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    Qantas FF announcement 20 June - "biggest overhaul" in program history

    Surely this spells the end (either by significant devaluation or outright removal) of the 280k OW awards, if true?
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    We could not find fare for the requested itinerary (5685 UI)

    Yeah seems like Qantas' award search is just plain borked at the moment. Can't seem to get any seats to show up on direct flights (the seats are definitely available). Will give the FB chat thing a go.
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    AMEX Velocity Platinum Card - 100,000 Points / $349pa / $1000 Spend

    They recently devalued the card and removed the better flights (PER-ADL and PER-SYD) so even if this were once possible, I strongly doubt it is any more.
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    oz currency and the 5 cent piece dinosaurs

    Good video on the subject of pennies in the US, and why they are pointless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U
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    Melbourne voted most livable city 2015

    Perth is about 100 spots too high. :P
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    AMEX Platinum Card 120,000 points /$1200/yr $1000 spend

    Yep that's correct, 112k KF miles for F to Europe when factoring the 15% discount.
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    Any no cost/very low cost way of keeping AA points?

    Yeah I assumed that the individual merchants would be fine, as long as they shipped to Australia. I'm more worried about signing up for e-shopping in the first place due to the US residency/zip code requirement. Obviously you can just punch anything in to sign up, but I'm concerned that if I do...
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    Any no cost/very low cost way of keeping AA points?

    Does the e-shopping portal work for non-US residents, for this purpose? I notice they have some decent promos running, but requiring a US zip code to sign up...
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    AMEX Velocity Platinum Card - 100,000 Points / $349pa / $1000 Spend

    Does anyone know if the reverse is true - i.e. I have the VA Plat, can I refer someone for the Plat Charge and get 20k VA points (even though that is technically meant to give MR points)?
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    Velocity Point Devaluation - Painful!

    I think those are the normal redemption rates. VA were running a 15% off promo up to June 30.
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    ETIHAD - AA Partner

    Thanks for the feedback, I was quoted 117.5k (as expected) but I didn't push them for it. I might try again tomorrow, any tips on how to get them to budge? I was thinking the "But there's no F out of Perth, what else am I supposed to do?!" angle.
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    ETIHAD - AA Partner

    Few people in this thread had success booking ADL-SYD-AUH to get the apartments, but is it possible to book PER-SYD-AUH-LHR? That route doesn't violate the MPM for PER-LHR, but because it's split into two awards, would the PER-SYD-AUH leg violate MPM and be an invalid routing? If so what's the...
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    Virgin to remove bagfree fares from Domestic Routes

    Looks like they have raised the price of Flexi fares to compensate.
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