas "Reward flights" on Jetstar

    I don't understand why if you show up just before a flight is about to go, with that flight having availability -- why wouldn't Qantas be agreeable to a schedule change... isn't this a win/win for everyone? Qantas wins -- maybe they will sell a seat on the later flight instead of letting the...
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    Travel agent booking fees

    The thing I don't get about this discussion -- we all know that some real estate agents are good folks who maximise the value to their customer and sometimes they are scammers who just want to complete the sale... agents can sometimes be greaseballs. This is not a big deal... Why is all...
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    Passengers fail to respond to cabin emergency

    To be fair, the journalist might have written this article last year and it is only been published now - so it is a case of a poor editor than anything else...
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    Your travel in 2007...monthly updates

    Awwhhh, cough. For the first time I was feeling pretty good about being on the top of the pile (given that I am actually a very infrequent flyer...) But my Jan looking like HKG-DEL-HKG-SIN-SYD-SIN-HKG-DEL and I was winning! But then flyer4703, you come along with 11 flights... like... that...
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    Chairman's QC Lounge

    Although it would be very unprofessional, it would be a breath of fresh air to have a Qantas staffer (the so called 'lounge dragons') , when faced with a cheeky emerald with some OW lounge access policy write up, to respond with a simple "Don't be stupid" and that is the end of that... :D
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    Visa Waiver program

    I presume an e-ticket printout satisies this right???
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    Citibank readyCredit - Give yourself a present this xmas

    Congrats all round. <lawyer hat> If CB are prompt in paying the judgement amount, you can expect interest at cash rate for the period concerned but not a default interest rate. Only if CB drag the bucket after the judgement is there a chance you can get more than cash interest rate. <lawyer...
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    Visa Waiver program

    just wondering, does anyone have experience using the visa wavier program to get into the US? Is there any requirements /prepreation beforehand I need? Do you need to do anything before hand or can I just rock up to the immmigration desk and say 'let me in your fine country thanks!' i.e. do I...
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    Citibank readyCredit - Give yourself a present this xmas

    so one year on... did you guys win?
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    AA Platinum Challenge - Tips

    I heard over on *ahem* another website (FT) that platinum challenges would be restricted to AA flights only from Jan 1 2007. Does anyone have a source or heard this as well?
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    Citibank readyCredit - Give yourself a present this xmas

    Well to be fair, it seems that a lot of money is on the line for this one (all the entitlements that CB have to pay including that 40k???) -- so the obudsmen wants to get this right -- it's descision is binding on CB so i don't tihnk they can appeal it ... so I think it is reasonable to take a...
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