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    2022 travel plans

    Oatek, I feel your pain. We have a booking in June 2022 for Eastern Europe starting in Cluj (northern Rumania) near the Ukraine border. We also have an Emerald cruise on the Danube booked out of Bucharest . Both are still "on" though i note that Viking have cancelled their 2022 cruises out of...
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    AMEX (Chubb) insurance via Chubb new COVID rules

    We booked our EU trip (SQ KF in J) in June 2021 for - Romania, Hungary, and Turkey plus Singapore I have an AMEX Explorer card that comes with Chubb travel insurance , who have issued new rules starting 5 March 2022 (see American Express Insurance | AMEX Australia ) that incudes this -...
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    Is it Time to transfer/withdraw points from Velocity?

    Hmmm - did transfer 80,000 to KF last week but remaining 72,000 not Just bought Ticketmaster $100 voucher and balance on wine (incl delivery)
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    JAL website now shows Oneworld award availability for all airlines

    Thanks Matt. Really helpful So to be clear the JMB tool is just- that a search tool useful for JAL flights on their metal with their JMB points. It is also useful to search for OW flights e.g. QA using QFF points but the latter only bookable on QFF (unless you have JMB points) - have I got...
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    Amex Platinum Charge fee up to $1450

    Mrs Mandja wants this card in her own right Problems 1. Will she qualify for bonus points if she already holds Plat Velocity Amex and Amex Explorer? 2. Bonus signup is 80,000 points ,plus 10,000 via referral (and my 30,000 referrer). I see that it has gone down from 120,000 + referrer (to end...
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    Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

    I'm still waiting for mine
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    VA Gold - access to Alitalia lounge....or not?

    UPDATE - i did use my VA Gold to enter the lounge in Rome. Entry was easy The lounge was rather cramped and not very large. They had breakfast on offer including scrambled eggs, croissants etc and onsite barista making excellent coffee (LaVazza?)
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    Feedback on my *A RTW plan using KF points

    ↑ When you plugged the itinerary into the *A RTW tool and selected all the flights, did it show as a "valid" itinerary with a green box? If so, it should be fine. The "no backtracking" rule is mainly about having to cross the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans both exactly once. So something like New...
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    UpgradeMe pricing and success

    I think i hjave just seen that it does NOT give extra SC. That said, can I BUY upgrade and if so, SC for that on OOL-MEL? What is likely cost? Im trying to get SC to retain Gold
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    UpgradeMe pricing and success

    Discount economy OOL-MEL Will an upgrade to business give SC points? Even if bid?
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    The Velocity Status Run Master thread

    Hoping you can help I need 178 SC to maintain Gold by 9 Sep 2018 My plans currently include 1. OOL- MEL on Aug 26 with wife on discount economy Can we upgrade to get extra SC? If yes, what is cost and how many SC? Obviously would need to Family Pool and 2. I need to go to SYD on Sep 7 or 8...
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    DPS - Immigration for Seniors??

    My wife went through this afternoon. She conformed there is a queue that over 60s share with parents accompanying small children. That said she said that the wait was less than 5 minutes in the "normal" lines. This is all very different to years gone by where you needed to buy the visa sticker...
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    MEL- Use QF pass or AMEX to access lounge?

    QF vouchers expire in May 2019. Amex about same time I wonder which is the nicer lounge in MEL?
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    DPS - Immigration for Seniors??

    Arriving DPS Bali on my own on Friday night on JQ Business I have heard that there is a special queue for seniors (over 60s) - is that correct? I've checked online but cant find definitive answer.
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    MEL- Use QF pass or AMEX to access lounge?

    I'm flying Jetstar to Bali on Friday. I have 2x QF passes (thanks to Amplify card) and 2 passes on my new AMEX Explorer card. Which is nicer? Which should I use? I'm travelling to India in Oct 2018, and Vietnam in Dec but going SQ business so no drama there.
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    QFF points for JQ flight - lounge access?

    The wife booked a classic reward Jetstar business flight using QFF points and got a QA ticket quoting a JQ flight number. I do realise that if she had booked a bundle max on JQ then lounge access would be included but given it is a QA ticket this was not offered. Query - is lounge access...
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    ATO (tax office) payments by credit card

    Cove - "Thinking about pre-paying as a last hurrah" Me too. I have already paid my PAYG Instalments (due 28 Feb). In next 2 weeks Ill pay the Company tax (due May 15) , so March last hurrah will be prepaying 2018 final tax and Jun instalments ! Just a thought - I have a $40k limit - how high...
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    SQ 6001

    My flight sq237 sin-Mel has been slight changed but also has a new flight no. - SQ6001 Any suggestion why the 4 digits? Also which plane will this be using?
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    Japan trip - currency query

    I have just read the terms of the Citibank card and it says "Citibank Debit Card – transactions International Transaction Fee 2.50% We charge you an International Transaction Fee of 2.5% on the AUD dollar conversion of any transaction made in foreign currency. This amount includes a service...
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    Japan trip - currency query

    "I haven't used a CBA debit card for some time, not least because they charged very high 'transaction fees' on foreign exchange transactions. I think they still do, but stand to be corrected. When is son travelling? Ideally he (or you) can apply for a Citi debit card, or a Bankwest one" He is...
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