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The HSBC Star Alliance VISA card launched in December 2022 allows me to earn 1 mile per the first $3,000 spent monthly and then 0.5 miles for any dollars spent that month thereafter, with no limit/cap. At the time I was issued the card, the first year's card fee ($450) was waived. After spending...

Outside of sign-up bonuses, in my opinion the best card for earning KF miles is the HSBC card. The redemption rate is $1 spent brings you 8/10ths of a mile for the first $3,000/month spent and then half a mile above $3,000. My old Westpac Altitude card just earns me a half mile per $1 spent...

I have been a HSBC Star Alliance card holder since December 2023. I have been extremely pleased with it and the benefits. I have it linked ot my SQ KrisFlyer account. I achieved SQ Gold Status after spending the required AUD$3,000 within 90 days of card activation. A fantastic further benefit of...

Yes, Australia should introduce EU-style compensation for late and cancelled flights -- many years ago. We have excellent calm weather in our major cities many more days a year than North America or Europe do. OK, we have a lot of rain at present but North America, for example, is bogged with...

Many thanks. I got all the info I need. Cheers, William

Can someone please remind me which type fare classes on Lufthansa and on Austrian Airlines qualify for earning SQ Krisflyer miles? I do not want to book a paid ticket on either if I cannot at least earn SQ miles, Many thanks. William

cheers!

Since 2018 I have been using Munich Airport's ePassport line to exit Immigration and Passport Control to the gate. The lane is at the extreme end of the hallway you enter to go through through to the transit area. The particular gate is for ePassport holders only from the EU but also Oz, NZ...

I heard from my travel agent that a man who booked a business class vacation to the ski fields in Canada relied on his credit card travel insurance alone. He suffered an appendicitis attack on the slopes, was air evacuated to a hospital some distance away, his recovery in hospital was slow due...

Hi, that is great to know! Wish Westpac and NAB would follow suit. Imagine having a family trip o/s with only one or two credit cards and no Aussie phone...and not being able to buy anything expensive enough, or on-line, that triggers a second step verification SMS....

Hi, I understand. I have a phone that I use o/s exclusively with a 12 month renewable German mobile # but the SIM card size is different than the SIM I use in my Aussie phone. I could fiddle with the various SIM adaptors to get it to fit in the German phone as a 2nd SIM, which I will probably...

Hi, when using my Westpac Altitude Platinum Mastercard in Europe this year, I sometimes triggered the need for a SMS verification when shopping on-line. I did not have my Aussie mobile phone with me, so could not receive the needed code. Ditto using my Qantas Visa card. Both Visa and Mastercard...

Tuesday 28th June 2022 Initially, I had trouble logging in to my DPD account…it kept rejecting my user name.I finally got that to work. Once inside,I was able to have my iPad scan my international vaccine certificate and I uploaded my passport, and added my two flights. I then submitted it...

I will be trying the form on my iPad next Wednesday, and will post my success or failure thereafter. I have the app also on my Android phone. I am crossing fingers that the new app version I downloaded a few weeks ago has fixed some of the bugs that other AFF contributors have highlighted...

Thank you so much! That makes complete sense to me and I appreciate your taking the time to explain it so clearly. Happy Travels! William

Thank you for the reply and comments. Technically, on an iPad can you successfully choose the vaccination certificate from Photos or Pages when you are still inside the DPD app, and have it attach or upload to the DPD form without being dead-ended or stuck? Thanks again, William

Does anyone know if you can complete the DPD and attach the vaccine certificate and passport page jpeg when using an Apple iPAD? I hope to put as much detail into the DPD 7 days prior to departure, but 72 hours before actual flight I will not have a computer and just an iPAD. Thanks for any...

Hello, I arrived in Germany on 4 April using my Aussie int`l vaccine certificate at the airport. I have not been asked once in 2 weeks since to show a vaccination certificate anywhere -- not when entering shops, restaurants, the opera last night.... an N95 mask is still mandatory on public...

As someone suffering from 4 to 10 week delays in receiving both letters and parcels from Europe, which have been confirmed by Deutsche Post/DHL as traveling first to Asia by air and then from Asia to Australia via ship, I hope these restored air flights will allow a faster resumption of normal...

I used to fly betwen Oz and the USA on Continetal Airlines in BusinessFirst --I believe the first ever or one of the first ever fully reclining seats....I could buy an AMPEX fare for about US$1700 to Sydney from NYC, upgrade to BuinessFirst for 30,000 miles --a fully confirmed booking. I could...