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SMH Traveller puff-piece on the topic (probably paywalled). Doing what I do, I found this statement most interesting: "At least Bambi’s position on the floor muffles his cries and I doubt his little noises carry much further than our row." My neighbour two doors up, no less than 30m away...

Didn't give it (the weight) any thought at time of purchase. I was blinded by the TJ Maxx bargain I was getting! Quality bag to be sure, but yep, becoming increasingly useless as a cabin bag.

It would make more sense to do it at check-in, rather than at the gate where there's probably a fee to send it under. HLO/OLCI pax would arc up at this though.

Has happened to me once. QF weighed our cabin bags at check-in at LAX in Feb 2011. I was over 7kg so had to decamp some stuff to a checked bag. The Samsonite roller cabin bag I'd just bought weighed 4kg empty (!) so I just use it for domestic now. Maybe about to be unsuitable even for that.

Qatar $1500/$200 on Exlporer, Velocity Plat and all supps.

Yes I recall discussion around super being used to hold farms and other property. Taxing unrealised capital gains makes sense in those cases. They could release some of the housing pressure by excluding residential property from super.

So what's the procedure here to maximise the likelihood of approval for those that were SM'd via Velocity (ie not earned through flying)? 1. Create a LH account using an address from an eligible country (or update your address if you already have an LH account) 2. Change the Volare address to...

It's that simple. And at check in too (for those trying to game Lite fares and luggage allowances).

Yep. that redeem rate has fleas. Very paw value.

Split payment. Just need to know how much is on the card. I do this via the Special app as the card value and running total is not shown in the apple wallet.

Online?? None of my offers are limited to online only. Thankfully.

The opportunist in me says to have a rummage through those bags. At the very least, I'd be inclined to hand it to a hostie with information of the owners location and, if appropriate, ask them to remind the pax that rows 15 and beyond should be boarding from the rear.

I got a roll of dog food. The Staffy will be delighted.

On my explorer (nice surprise) and supps (nicer surprise). Not on Vel plat (no surprise).

Never had to do it personally but the pain would be better than potentially having to deal with a suspended or cancelled card, or juggling part payments regularly to stay under $3k.

Really interesting post, thanks. As someone who has only had a brief view of the aged care system from the outside but is likely to be forced to engage soon, this info is utterly frightening. I'm sure a separate thread for aged care discussion would be useful and well patronised. The thing...

That's not correct. I've put more than the limit on my card several times but not in one go though. I'd pay the 5k in a few installments, paying it off immediately and if its going to be regular thing get a limit increase.

The flight schedule makes it rather difficult to combine CCK with XCH. Stopovers are permitted but essentially you have to stay on each for seven days. I don't have time for that, and would probably baulk at the cost anyway, which is a pity as I have the opportunity to go on Nov 17 which is...

PSA regarding the Tech Head cards via the Special GC deals via Amex. The Tech Head cards seem to no longer work for utilities no matter the payment method. I couldn't use one to pay Origin or actweAGL direct, via postbillpay, or via paypal on postbillpay. Those utilities don't have paypal as...

Same boat here it seems. In July I had ~8k with ~5k on VA needed. Now I have ~7.3k with ~4.7k on VA needed (ie all). Not something I will focus on.