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    Cruising from Bali to Irian Jaya and down to Cairns

    Largest reptile on earth or largest lizard? I thought the saltwater croc was the largest reptile.
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    Cruising from Bali to Irian Jaya and down to Cairns

    Great photos @RooFlyer !
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    Amex point conversions

    Have a read of the thread and article below. Lots of advice available here, on Pointhacks and elsewhere if you do a search. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/amex-point-conversions.121654/...
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    Credit Card Offers Amex Platinum Card Benefits, Offers & Discussion

    AmEx has jumped on the bandwagon of Velocity, FlyBuys etc and sent a "Life Behind the Card video" supposedly summarising my last 12 months of AmEx spending. Personally I found it a waste of time apart from the statistic at the end telling me that I'm in the "top 43%" of AmEx Membership Rewards...
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    Have you flown to every destination in an airline's route network?

    Have you flown every Jetconnect route to/from NZ?
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    What's your favourite big city destination?

    To the above cities I'd add Paris: a great all-rounder with a little bit (well, a lot) of everything: food, culture, (urban) scenery, and a fun (if slightly intimidating) vibe.
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    AFF Trip Report of the Month

    VERY well-deserved @n7of9 ! Your first TR too!
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    Virgin goodbye for now

    I'd be interested in the wider issue; in fact I just thought about this a couple of days ago. How many disaffected Qantas customers have abandoned Qantas for Virgin, and stayed with Virgin? How many disaffected Virgin customers have abandoned Virgin for Qantas, and stayed with Qantas? My...
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    Accor ALL Signature Discussion

    But, having signed up for one month for 30% off, does it not make sense to stay for 4 months to get the extra 5000 points?
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    Having my welcome drink before strolling over. Glad to have found an Ibis that allows me to order spirits as the welcome drink! Guess which activity I’ve chosen for tomorrow?
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    Virgin Sydney Premium Entry Permanently Closing

    Believe it or not, for the 75% of "loyal VA flyers" who don't live in Sydney these changes are positive. Even for those in Sydney it's arguable that these changes are neutral at worst, given the location of the new scanners and the increased hours of the priority screening lanes. As an aside...
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    Virgin Sydney Premium Entry Permanently Closing

    As a Melburnian, this is all upside.
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    Citi cards become myCard - no more CX, KF, EY, QR from 16/11/25

    I'm getting the message "You don't have enough rewards points."
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    Accor ALL Signature Discussion

    Good to know. And are you a brand new customer or have you subscribed to Signature before? I've subscribed in the past and it didn't work for me when I tried it a few days ago.
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    Citi cards become myCard - no more CX, KF, EY, QR from 16/11/25

    In my mind, Citi cards have always been great cards to churn but not great cards to keep. Last year I took out a Citi Premier card for the 220,000 point sign up bonus (which I converted to KrisFlyer). The two free airport meals were a nice touch but once I'd used them both and received the bonus...
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    Paying overseas travel agent - Best strategy?

    I did receive it for my Platinum charge card ... but it has now expired. Apologies -- it might have actually expired when I originally posted, without me realising.
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    Citibank post-November changes - suggestions for use of remaining points

    From your situation my initial feeling is that you should keep your points where they are. You'll still be able to transfer to Velocity after November 16 and, unlike KrisFlyer, Velocity points don't expire. You should do your own research re the availability of flights to Doha. Last time I...
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    Paying overseas travel agent - Best strategy?

    Have you received the AmEx offer of 3 bonus MR points per dollar spent on foreign transactions? Depending on what you do with your MR points afterwards, this may make it worthwhile even given the 3% foreign transaction fee. On my Platinum card, for example, this offer means that I'm earning...
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    Space Junk and ramifications for airlines

    It does happen — almost always meteorites rather than human-made debris. Here’s an example, captured on camera. Simply not worth worrying about, though.
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    New Amex statement credits

    Everyone's different, but those extra 3 MR points per dollar make it worth it for me under some circumstances. A spend of $100 plus 3% foreign transaction fee on the Platinum card earns 540 MR points with this offer. For those FF programmes that give you 1 FF point per 2 MR points, that means...
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