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Success! I was able to ring them up, confirm availability and book. Actually, I had to call twice, because I thought the transfer from velocity to krisflyer would take a few business days but it was virtually instant. Booked the TK flight at that leaves IST at 2am. Hope the lounge is nice at...

Just a heads up: With the recent devaluation coming up, I was looking to book the flight back from Europe via IST. Turns out, today is the day (April 6th) they are doing the big migration to the new airport, so attempting to search for a redemption flight via IST will instead only show up with...

Can the voucher be used for award bookings to pay for taxes?

High flyer is bumped to 75k right now: Virgin Australia Velocity Flyer Card 75,000 Bonus Velocity Points (Reduced 1st Year Annual Fee $64). Tempted to do this, but apparently, council and motor registry don't count towards eligible spend? Also can the $129 coupon be used to pay for taxes for...

Just out of curiousity I checked if there was any avail for Lord Howe Island. Seems be no award availability whatsover save for a single day in May (And it was discounted to 8400 from SYD via BNE). Seems a bit suss... To clarify, I'm getting some booking errors via online. May have to ring them...

Ultimately I think that you should have a plan for what destination you want. If it's HKG, 120k Velocity will get you a return in Business, and availability is good. It's on par w/ QFF at 60k, but taxes are a bit cheaper I think. It's supposedly 80k r/t on A. miles, but availability could be...

I wonder someone could check if the cashback applies to Premium Economy and Business Saver Fares? Would actually be pretty decent value when combining with a status run if so. I'm considering joining AIA Vitality. Reports from Ozbargain indicate that only Economy Freedom fares are applicable...

Just 11 months, so that might factor in. Or it could really be true that they can't offer any incentives at all anymore.

Called up over AMEX Explorer No offer of a retention bonus, no bonus points. But they talked about additional cardholders and the bonuses with that. Made a point about the devaluation (which they label simply as changes, I mean, call a spade a spade jeez). No budging. Hinted at the fact by...