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    Strategies for cheap business/premium flights to North America

    Anyone care to expand or link to something??
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    What are your air travel micro-hacks?

    Have that belt or a very similar one - BNE staff made me take it off anyway a month or so ago.
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    New Amex statement credits

    IMO the max 25c discount kinda kills the effort of getting into the chopper/dash8 here in CBR at least because unless you are filling up at the cheapest one (usually Fyshwick recently), there is often ~20c difference just on local stores already.
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    New Amex statement credits

    Way OT, but assume you mean the one next to KFC? I fuel lock there all the time, as it is usually the cheapest of the 5 or 6 on the southside, incl Queanbeyan and Jerra.
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    CheckMyTrip Update - No more desktop access or ticket numbers

    Haven't done it for a few years myself, but Finnair used to be ok to send yourself a copy of your itinerary.
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    I get the same mileage as you using GCM, but I reckon that could possibly be the issue. From memory they calculate it differently so anything close can cause issues (not that ~500 miles is particularly close). I thought there had been some other discussion here about the end point issue and as...
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    I believe AA domestic 'first class' counts as business for the purposes of an OWA. I had no issues with flying MCO-DCA, EWR-PHX and LAS-ORD in AA first as part of an OWA (in business) about 2.5 years ago.
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    Can confirm, had an OWA in late 2022 and missed an AA LAX-MCO flight when QF11 was late. They put us onto Delta LAX-MCO which was fine, but the rest of the fairly extensive US itinerary dropped off as we were listed as a no show for the flight we missed. It was fixed by QF after a few days and...
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    I realise it is only economy, but I think your chances of finding 4 seats on that route to some of the most popular holiday destinations in the world at peak holiday season is very, very slim. Even if split into two groups of 2, it seems like a longshot. You have the basic strategy correct -...
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    Is the changeover between LCY and LHR less than 24 hours? If so, I don't believe it will count as a stopover.
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    Credit Card Offers HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card: Fast-Track to Star Alliance Gold Status

    From memory that promo finished in about June last year.
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    Dumped in Joburg

    Not a misconnect (not sure it matters), but we (3 pax) got delayed for a night in LA in July when QF12 was pushed back ~23 hours. Extended hotel and hire car by a night, plus some meals obviously. Spent ~AU$800 from memory with receipts, QF would only reimburse AU$500 after a number of pushbacks.
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    The call centre (and 'message centre' in this case) like to try and make plausible-sounding reasons for why bookings fail, but in reality they are completely made up. I don't think the surface sector/stopovers is the issue in this case. If I had to guess, and given how close you are to the 35k...
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    Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

    I am going to have to disagree - that notation is usually used when you are booking 2 or more flights, and it definitely means the indicated leg will be in a lower class despite the overall headline higher booking class. It definitely sounds like a glitch as it obviously makes no sense when...
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    New Amex statement credits

    No Gazman on my card (Plat), which is annoying because it is something I would have used.
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    Qantas Green frequent flyer tier

    I got my green leaf automatically a couple of months ago by offsetting an existing short domestic flight, so it does work occasionally!
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    Qantas Call Centre Long Wait Times

    I have used it to add domestic legs to the end of international reward flights, so I guess in theory it should be able to used for an OWA (which is essentially just a group of reward flights). The issue/s will come when they can't see the same availability as you, present other options, etc...
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    Baggage claim declined

    That is just the registered or licenced occupations list. Commonwealth stat decs can also be witnessed in front of 40 other categories of people including accountants, APS employees, members of parliament, police officers, teachers, etc, etc.
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    Baggage claim declined

    Not that it really matters for this purpose, but it depends on whether you being required to give a stat dec under the Commonwealth Act (which this one appears to be) or an oath or declaration under the specific state's own Oaths Act (or however named). Some states are quite restrictive, some...
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