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I expected that VA wouldn't have a toll-free US number as the new incarnation doesn't fly there. Used Google Voice for a free call and was answered immediately by a Filipina who sorted it out. Definitely the way to go if you are outside Australia.

This is all irrelevant. Someone didn't read the second sentence of my post. Obviously I have the PNR or I wouldn't be able to get to the point of VA's web site giving me the error message when trying to do seat allocation. They said it couldn't be done. At all. Not just that they couldn't do...

If phone agents can do it, airport agents should be able to. Or at least phone someone who can instead of being lazy liars. Who wants to sit on hold on a 13 number for who-knows-how-long? Anyhow, I'll be overseas until I take that flight. Phoning a 13 number from overseas is not a reasonable...

I have an Air Canada booking that includes SQ and VA. I can do seat allocation on SQ's site fine, of course, but on the VA web site, if I try to get seat allocation, I get the message that I can't "modify" such a booking. I haven't had issues like this with other carriers for years. How can VA's...

When I visited today, ads used 100% of my CPU, so I turned my ad blocker on. That fixed the CPU waste issue, but the pop-up that blocks 80% of the screen came up. Turned the ad blocker off and the pop-up continues to block access for another 10 minutes. This is a lousy user experience.

Because clearly the best way to give the government data that it already has is by taking photos of pieces of paper printed out from one of that same government's web sites.

I stayed at a hotel last month where housekeeping were still going after 9pm. At another, the housekeeper said mine was her 29th room for the day. Some hotels just haven't ramped up staff as quickly as their increase in bookings. I had one hotel which said they only did housekeeping on demand...

I followed the advice of Muppet501st above. That Muppet is, of course, not as much of a Muppet as Accor's IT department. I was told by email that "there seems to have been a technical issue". (If you've ever dealt with Accor before, this will be utterly unsurprising.)

Update: Almost a month after reporting the issue, twice, to Accor, I finally received Qantas points for my January stay, titled "GOOD WILL POINTS" in my activity statement. These schemes where you have to follow them up all the time are awful. Reminiscent of the 1990's.

Not quite. Ireland removed the PCR test requirement as of 6 Jan, so it's almost 2 months now.

Fortunately, my dad was sensible enough to give me his Qantas account details before he died for me to transfer his points out. This is yet another area where US-based frequent flyer schemes are much better. The article is incorrect about some details. American, Alaska, United and Delta all...

Linked my accounts in November. Had an Accor stay in January. No Qantas points posted. Has anyone had to chase them up? Should I contact Accor or Qantas?

An Amex Travel agent tells me that credits which are due to expire soon will not be lost if they are not used and that an announcement will be coming soon about what will be happening. (He said he couldn't give me any more details until the announcement is made publicly.)

Indeed. Hence the AZ issues (that are tiny) should have been ignored. Scare-mongering and mixed messages about AZ are ultimately the government's fault. The government should never have allowed that to happen without a sufficient alternate supply. The messaging about AZ for over 50s only one...

I very rarely contact politicians, but I emailed my local Federal MP (Lib) some months ago and pointed out that the only important thing they had to do this year was to get everyone vaccinated and that, given the cost of lockdowns, no cost should be spared in obtaining necessary supplies by any...

There are ways to obtain an ITIN where this is not true. Some financial companies may require customers to obtain an ITIN even though they have no requirement to file taxes due to being from a tax treaty country such as Australia.

For the weekend, I had: * 4,400 bonus points when you spend $110 * 500 bonus points booster (the standard oscillating weekly 500 or 3x) * 175 bonus points on butter * 150 bonus points on Campbells soups (also on special) * 10x bonus on fresh produce and nuts (cashews on special) Total of 5450...

A shame they implement it fraudulently by initially promising that all seats are available without an extra charge and then adding the charge when you actually try to get seat allocation, towards the end of the booking process.

Not working that way now. If I try to book a max bundle, it'll charge an extra $40 each way for those seats, even though the initial screen says that "any seat" is included!

But what about dessert wine and port?