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Some more details from the ABC: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-02/qantas-cyber-attack-significant-data-stolen/105484720

This could be a reflection of the recent downturn in travel to the USA.

I always sign in as Jerry Smith and my postcode is 7151. 😁

Apologies, I forgot to post what happened when I tried the point.me offer. Didn't work I'm afraid, so it looks like it's just for US card holders.

Also, business travel goes the other way as well, with people who live near WSI using it to take business trips to other cities as a more convenient option than flying from SYD.

Some coverage from the ABC. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-24/virgin-australia-returns-to-trade-on-the-asx-in-ipo/105451822

Good point, I quite like that offer as well. Sort of the exception that proves the rule I guess. 🙃

Every time one of these (infrequent) overseas offers comes through it just reminds everyone that the card is effectively useless outside of Australia because of the 3% foreign currency fee. In this case it's really a credit of $31.45, after you subtract the fee.

To loop back to the new semi-translucent curtain, I've now seen it somewhere else as well. Flew back home from LA on American Airlines and they're using this product on their 777s as well, at least between Premium Economy and Business.

Surprised no one has mentioned Las Vegas (LAS) airport yet.

I think the use of "surprisingly small" is not really accurate. It's about the size of Adelaide airport.

I do wish things were a bit more consistent with the partners, but I can understand the commercial realities of these arrangements. A lot of airlines and are not in an alliance and have various partners with various levels of services. Even carriers within an alliance have other partners with...

I dunno, that often gets brought, but there's a lot of complaints in the Qantas forum about inconsistencies within the alliance as well. Most recently of Cathay Pacific citing "overcrowding" to stop people going into certain lounges and the situation at Bangkok airport. I've been *G for over...

Is it available to Australian card holders? I might have a look at it tonight, if it is. Might be a good alternative to paying for Seats.aero

It does depend a bit on how you define QF. If you consider flights outsourced to the various Qantaslink airlines (about 60% of QF coded domestic flights) to be separate airlines then yes, VA mainline operates a lot more flights domestically than QF mainline. If you consider QF mainline and...

With Fed gov the status credits post but the points don't automatically. Supposedly this is because of both appearances and because DoF has negotiated a discount by forgoing the points, however I've heard, very unofficially, that the overhead to make sure the points don't post costs the airlines...

I'll put a vote in for the Movenpick, which has become my go-to hotel in Melbourne. For me it has the right balance of comfort and price most of the time. It's a lovely, new-ish hotel and it's in a very handy spot for transport, right across from Southern Cross station. Great if you're taking...

Has anyone made use of the co-working facility at the Novotel/Ibis at Melbourne Airport? I'm curious to know if it's any good and how much a day pass costs. They don't have the price on their website.

At a guess I'd say that the Italians "sold" the debt to them. They would have done this in bulk (or have an ongoing arrangement) at a low percentage of the amount owed, simply selling every debt they were owed in Australia to this agency to collect. At that point it becomes a debt owed to the...

I think andye was referring to the government itself (probably via Dept. of Finance) getting a certain amount of cashback, based on spend, each year. Not the individual. I believe this is pretty common with corporate travel arrangement, some of them even increase the amount of cashback that the...