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Or contact the property as this may assist in giving you upgrades etc

My personal preference is to avoid the woeful domestic transfers at SYD but you need to do what’s best for you

Most partner airlines earn 125% only in Business however AA, BA and IB earn either 150% or 250% in Business. A base Business fare LHR-SIN return on BA would net you 20,295 miles so 165 round trips will get you LTP. If you stump up for a more expensive Business fare you would get 33,825 miles and...

Seeing some other forums and comments and it appears that many in this program have the points credited around the 2nd of each month.

Have a UK based rellie who is in the Sinbad program as he works in Oman and he reckons it’s an absolutely terrible program

AY offer lifetime OWS and OWE I can’t imagine IB staying as it currently is either and would expect them to eventually fall on line with big brother

I’ve been fortunate that have been to Russia and the Ukraine plus Syria in better days. Probably Libya and Yemen are the two id love to visit but probably won’t get around to anytime soon.

Flights are dirt cheap in that region so if you are keen on EK I’d just fly into a nearby port

Sounds like a pretty good deal. Have never used it as we have our favourite hotel in Doha and don’t twant to lose the benefits that come with it. The hotels all look nice though so perhaps we may consider it if only having a really short stay

Lounges in Indonesia as a whole are pretty average IMO, not too many that I would deem as much better than just “Good”

Perhaps but both myself and Mrs Jase refuse to sit in the middle and will only choose window seats so I’m not risking it and waiting until checkin to select seats. I will select seats the instant I book so either status covers the fee or I stump of the cash to select them

BA aren’t alone in charging for seat selection in Business

But I’d suspect there are plenty of OW status chasers that hardly fly BA but are BAEC elite tier. I moved over to BAEC a couple of years ago as the program was the best fit for me and despite holding Gold every year I am only a short journey into LTG unlike others on here who are quite a bit...

I suspect lounge capacity issues are somewhat of a driver. Every man and his dog has status these days

I put it on my banned list a while ago. I honestly didn’t know it is still operating

IB is on the revenue earn list same as BA and AA

Yeah, not sure why QF got put on the naughty list. Perhaps QR’s influence is starting to come through 🤣

Which is why I think BA have gone down the route where partners aren’t revenue based. They have gone a step too far though and wonder if it will be dialled down a touch

I don’t think it the right fit for me personally but I’ll crunch a few numbers and see. Perhaps it does work out that QF is the best OW option for me

We have stayed at the Novotel and it few times. Usually 4-5 days as that gives us a couple of day trips around the area to Hoi An or the Marble Mountains etc, Normally when we go to Vietnam we will fly into Hanoi/HCMC and then fly out of the opposite and then just have a couple of domestic...