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HI All, I know that we like flights out of Aus but if you are a regular traveller to the USA/Canada this could help. Travel on points one way then start buying the round trips but starting from Canada. DL and UA seems to be competing for the Canadian market out of LAX. The most interesting...

In the mail last night I was sent a promo code that gives me an additional 4500 points if I spend over $1500 between 15 Oct and 25 Dec. I have a Citi Plat. Given I pay my bills on this card I will easily spend more than that. Would have spent over $1500 regardless so happy for the unexpected...

Mods, not sure if this goes here but it will do to start. Found this today: RTW Fares Comparison The creator has put in all the fares he can find for RTW plus Circle Asia and presents it on a Google map that gives departure location prices. The only issue is that it lacks a basic fare...

This was posted on ABT. I would suspect this is only available via a TA. Garuda promo: $1 business class companion fares - Flights | hotels | frequent flyer | business class - Australian Business Traveller Given some recent posts about 'new' Garuda I won't have a problem flying with them to...

Hi All, Got most of our accom sorted out for India but have three days in Mumbai (20-23 Nov) that I can't seem to get a good price for. My corp code for SPG is no good as their hotel is out of town. Basically I am willing to consider anything that is near the Gateway to India so long as it...

Hi All, Turkish Air are currently selling HKG-IST-LAX round trip in their new Comfort Class (PE) for less that AUD800. Stopover in IST would make this a cheap RTW if paired with QF in PE to HKG. You can book via Expedia or thy.com. Dates seem good for Sept through to the other side of the...

From A.net: "A Germanwings passenger could not find any size restrictions for the printed boarding pass in the terms and conditions of the web check-in service. So he printed it on a giant poster and brought it to the airport." Germanwings's Photos - Wall Photos | Facebook That sir, is one...

Over on FT there is a thread of 'good deal' premium fares but often they are only alluded to and if a poster dares to mention details then they are roundly criticised as such for 'letting the cat out of the bag'. These fares seem to predominantly come out of CMB or MNL with a few ex BKK...

How on earth Clive Dorman maintains his job is beyond me. His latest effort is a rather simplistic picture of Australian commerical avaition. Australian airlines | Who are we flying with? | Travellers' Check Basically it is another portal for the whinge brigade to get into gear again...

I am in a pickle. I just can't decide what sort of hedonistic experience I want. I am in HKG for one night only and haven't stayed at the W yet. It is currently about AUD360 a night which is to high so I can only afford to stay with points. I currently have 19000 SPG points that would easily...

Random route I know but just wondering if anyone has any other ideas for this route in J. I can get up into Germany on QR for $1440 per person one way. Other locations and messing about with TK via IST doesn't do any better and ATH/MXP with EY is just adding to the confusion. Anyway -...

BMI is selling bonus miles again and could be useful if you need to top up or sort out an up coming itin. You can buy upto 20,000 with an additional bonus of 4,000. Total cost for miles is GBP255. Note that 18,750 miles + GBP 127.50 + taxes is enough for one way in J to anywhere in Asia with...

I am surprised this hasn't been posted yet: Moscow Airport Blast | Suicide Bombing | Terrorism Over on the BA FT board it sounds like BA 872 arrived about 20 minutes before the blast with a BMI flight right behind it. Not good and thoughts to all those caught up. DME is a s**t of...

Interesting piece from Reuters re posted by The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/the-dreamliner-nightmare-where-is-boeing-going-wrong-20110121-19z6z.html One can't help thinking that it is not the most unbiased piece. Interesting to hear from some other suppliers but I think...

An interesting article in The Age regarding Delta and their sports charter operation. The one thing is that College sports in the USA are massive. I did an exchange at a Div 1 school in North Carolina a few years back but it wasn't like this. Delta Air Lines charter jets | NBA player planes |...

I am looking to buy 80,000 miles for an F reward from AA but want to clarify something. The sticky on FT says that when heading from Europe to the South Pacific you need to connect via SIN, NRT, BKK or Osaka. I can find consistent availability via HKG with CX, QF and BA. Can I work around...

Just a very quick one: MEL-AKL-LAX/SFO round trip in Business for AUD 4000~ (inc taxes). Not sure about booking class. Travel dates DEC and JAN 11. I also think that flights are available from other cities as well. Had a quick look and could find availability pretty easily.

I have rented with Hertz for a while and have gotten used to either having a Statesman, or by preferance a G6E or Calais. I have been looking at cars for about 7 dates over Oct and Nov from Melbourne Downtown, MEL and BNE. On none of these dates can I get a large premium car, in the past this...

Found this one quite amazing - Source: World's most efficient airports named B**ching about PER is nothing new around here but the second most efficient? Maybe they only looked at the international terminal?

Hi All, On Melbourne Cup day (a Tuesday) I need to get from Noosa to BNE for the 10:15 flight to SYD. Given I would need to arrive at rental car return at 9am this would place me in peak hour traffic coming into Brisbane. Would 2.5 hours be sufficent or would you expect significant delays on...