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    Random questions about Concorde

    Some random questions popped into my mind this morning reading a story about Concorde: Was it possible to get seats on Concorde via points? If so how much more expensive was it? Did anyone here do it?
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    Bargains / must buys while in the USA

    Costco for allergy medication. Kirkland brand Loratadine (Aller-clear) which is the same as Claratyne is ~USD13 for 365 tablets. In Australia that would cost about AUD180 for generics from an online retailer, maybe double that from a chemist. Similar pricing for Kirkland equivalent Zyrtec...
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    QF Upgrades - Successes or Failures (post results)

    Re: QF Upgrade Success Rate Another datapoint: Fell from PS to NB at the end of July. Got the text message for the Sunday QF7 SYD-DFW. Y --> J success! Only attempt I have ever made, so 1/1.
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    Recommendations for USA Sim Card with Data

    I have not read through the entire thread, so I am not sure if anyone has mentioned this, but my preference for a sim card when travelling in T-Mobile coverage areas in the US is the T-Mobile $30, 100 minutes, 5 Gb data pre-paid plan that you can only sign up for online. What I have discovered...
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    Here to learn new techniques

    Hello to all at AFF. I am glad to find this place and hope to learn some new ways of doing things. I have largely been dabbling in the hobby in isolation, and based on my reading here so far, frequently in a sub-optimal way.
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    USA Late 2015- AUD rate now

    Another option is to open a US dollar Flexi-saver foreign currency account with HSBC. Buy US dollars now and keep them in the account, and then withdraw them in cash (this will attract a fee) from a HSBC branch before you leave. Alas HSBC does not offer anything like Citibank Plus as far as I...
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