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Hello! For the first time in 15 years I'm taking a solo trip.. I'm treating myself to a fancy Morocco tour and departure is only a few days away. It's exciting, but a little daunting. I had enough SQ points to get there but the only seats available were PER-LHR return, with a day's grace...

With NAB's acquisition of Citibank, do Citibank cards closed within the last 12 months exclude you from new NAB card bonuses?

Hi All, MrGlider and I are booked on an SQ J redemption PER-SIN-TPE return at the end of the month. We're watching the virus situation carefully and considering rebooking/cancelling. Trouble is, this is a redemption that has already been rescheduled once before about six months ago, and was...

Hi All, MrGlider, MrGliderBFF and I are booked on Scoot PER-SIN in about two weeks. We are all on the same Scoot PNR, the usual no refunds, no cancellations deal. It seems like MrGliderBFF might not be able to travel after all. So I'm wondering what the best option to handle this is. Obviously...

Hi All, With the upcoming deval of Krisflyer miles, I'm looking to spend the paltry amount we have saved ASAP. Mr Glider wants to go to Japan, but we don't have enough points to get there from Perth. We have almost enough for PER-TPE-PER and would be willing to purchase the few extra points we...

Hi all, Nabbed a great Jetstar deal to Bali this time next year, and am looking at insurance. Our usual go-to is TID, but they won't cover volcano related claims (apparently both Mt Agung and ALL volcanoes generally evermore since last year?). Can anyone recommend another insurer who has...

I'm looking for some recommendations for a cheap (>$10) unoaked chardy mainly for cooking. Our household is 98% red drinkers so we don't know much about whites, other than I like making sauces using them. I've run out of all my vinomofo salvation case whites so I'm on the hunt. If we're...

Hi All, Mr Glider and I have finally moved into our newly built home after five years of stress, sweat and tears. It's been such a long road to get here we've decided to celebrate with our precious bottle of 2010 Grange. I know it's a bit young in the Grange world, but this milestone is worth...

Hi all, Currently sitting in KIX waiting for our delayed flight TG673 to BKK. The 2.5hr delay means Mr Glider and I will miss our connection to TG 483 BKK-PER by about half an hour. As such, in KIX they've only checked us through to BKK and been told to see Thai staff at BKK to organise...

Hi All, Only a week away from our first trip to Japan and I've left an important part very late.. the entire middle of the trip! We have a fortnight in Japan, starting in Tokyo for the robotics expo for a week (staying at The Park hotel), and we have a few days in Osaka (Hilton) before leaving...

Terrifying mid-air emergency on Perth to Bali flight Terrified passengers on an AirAsia flight to Bali say they feared for their life after the aircraft plunged 20,000 feet in a mid-air emergency. The plane dropped from 32,000 feet to 10,000 feet after a ‘technical issue’ on the flight, an...

Hi All, Mr Glider and I are going to check out the Robotics Expo in Tokyo at the end of November this year: INTERNATIONAL ROBOT EXHIBITION 2017 Neither of us have been to Japan before, and have booked redemption flights into HND and out of KIX two weeks later. Any hot tips are greatly...

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Well worth a look for the pics! "Mike Kelley spent two years taking photographs of planes from 15 different airports around the world The photographer first got the idea after his photo of an entire day of planes taking off from LAX went viral He then wrote airports from 15 cities on the back...

Saw this on the weekend, VA PER- SYD: Yes, that's an 8kg bucket of Omo washing powder. What's the strangest thing you've seen carried on?

Hi All, Just after any travel tips you can offer to make the best of a bad situation. I live in Perth and my Grandma lives in a nursing home in Sydney. She had a fall and things aren't looking great so I'm going to go visit her this weekend in case this is the end. I can only be away for a...

Royal Doulton currently have a sale on their website, with (among other things) 50% off on their 'Sommelier' crystal stemware. https://www.royaldoulton.com.au/shop-by-collections/collections/sommelier/ I bought a set of the 4x red wine glasses for $60 + $10 delivery which arrived today, and I...

I've just made a Lifemiles redemption AMS-VIE-BKK-PER, with the AMS-VIE-BKK legs on Austrian Airlines. I've just gone to the Austrian Airlines website to select seats for me and Mr Glider, and was able to bring up the booking and start the seat selection process. But on the first leg there was...

Hi All, MrGlider and I are headed over to the states on September to do a three-week jaunt from LA - Vegas - San Fransisco. I'm pretty ok with accommodation in LA and SFO and to a lesser extent the places in between, but I'm interested in people's opinions on where to stay in Vegas. I'd really...

Hello brains trust, I'm on the lookout for 2x J or F (or mixed) seats from Perth to Vancouver in the Christmas/January period next year to book before USDM merged with AA. I've done many hours of research over the past few months using the Qantas website and found several options early on...