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Community Round-Up |
AFF
Gathering
#13
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| Thanks
to everyone that come along to AFF#13, our annual weekend gathering which this year was held in Sydney! We'll announce a date and location for next year's event in due course. In the meantime you can catch up on the weekend's events on the AFF forum. read
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AFF Member Trip Reports |
China
Eastern "F" SYD to PVG
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Trip
report by Mogul | Needed a trip to Shanghai so after a bit of searching found a First-class Classic reward ticket on China Eastern and thought why not. D day has arrived. Arrived at the airport 3 1/2 hours before flight (surprisingly no traffic) and found check in was open. No specific F line but no one in J line. read
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There's
only 1 Lake Como. Plus Zeppelins, plus F-18's!
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Trip
report by offshore171 | There's many amazing lake destinations in Europe. Lake Bled, Lugano, Maggiore and the list goes on. But one place has that extra geographical drama, natural amphitheatre, and sense of place - Lake Como. The plan for this trip is as follows. read
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| AFF
Member Profile |
This
week, we interviewed AFF member burmans from Sydney. burmans joined Australian Frequent Flyer in 2006 and has so far made 6,518 posts.
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| Q:
Most recent flight? |
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Have had a number of trips across the Tasman but my most recent serious trip was to South Korea via Beijing. Having worked there at the start of the 90's I wasn't overly keen to return but my daughter had been on university exchange there and loved it, so persuaded us to take a family trip. I am so glad we did, it has changed enormously and is now a very happening place though sadly no longer cheap. We flew Qantas to Beijing then Asiana for the Beijing to Busan leg.
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Favourite destination? |
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This is a hard one for me as I prefer to seek out new places. I do love Eastern Europe, far less touristed while having similar great historical and cultural attractions at a third of the price of Western Europe though that too is changing. Also love Asia with Sri Lanka being a recent highlight.
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| Q:
What's one thing you would never travel overseas without? |
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My phone, not for use as a phone but for sights/food recommendations and downloaded maps are a huge bonus for getting around. Given I love to walk and get lost in local neighbourhoods these are a boon to finding my way back home again.
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| Q:
What's one piece of advice you would give to a new AFF member? |
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Don't just join one frequent flyer program and don't ignore any opportunities to earn points. I don't fly anywhere as much as some here but have more points than I can reasonably use in the next couple of years thanks to advice on AFF and a few other blogs.
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Favourite thread on AFF? |
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Not really a thread but a forum. Because I don't fly as much as some, credit cards are where I have earned the bulk of my points so I always watch Current
Credit Card Promotions. And for old times sake, this thread on US
Dividend Miles was what first got me seriously into reading this forum (and others) and got me into points hacking. While US Airways Dividend Miles is long gone, some of the ideas live on, though I do miss the Grand Slam.
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