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Yeah MH devalue their points and hard to earn with credit cards. QFF also not viable any more. All my travel for short haul are in economy, medium haul (6-10 hours) in premium economy and long haul in business. If I spend more time in a city with a *A airline such as Singapore or Bangkok then...

Their customer service is legendary in a bad way and they always gives me the impression that they couldn't care less.

Yeah. very true. especially if it = lower costs and/or more SC and points.

Theoretically higher price economy fare will earn SC but in reality, they are not available in most cases. For CX, I selected Flex economy but the class associated with it is usually "S" (only M,L,B,H,K,Y or E earns SC). Similar situation with QR and MH. Why OW? I am based in HK and KL and...

I have never considered moving from QFF to Enrich, ever. That is until now. As a loyal QFF for more 25 years and a current Platinum/ Lifetime gold member and based in Asia, I find it extremely difficult to retain my platinum status. I did 57 flights last year within Asia + flights from Asia...

I just booked a flight on Expedia on my laptop. I then try to check the details on my mobile app a few hours later but it wasn't there. After a few hours and trying to figure out why that's the case, I noticed that the Member ID on my laptop is different to my mobile app. They both have the...

I was thinking of switching to *A (for the 3rd time in 10 years). For someone who flies mostly on partner airlines outside of Australia, Qantas has made it extremely hard for me to re-qualify. For example, for the 15 sectors I have flown in the past 3 months in economy to/from HKG, KUL, SIN...

I have 3 cities that I travel from frequently: MEL (QF), HKG (CX) and KUL (MH). Cities I frequently travel to: LAX, SFO, NYC, BKK, DXB, RUH, SHA/PVG. OW makes a lot more sense to me. I have done status match before. Never managed to re-qualify. I try to travel as light as possible so...

Yes true. Star Alliance & Skyteam gold will give me something similar but for the routes I usually take, OW just offered better choices. Also, the F lounges of CX, QF & EK are much better than other lounges.

I will be flying a lot over the next 5 years. In September alone I did 14 sectors, including domestic US in discounted economy, Asia short hauls and 2 transpacific flights. Oneworld Emerald was very handy especially for the US domestic flights. You get free bags (which can cost more than the...

That's what I thought but the Flexible Economy fare I can book are Q and N class fares. They are the most expensive ones on CX website and are called (Economy Flex). They both don't earn me any QF SC.

After a few years of not having to worry about status credit, the game is on again. I noticed that there were signficant changes to discourage people flying partner airlines. For example, I looked at CX HKG-DXB flights. Flexible economy = 0 status credit. As a lifetime gold member, I am...

Starlux SIN-TPE-LAX return in Y+ in their new A350 -900 for under US$1,100. I do not know anyone who has flown the TPE-LAX or in Y+ with Starlux but the reviews I found seems to be all positive.

I turned up at the airport early afternoon the following day. The AA staff at premium check in area was extremely helpful and got me the next flight to KL via Miami and Doha. It was something I was told the previous day by the ground staff and service centre that it was impossible. I don't...

I did the CGK-JFK trip I June flying AA/QR. I did not get the QSuites and AA was just average. I found the $2.6k fare on Google Flights and Kayak but got error messages when I tried to book it on AA's website. I ended up calling AA to book through them but $3k was the best I could get after...

I'm after a ticket that will get me from any Asian city to North America and Europe and back. Australia is not required. Thanks for the tip re RTW ex-Japan. Will have a look at it.

I'm wondering if I can start from a city not in Australia and get a much cheaper deal. I normally buy a cheap economy ticket to Jakarta or KL or Hanoi then get a business class ticket to the US or Europe. A lot cheaper that way. Does the same apply to RTW fare or the Finnair/Lufthansa fare?

Many thanks @wandering_fred . I thought about getting a RTW but didn't spend much time researching it. I'll look at the thread above and see if I can do a DONE3.

Thanks. Will give it a try.

Google flight is the same as Kayak, Skyscanner, etc. There are too many combinations of starting city and dates to work out the best fare.