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    Can Australians join Air Canada's Aeroplan FFP?

    Hey everyone, I'm flying in and around Canada over a 6 week period from mid-December until the end of January 2017. One of these flights will be a Air Canada flight from LAs Begas to Toronto and I was hoping to make the most of it by accruing some mileage points. I am currently not...
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    S.O.S in Bali

    Hello everyone! My partner and I are in some discomfort on our last day in Bali. We have contracted a nasty case of Bali Belly whilst spending our last night in Sanur, and this is depsite a great week of healthy living in Ubud. Not exactly sure what caused it, as we were being very careful...
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    Looking for affordable and comfortable flights for my family from Australia to Canada

    Re: Looking for affordable and comfortable flights for my family from Australia to Ca Just wanted to personally thank you for your response. A question for you though, when you ask for more specifics what kind of specifics are we talking about? Exact dates, number of people, length of time...
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    Looking for affordable and comfortable flights for my family from Australia to Canada

    Re: Looking for affordable and comfortable flights for my family from Australia to Ca To everyone who took the time to read and respond to my thread, thank you! There was some great insight given and your words of wisdom have helped me clear the air. I now have a better idea of how to sort...
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    Looking for affordable and comfortable flights for my family from Australia to Canada

    Hi everyone! It has been a while since I have posted, which I firmly blame on doing a summer subject for first time. Anyway, I am lucky enough to be getting married to an amazing woman next January (2017) and we are doing it in the middle of a Canadian winter. Crazy I know, but we both met...
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    Looking for a great deal for return flights to Toronto.

    Hello fellow AFF members! I hope everyone is in good spirits. I am heading Toronto way come December 1st, with a return date around 28th Jan 2016. My nearest international airport is MEL, and so I and am on the look out for a great deal to get me there. What better way to improve my chances...
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    Thanks Clazman! I had a look on through Skyscanner and there are return flights to from MEL to YYZ with stopovers in Perth and Dubai for $1420. It is with Etihad and partly supported by VA. Do you know if I could receive points for VVFF for the whole trip? If so, what is the process? Or do...
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    So, not sure if you've been made aware that Virgin has just started another Happy Hour and I can get return flights from MEL (my closest international) to LAX for under $1000. The flights I would take total $978.63 and I would need to sort out flight from there to TOR, which at the moment look...
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    Thank you for this insight. I love this site and the willingness of everyone to help out people they have never before met or seen. It is a really cool concept.
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    Right now I am still trying to figure out what is the best route for us in terms of everything flying. Due to my partner originating from Canada and me from Australia, and our long term plans to split our time between the two countries, we will be doing our fair share of flying over the years...
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    Her flight will be with AC, and I'm fairly certain she has aeroplan. I haven't sorted my flight yet and we have agreed that I will get whatever flight is cheapest for now until we are in a better financial position. When that happens we will look to travel together. Thank you for replying by...
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    Flying to Canada return from SYD. How can I maximise points on a budget?

    Hello fellow travellers! I will be flying to Canada (Toronto) sometime in December and returning to Australia (Sydney) in late January. I am definitely not loaded by any stretch of the imagination and am very new to the AFF life of scoring deals and having knowledge about how to do so. I am...
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    Virgin Happy Hour [Thursdays]

    VA happy hour just opened! Hey everyone! I just received an email notice from VA about their current Happy Hour, and there are some great deals. I haven't posted enough times yet to be able to include the link, but I'm sure you won't have much difficulty in finding it. I hope this helps...
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    My partner and I are brand new at this, please help!

    I would have to agree. Cheers
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    My partner and I are brand new at this, please help!

    Hi all! Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this, and comment back. My partner (Canadian) and I (Australian) have been back in Australia since December '14' after living in Canada for the previous 22 months. We know that Australia will be home for the next 3 years at least, but...
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    Just registered to AFF!

    Thanks Hvr! I don't currently have a points earning credit card, but was hoping to gain some sound advice on just that. My partner and I have been sifting through our options for a while now and the biggest questions revolve around her visa status. She is a teacher and is currently employed...
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    Just registered to AFF!

    Hi all! I have been looking for a site just like this to answer my many questions about earning and using frequent flyer points. My partner is Canadian and we currently live in Australia which will be home for us for at least the next 3 years. As my family is scattered around the country...
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