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Then they could check ID and cross-check the name on the boarding pass. Having to carry your physical Velocity membership card is silly.

How annoying can Virgin get? Why do we need either their app or their card? I have over a dozen FF cards but I never carry any of them any more. They should just print the information necessary for lounge entry (e.g. your status level) on the boarding pass, like most other carriers do.

It really depends on what you like and how much you want to spend. My stays are mostly through hotels.com for independent hotels, Accor, Hilton, IHG and Marriott. Hilton gives the most consistent recognition of status with free breakfast and upgrades, but it also has the most expensive hotels...

I went and bought a few things at Coles on Wednesday. Received a $50 = 1000 points email today. There are also a number of item offers (grapes, bread, etc) for me online. (There were zero when I checked on Wed.)

About 4-5 weeks. (They are still sending the "this week's specials" email, so they haven't totally forgotten me.)

That's what I would have hoped and have experienced in the past. However, I was in a similar situation. Did the first week of a multi-week offer. Was overseas for the rest. Haven't had a single Woolies offer since I got back. (I don't count the offer for 300 bonus points for buying 12 wines from...

As I've seen nothing on this thread (or elsewhere on AFF or from BP or Qantas) about when this new arrangement might actually start, I asked BP.

Likewise. I went away for 3 weeks and there would usually be an offer or two for me. Nothing in the past fortnight. No offers online, no emails, no snail mail coupon sheet ones!

This is a totally separate issue. You have the option to pay cash to avoid the fee there. You don't have that option when you phone Qantas. In theory, they are required to provide a fee-free option or include the fee in the listed price.

Nope. They require it because it removes opportunities for manufactured spending and for fraud. Yes, that is what the rule is really to stop. Or just repeatedly purchase refundable tickets on a points-earning card and refund them to a non-points card/debit card/etc.

Grab is great. You might get a taxi through them anyhow, but with knowledge of the fare and having it charged on your credit card instead of having to mess about with cash.

It will be interesting to see how this new plan works and whether it's worthwhile. I drive little and have a big tank, so the "collect up to 500 bonus points when you fill up at BP" offers for VA were fantastic. I probably averaged over 10x as much in bonus points as per litre points, which is...

Yes, it's a massive disappointment. The free airfare on the Platinum Edge card used to be fantastic. Degrading it to a $200 travel credit was bad enough, but the value is almost never there. The first thing I do each year when the credit becomes available is try to work out if there is any way...

If you can't find a single example of your assertion, then you are the one being irrational. Also, nothing emotional about my response either. I just wish threads wouldn't get cluttered with your kind of vague, worthless post is all.

Yes. Do you have anything sensible to add?

Without a list of which states those are and/or links to the specific rules, I would categorise that as unsubstantiated rubbish. Most likely, the federal government, which has no requirements in this area, is leaving the possibility open that some state might, even though there are no actual...

When people are discussing whether there is a list of which states might require one, a suggestion to go look up every state's requirements individually is pretty much the opposite of useful.

That's what I was wondering. Margaret River was easily the worst tourist trap I've ever been to within Australia. Accommodation , food and wine all double the price of comparable quality offerings in the Barossa or Hunter. And then you ask some wineries if they have any fortified wines and they...

I know someone who made the transit recently. Totally fine. Check-in was blockaded that day, so the only passengers on the flight to Europe were transit passengers. (Totally sucks for Cathay, but a bonus for the passengers.)

I thought it was just me, because I'd not visited for a couple of months. 2000 for $70 stacked with a 750 for $60 coupon and some 10x and 50x product bonuses totalled around 3600. The receipt gave me another 1000 offer for a few days. I've not had one like that from the register before.