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Or the ANZ Rewards Travel Adventures card for $0 overseas transaction fees and 75000 Velocity sign on bonus points. The CBA card seems to suit those who aren't big on accumulating points and want a low annual fee and no fx fees.

Very hard to get excited about this card. No sign on bonus points and poor earning rate for everyday spend. I try to avoid cards that earn less than $1 - 1 ff point.

CX for sure. The BA 777 seats in J are hopeless unless they have been updated. Too narrow and lack of storage just 2 issues. You also have to pay to select your seats on BA (not cheap) unless you wait until the last 24 hours which is something that really annoys me. I've flown both in J and...

12 months too late for us but the EK 777 J seat was so much better than the BA 777 we had the previous leg.

Yes I agree. I think PP give you 2 complimentary passes each year so if you take someone else there goes your 2 free entries. I think I can live with that given I can enter lounges through other means such as the Westpac Amex card (American Express lounges) and when flying in J. I also have 2...

Received an e-mail yesterday from Westpac with what looks like a significant improvement in rewards and lounge access. You can now earn 6 points for certain flight bookings, 2 points for a range of retail stores and the same 1.25 for everything else (if only they would increase that). To me...

How do you get these offers? I've been in Flybuys for years but cant seem to remember seeing any such offer. I'm not a huge points earner but do earn from time to time. Maybe it's because I don't shop at Coles very often anymore due to moving away from their supermarket and now closer to...

I have ExpressVPN and leave that on all the time and also find that I have problems with some sites until I realise that I should sign out of the VPN.

True. So that's where the Chromecast comes in. All you need is an HDMI port and wifi.

I used a VPN for the first time to watch Kayo overseas. Next time I'm taking a Chromecast to watch on the TV.

Train for us. A pleasant 2.5 hour trip. Go 1st class if you can. Not much more but you get better storage and seats.

We were in Lisbon in July and loved it. Try to stay close to the water where you can get hop on hop offs or whatever. Have a coughtail near the ocean but be sure to catch a tuk tuk or tram up to Alfama for the spectacular views and local markets/shopping. If you look around you can find a decent...

I would like to think there is a 4th category. I don't fly internationally nearly as often as some who contribute to this forum. In fact only every 2nd year for a total of 3 trips. The first trip was a combination of economy, premium economy and business class. The only paid trip was economy...

Last saturday i had an interesting experience with Jetstar price beat. As I usually do with domestic fares i checked Webjet first which showed $85 Jetstar HBA to MEL, no baggage. I went onto Jetstar site and same flight was $109. I went onto live chat, filled the form out and thought it...

Went to the Edinburgh Tattoo a couple of weeks ago. Countries from all over the world were entertaining people from all over the world!

Yes, DXB is huge! Pretty sure we took the rail transfer to concourse B. Confirmed by the fact there was a Costa coffee bar in the lounge. ☕

Departed Terminal 3. The lounge takes up the whole floor. On the outward journey we had a 2 hour stopover on the way to Spain and visited the same lounge and departed directly from there. Very impressive.

We flew to DXB on BA so arrived at Terminal 1. On checking in with BA at LHR was told bags couldn't be checked through to SYD because of a lack of an arrangement between BA and EK despite all flights on the one booking. (we also had to collect baggage in SYD because HBA has no customs). From...

It is amazing to watch the aircraft approach and the landing while sitting in your seat. These 2 shots were coming into DXB on an EK A380 in July. The same camera was mounted on an EK 777 into SYD on Monday but I didn't get any photos. The large screens in EK J help make the experience more...

Not sure if this question belongs here or elsewhere. Flying out of LHR tonight on BA in J to DXB. Then a connecting flight in J out of DXB on EK to SYD. We have a 13 hour daytime layover in Dubai which we intend to spend having a look at the city. Obviously will have access to the EK lounge...