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In the nineties and noughties, it was patently possible for even people on modest wages to fly in premium classes once in a while by manipulating credit card sign-up offers and airline bonus offers. However, devaluations, the trashing of reward availability and general stinginess and greed has...

My last trip in long-haul Y was SYD-LAX on Delta, I was unable to get a redemption or upgrade in J. - I went to my local gourmet foodstore and bought perhaps $35 worth of treats in the form of appetizers, desserts and snacks to take on my journey - Baggage checkin was even grimmer than...

I won't fly via NRT or HKG due to mask rules, sorry. Preferably SIN-EWR.

I almost enjoy flying in whY. It's the only time I feel vaguely-not-bitter about being in the shortest 10% of the adult population**. **Some degree of sarcasm intended

In Japan people still wear masks while driving ALONE.

In wonderful style my work has advised me to change my vacation time from June to late September and the only available redemptions could find for my revised trip was in PE from Australia to New York on SQ. PE seems to cost a fair proportion of J points and there is no flat bed and only Y level...

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A question regarding upgrades: Say there is business class Classic Rewards availability for both legs of a return flight from Sydney to Bangkok. If instead of redeeming my points for this trip, I instead buy an upgradeable cash fare, am I guaranteed an on-the-spot upgrade with points when I...

Being born in China which is where my entire family except my mother resides, I feel compelled to add my few yuan's worth here. I have been unable to visit my extended family for the last 3+ years including my aunt who raised me before I came to Australia. I cannot get a family reunion visa...

First class on MU would struggle against business class on any modern Western airline, notwithstanding you'd probably have to be masked up all the way to London. When something sounds too good to be true it generally is.

Even without the current nonsense, there is absolutely no reason to visit China as a tourist in January, February or March. It's freezing cold anywhere north of Guangzhou, and even there the sun shines less than two hours a day. So there.

I'll believe they ditched the mask requirements when I see it. Either way I'm not flying a mainland Chinese airline if I can help it, my family and I have been burned enough times. If it brings down cost of flying on viable airlines, then good.

Welcome to the topsy-turvy post-COVID world. Winter in Shanghai in a massive wave of you-know-what doesn't appeal to me. If possible wait three months.

Are Qantas even selling paid flights to PVG right now? Maybe China Eastern is.

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I'll be visiting South Africa and then Israel/Jordan/Egypt in the northern summer, this is by far the most adventurous trip I'll be doing. Let's hope I don't get mugged/stabbed/murdered. Considering doing a few days in Namibia

I was seated in the same section as the politician Bronwyn Bishop once flying from Sydney to Brisbane, but not next to her. That's about the extent of my "luck".

Yes, Hong Kong hotel prices are unusually cheap - do I really want to go somewhere where outdoor masks are compulsory with a HKD10000 fine for violation - in the fourth year of the pandemic?

Hi there - does anyone know whether there are any multiday Nile cruises that run during the summer? It's obviously not an ideal time to go with temperatures in the forties but the crowds would be less and costs may be lower too. Do you have any suggestions? Do they only run from Luxor to Aswan...