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report by NSun | OK so here
are some pictures and thoughts from last night. I
did see the supermoon 3 times with my own eyes but
couldn't get any photos even of the stars let
alone of the supermoon. And I tried both with my
regular iPhone Camera plus a couple of apps that
were meant to be for star gazing. But still had a
good time. read
more...
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This
week we interviewed AFF member TripleB
from Sydney. TripleB joined
Australian Frequent Flyer in 2012 and has so far
made 250 posts.
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Q:
Where did you go on your last trip?
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A:
A return trip to Cairns over Easter with my family
in Qantas business class using points. We stayed
at the Novotel in Cairns which has a pool with a
graduated sandy entry which is sensational for
young children (who can't swim) to splash and
play.
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Q:
Where will you go when the current travel
restrictions are lifted?
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A:
To be honest, I'm not desperate to
travel overseas anytime soon, although I have
been putting money away every month for 3 years
now to pay for a long planned family trip to
Dusseldorf in February 2022. Sadly that won't
happen, which is a total first world problem.
The cities in the German Ruhr region really know
how to do Karneval. Unlike in other parts of
Europe, the key day is Shrove Monday
(Rosenmontag).
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Q:
Favourite airline?
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A:
Japan
Airlines because they have 8-abreast seating in
economy on their 787 and 9-abreast on their 777s.
Their premium economy is pretty good too and often
very competitively priced. Having said that,
Qantas is also a world class airline.
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Q:
What's one piece of advice you
would give to a new AFF member? |
A:
The best use of your points is to go on a
flight you want, to a destination you want, when
you want.
Forget about trying to emulate the bloggers who
say "I got 10 cents per point of value flying
between X and Y in first class". The numerator in
their equation (the sticker price of the flight)
is only valid if they would have actually paid
that amount. I don't know about you, but I
wouldn't pay $6000 for a first class flight! So if
I use my points for that I don't suddenly get
$6000 worth of value from them. Don't get me
wrong, if you want to use your points for a flight
in first class, you should absolutely do that and
have a great time. Just don't get hung up on
getting at least X cents per point "value" from
them.
Having said all that, you can convert Qantas
points to Woolworths vouchers at just a tick over
0.5 cents per Qantas point. Accordingly, this
gives you a floor value of Qantas points. So if
the sticker price of the reward you actually want
(be it a flight, vacuum cleaner or whatever)
divided by the number of points you need to use is
substantially less than 0.5 cents, then you should
think about converting your points to Woolworths
vouchers, spending those at the supermarket
checkout and using the cash you would have spent
at Woolworths to buy whatever it is you want. I
say "substantially" less because if it's only a
bit less, your time isn't worth the hassle of
cashing out via Woolworths points.
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Q:
Favourite forum on AFF?
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A:
Hands down, my favourite forum is Recent
Credit Card Promotions. I derive a
disproportionate amount of pleasure from churning
credit cards for sign up bonuses. I churn through
~6 cards most years. My favourite offers are the
"signup bonus + no annual fee in the first year"
cards. A special shoutout to Dr Ralph
who is a prolific poster of new offers in that
forum. I've earnt many points as a result of
his/her posts.
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