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  1. smckay

    General Cruise Discussion

    Thanks for this. Spent some time looking and Dublin Port does address this; Cruise Liners - Dublin Port Whilst there is a cruise ship berth that does not allow free wanderings, the berth we are scheduled for does allow one to walk around and enter/exit the docks. So, if all goes to plan we could...
  2. smckay

    General Cruise Discussion

    Agree on the cab. Google doesn't show me how vehicles get in there. Trust me to find the one thing Google does not know :(
  3. smckay

    General Cruise Discussion

    Yes, that's what has happened before with others. I fully expect to be grabbing a cab. The SS call centre was useless, they just read off the brochure.
  4. smckay

    Cruise apps

    Polar steps is one I have used. It's easy to use and the ability to load pictures real time or later with GPS coordinates, you can invite your Bestie's to follow (albeit having to sign up) but the biggest issue is tracking. It uses GPS seemingly exclusively which is an issue, especially on ships...
  5. smckay

    General Cruise Discussion

    I see many Silversea veterans here so I have a question for you. We are booked on a Dublin/Dublin cruise next August. We have a reward flight out of Dublin at 10.30am the same day the cruise disembarks. This has been bought forward from the original time by BA and no other rewards seats are...
  6. smckay

    Glitchy Reward Selection?

    Trying to book hotels on QF site this arvo. Keeps locking out and logging me off. I think the technical term is it is Borked.
  7. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    LOL. We got one more chance with a QF F CR in August. Be nice not to beg for a spa appointment. Like the WP I once was.
  8. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    Year 1 I did some status runs when visiting my mother who wasn't well. Year 2 I took some of my inheritance and tripped the USA in AA First to achieve again. In hindsight, I should have done some status runs to NZ in DSC to retain but it duzznt matta - all flying next year is J so we get a...
  9. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    I only had 365 SC at the end of the year. Popular consensus is closer to 1,200 SC the more chance of a points offer.
  10. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    Yep. First log in this morning about 8.30am went from black to gold with status and flights still showing from last year. Logged in again about 10am. Status and flights nada. But, when I achieved WP it was just as instant going from gold to black.
  11. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    I doubt it. We've got 4 rewards flights plus 4 AA and 2 BA paid flights booked in 2025 so will hit Gold OK. Reality is, I'm a solid Gold FF normally. 1st year of WP was due to sick parents, 2nd year was status support so the ride was good while it lasted. But, I didn't get much additional love...
  12. smckay

    Qantas Platinum Soft Landing

    I knew it had to end but still is hard to read. Good news is I made PC+ so I have started with 100 SC and with plenty of flights booked in 2025 I'll make the 500 to keep SG. So good news with the bad news.
  13. smckay

    QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

    They'll clear out in time. You might also get an email saying to call about them. Unless you see 'confirmed' in the booking don't bother calling.
  14. smckay

    Booking AA Flights - Use AA US or AA Aus?

    AAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH all.ready.booked. This flight was $200 AUD taxes. But, we are staying 5 days in the US before checking out so hopefully we would not qualify for a tax exemption? (Even if we do qualify can you just say we won't to make me feel better :))
  15. smckay

    Booking AA Flights - Use AA US or AA Aus?

    True. The US site gave us the 8.20am option on AA which fits better with our QF12 jaunt. I also booked AA Quito-Miami for much cheaper on the US site compared to .AU, and paying with Aus cc and Miami hotel address was no issues.
  16. smckay

    Booking AA Flights - Use AA US or AA Aus?

    Just about to book this trip - left side is AA in Australian area choice, right side is US site using a VPN with a US IP address. Same pricing I can see at a $0.65 exchange rate. Hoping there's not another hack where I can save a few bucks?
  17. smckay

    QF A380 F seat advice

    Is there a bad seat in F? We'll be in it next year so wondering if 1A, 2A is good for a couple? Doing SYD-LHR so wanting to fully embrace the F-ness.
  18. smckay

    SilverSea sale

    We booked a SS cruise a few days prior to this sale. Our TA is a Virtuoso agent and they offer better discounts off the RRP, so we got a discount off the original booking but this sale was an extra $1,500 off. TA was able to change the booking to the new rate so we are very happy.
  19. smckay

    Qantas A220 Flight Review/s

    Are there any opinions on row 1 or 2 in J? Got some flights happening and can choose both at the moment.
  20. smckay

    QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?

    I was offered a couple of different dates in May and August so your chances if flexible would be good. That was for both ways.
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