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April 1st - 500 SC added (QF April Fools Joke) April 6th - 500 SC removed April 7th - 22 SC added All a bit pointless really. I liked those 500 SC going in there. Put me tantalisingly close to LG.

My two travel credits ($450 and $400) were due to expire at the end of March. I didn't even think of calling AMEX to find out if they could be extended! Used the $450 against a nice hotel in Margaret River for a weekend away with Mrs Tallfont at the beginning of March :) Lots of good food and...

Just on twenty years "on the road" here. Not working for the "big four" but multinational IT companies. My travel has been between Perth and NZ and PNG in the main but also several long stints around Asia. Most of the travel has also been with a "base" in the country I was working in such as...

Perth here, just got a call from the freight company. Delivery between 07:30 and 08:30 Saturday morning :)🍷🍾

I bought a new Mercedes-Benz in Perth in January. The dealer was quite happy to accept an initial deposit on AMEX of whatever I wanted with no surcharge. I placed $5000 on the AMEX and paid another $10,000 of my own when I picked the vehicle up. With the trade that brought the figure to finance...

Similar in my house. I am Plat and my wife Gold. Just the one magazine arrived addressed to me.

I would pretty much be where I am now in Perth but getting ready to go to PNG on Sunday. Also preparing and thinking about a lovely holiday in England and Scotland Mrs Tallfont and I were all booked for in July :(

I cancelled a July 2020 Classic Rewards booking PER-SIN-LHR-SIN-PER on Monday (13th) by phone. Acceptable wait time, maybe 10 minutes. Customer service lady was very good. Straight up "we will refund the total cost and all points back" without me even asking. Flights now show as cancelled...

Mrs Tallfont and I did the same flight last April. Whilst it is a late evening departure we were both determined not to miss out on dinner onboard! We had very little in the QF lounge pre-flight, it's always been pretty average there. Once departed and settled in we decided to go back to the...

Surely after 30 years with QF you should be approaching Lifetime Gold?

I have never really had any problems booking reward seats. I hold QF Platinum status. I managed to somehow grab PER-DOH on Qatar in F, DOH-BRU in J and LHR-HKG-PER on Cathay in PE last year. This was booking in February for flights in April. Honestly still not sure how I did that one! I have...

OK, so here is my big mistake this week. Like a lot of us I book a lot of flights online and very rarely make any mistakes. This week was a bit different! Went on the BA website to book an Edinburgh to London City flight for me and Mrs Tallfont in August this year. Went through all the options...

I would be interested as well! Mine opens up to the Platinum Reserve Credit Card that I never use. Then have to navigate to the Platinum Charge that probably gets overused!

And the apology email has just come through!

Is that a fact. Inside information? Then they must have total rubbish laundry facilities. I have had obviously stained and dirty ones on many flights including some that I would rather not think about what the substance might have been.

Hi everyone, I am now known as 349990232134751 I thought it was a very clever spam email until I read it right through. Bet someone will get their butt kicked for this one!

It is the norm! The Other thing that really annoys me is that the little pillows they give you in QF Business are usually filthy I have asked for clean ones on numerous occasions usually to be met with a "Qantas scowl" and a replacement not much better. Really not good enough for what they charge.

I agree that it wouldn't be an upgrade as such as the Platinum charge is a different product. I did have the Gold charge card for a few years back around 2004-2005 and was offered to upgrade to Platinum which I have kept ever since. Since then I have been offered three times to go to the...

Just on a related matter. I gifted Gold to Mrs Tallfont last year. This year unless some unexpected international travel comes up before March 31st I will be about 60 status credits off getting the Platinum bonus reward. There was a good chance that travel would have occurred until this...

Crowne Plaza, Canberra (5 nights) on IHG points. January 2020 Status: Spire Ambassador Booked: King Bed Superior Received: King Bed Superior (although told we had been upgraded - I don't think so!) Welcome Amenity Points: 0 Complimentary two bottles of water on first night only, two drinks...