If I end up homeless you're all going to cop it! ;-)

[qiktune]

But seriously.....

So yesterday I did what I swore I never would. Applied for the Amex/Qantas card, greenlighted instantly and now I'm an "adult" (at 44 years old).

The intention being to purchase 2x SYD-JFK tickets and burn the remainder of the 3k spend on fuel, groceries, etc. As some may know I'm an apprentice in this game so am sitting at a lowly 15k Qantas points so really wanted a decent shot in the arm as far as boosting them up. Coming up this week is my first ever milage run SYD>MEL>CHC>BRS>SYD which I'm excited about......mostly because I'll be spotting at a couple of new airports.

Later in Feb is a trip to India/Nepal but sadly booked prior to becoming FF cough so I'm flying Airasia X. Dom in India is all on Jet Airways thus far and hopefully I can transfer points once they post. After booking accom via Booking.com I received an email from Jet stating that if I booked accom via their site I could earn points after my stay.....of course I summarily cancelled all hotels and rebooked through them.

Today whilst searching through the archives here I came across a thread suggesting Kaligo as an awesome booking option for points, checked and it looks great....but for next time, I don't want to rebook everything AGAIN!!

Also, again due to the archive, I've been writing hotel reviews like a crazy man over at Hotel Check. 150 Etihad Guest points per accepted review!!

Anyway, this was just a thank you to all for the extraordinary info you guys share so freely. I feel like I'm finally moving forward with this.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

But seriously......

Keep it up and you may quite genuinely feel a bit homeless.

I often hear the Joe Walsh song "Life's Been Good" and relate to at least some of the lyrics.....

I have a mansion, forget the price
Ain't never been there, they tell me it's nice
I live in hotels and tear at the walls
I have accountants pay for it all.......

Well.....I can relate to at least a bit of it (forget the mansion bit though and I don't tear out many hotel walls).

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Looks like this is the link you referred to:

HolidayCheck

 

[Jay Cee]

qiktune....oh dear me. You are not an adult until you have done the dreaded 'walk of shame.'

cheers

 

[eric2011]

But seriously.....

So yesterday I did what I swore I never would. Applied for the Amex/Qantas card, greenlighted instantly and now I'm an "adult" (at 44 years old).

The intention being to purchase 2x SYD-JFK tickets and burn the remainder of the 3k spend on fuel, groceries, etc. As some may know I'm an apprentice in this game so am sitting at a lowly 15k Qantas points so really wanted a decent shot in the arm as far as boosting them up. Coming up this week is my first ever milage run SYD>MEL>CHC>BRS>SYD which I'm excited about......mostly because I'll be spotting at a couple of new airports.

Later in Feb is a trip to India/Nepal but sadly booked prior to becoming FF cough so I'm flying Airasia X. Dom in India is all on Jet Airways thus far and hopefully I can transfer points once they post. After booking accom via Booking.com I received an email from Jet stating that if I booked accom via their site I could earn points after my stay.....of course I summarily cancelled all hotels and rebooked through them. 

Today whilst searching through the archives here I came across a thread suggesting Kaligo as an awesome booking option for points, checked and it looks great....but for next time, I don't want to rebook everything AGAIN!!

Also, again due to the archive, I've been writing hotel reviews like a crazy man over at Hotel Check. 150 Etihad Guest points per accepted review!!

Anyway, this was just a thank you to all for the extraordinary info you guys share so freely. I feel like I'm finally moving forward with this.

He's taken the bait boys, now start reeling him in. He'll soon be one of us

 

[drross]

Looks like this is the link you referred to:

HolidayCheck

but you are limited to 'only' 10 hotel reviews a month

 

[Jay Cee]

He's taken the bait boys, now start reeling him in. He'll soon be one of us

?? Do we tag & release or is he a keeper ????

cheers (he he)

 

[eric2011]

?? Do we tag & release or is he a keeper ????

cheers (he he)

Nah, I thinks he's a keeper

 

[JessicaTam]

As I read the first post in this thread the lights went out and I could hear a maniacal laugh, "Mwa-ha-ha-haaaa".

Enjoy the ride - it's hard to get off.

 

[qiktune]

Ha! Be gentle all