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  1. boffman

    TPE transit terminals CI EVA

    I’m flying a Qantas award in J, LCY-FRA (BA) FRA-TPE (CI) landing at 06:10 Terminal 1. Then a Canada J award, TPE-SGN (EVA) leaving at 09:10 Terminal 2. I’m assuming there’s no way I’ll get baggage checked through. Should I present to the EVA transfer agent at Terminal 1 or just go get my bag...
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    Best Premium Economy SYD-SIN

    I’m going to exclude anything but direct flights. Your choice is between Qantas, Singapore and BA. I’ve flown Qantas and Singapore’s premium economy before. I don’t think there’s much in it. Looking at cost, there’s a couple of Singapore flights around $1,600. Then it jumps to just over $2k...
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    Compensation for delayed award flight?

    Couldn’t agree more. And I assume the information I gave AirHelp is the same info I would have put into the form. I think because it was my first time and I was super busy with work and family, AirHelp was the path of least resistance. I’ll use the form if there’s a next time.
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    Compensation for delayed award flight?

    Also @Princess Fiona Thank you both for the advice. I used an outfit called AirHelp. Super easy online form. Their fee was 35%. They got the full compensation amount of £520 for me in about 6 weeks. Happy to fork over 35% for their service, must have taken me 10 minutes tops.
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    Compensation for delayed award flight?

    Thank you both. Yes it was AA135. As one does in that kind of situation I was panicking a bit as I had to be back in Sydney by Saturday morning. There were plenty of other oneworld routes that would have worked and I was disappointed to be told by both AA and QF that they couldn’t put me on...
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    Compensation for delayed award flight?

    Yes, full refund from QF
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    Compensation for delayed award flight?

    Hi, Looking for some advice please. I was booked using Qantas points last week on 1 June, on AA73, LHR to LAX with a 2 hour connection to AA73 to SYD in F. Got a message that morning it had been delayed by 15 hours. Called AA, they said can’t help. Called Qantas they said all they could do was...
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    Optus $99/Mth Sim Only Plan - 60,000 Qf Pts

    My number is with Telstra business. Only got a month to month mobile plan with them and only business for historical reasons. Anyone know if I can easily port my number from Telstra business to this Optus deal?
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    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    Also, shout out to @Cruiser Elite - thanks for the PM'd advice
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    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    I didn't ask. I thought it would be tempting fate. I just asked if there was availability on the leg I wanted and when I was told there was it was pretty quick to move the bookings around and ticket it.
  11. boffman

    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    Wahay! 4'th time lucky on the phones. Persistence and politeness pay off. Thanks for the advice everyone.
  12. boffman

    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    Only once. I’ll have another few cracks of the whip tonight.
  13. boffman

    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    I don’t think it’s married segments. The SYD-SIN leg is available for booking on the website but not on the phone irrespective of wanting to join it to anther leg (i.e. I asked over the phone if I could book it standalone and was told no).
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    Website shows award availability but phone rep can't

    Flying SYD - SIN - LHR in about 12 days on a biz award. Ticketed, all fine. Had also waitlisted flights one and two days prior. The only one that cleared was the SIN - LHR leg, i.e. half one of the waitlists. I look online and there is an earlier flight that can connect my to my cleared waitlist...
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    SPG transfers after Marriott merger

    Today
  16. boffman

    SPG transfers after Marriott merger

    I just got the same letter. I was trying to work out if I care. Both about the letter and keeping the card.... I use points to fly to Europe. Seems to me best value from Diners is to transfer 1:1 to Velocity and then 1.35:1 to Kris (until end of year). Doing that, a one way will cost me 141,750...
  17. boffman

    EVA lounge BKK

    Just walked in and out of the Thai J lounge at BKK. Forgot how much it sucked. Highly recommend the EVA lounge. Design wise it’s got this sci-fi video game thing going on. Empty at 6:30pm midweek. Nice showers. Decent food. Tiny bar but has beer on tap.
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    How do Hertz treat you as an Elite?

    Status: PC Location: ADL Booked: Mystery z9 Received: Kluger The staff that night were amazing. We were a family of 4 and needed at least a full size car. I kept asking for something a little bigger and we went through a couple of small SUV's to a huge people mover before settling on a Kluger.
  19. boffman

    How do Hertz treat you as an Elite?

    I'm PC and I've reserved a mystery car next week at ADL. If I don't like what's offered can I ask nicely for something else? And if I get nowhere with that can I just book a regular car on the spot?
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    Qantas Wine latest offering

    Anyone know if the Wicks Estate Pinot 2016 is any good?
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