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    Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

    Re: Nice Wines I have DranK Recently - Red or White Yes, a very carefully curated line-up for a private christmas dinner. Quite the night.
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    Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

    Re: Nice Wines I have DranK Recently - Red or White Had a very exciting/interesting wine dinner at cutler & co last night. Apologies if the photos don't come out that well. The 1953 Chateau Talbot was particularly exciting. Once the dust had blown off it was all about sweet fruit. Barely...
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    AAdvantage points booking to Europe - advice needed

    Yes it was a copy/paste mistake. Thanks.
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    AAdvantage points booking to Europe - advice needed

    Just for completeness this is my final booking: 27/6 QF600 MEL-BNE J 27/6 QF097 BNE-HKG J 28/6 CX289 HKG-FRA F 18/7 EY008 FRA-AUH F 19/7 EY462 HKG-AUH F Cost 180K AA points with the EY penalty plus about AU$260 in taxes. Not the best but IMHO far from the worst.
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    AAdvantage points booking to Europe - advice needed

    Thanks for the feedback. I was aware of the pending devaluation. On the phone the AA consultant could find any flights in /out of Paris around the time i was after, but found me availability on the flights i posted above into FRA and on EY ex FRA in F. Very happy to try another airline in F...
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    AAdvantage points booking to Europe - advice needed

    Hi All, I am looking to make my first ever major AA redemption now that US Air is gone. I want/need to travel to Europe next June/July (unfortunately during school holidays) for a working holiday of sorts. I want (need?) to travel in premium. I am flexible as to where i fly in and out of but...
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    Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

    Wow, that is a very accessible list as far as pricing goes...
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    Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

    I'm interested in knowing where this list is from...
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    Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

    Dinner with some work mates last week.The Beaucastel was drinking superbly well only to be destroyed by the 1982 John Riddoch.
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    US Dividend Miles - Post Your SUCCESSFUL oneworld bookings here

    Early August to LHR, Early Sept to JFK and return late Oct. BA to/from JFK and it looks like i should get the chance to compare BA 747 v 777 which was something i wanted to do as well.
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    US Dividend Miles - Post Your SUCCESSFUL oneworld bookings here

    By the way i spent about 5 hours on the phone (skype), mostly on hold, over 5 separate calls.
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    US Dividend Miles - Post Your SUCCESSFUL oneworld bookings here

    So after a couple of weeks of research (thanks to all who have posted previously and responded to questions) I have decided to book despite higher than hoped fess etc from BA. So it is MEL-DXB-LHR (stop)-JFK(dest)-LHR-DXB-MEL all in F :) Initially priced at 150k plus $530 which i was very...
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    US Dividend Miles - Oneworld Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

    Is everyone else finding it impossible to get through to an agent due to weather issues at the moment? I've tried calling at all hours but keep getting told to try calling again later. This is using the +1 800 428 43 22 number.
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    US Dividend Miles - Oneworld Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

    So based on this one could do MEL-DXB-LHR(STOPOVER)-JFK(DEST)-LHR-DXB-MEL for the 150k first award? If so i need to top up with the current bonus mile offer as i can see availability on suitable dates with QF9/10!!
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    US Dividend Miles - Oneworld Award Booking Questions and General Discussion

    Hopefully this will be any easy one for someone on here. From my research is seems that you can book a Europe return with USDM and route it like a RTW fare. EG MEL-LHR-LAX-MEL. Is this correct and if so would you be able to stop in both LHR and LAX? Thanks in advance.
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    Will you get your travel to Japan approved?

    A little off topic but not totally, I am due to be travelling to LHR on JL departing April 7 with a mandatory overnight at Narita, returning May 5 with a two day/ one night stopover, intending to spend that in downtown Tokyo (staying in Ginza) I would be interested to see what others would be...
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    Jetstar International - upgrading to Star Class at check in.

    Different route but same call centre. I tried calling 3 days and 1 day prior and they were less than helpful. One person even said that the business cabin was full! It may have been a bit more difficult as we have a domestic leg first. Always worth a try in my opinion.
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    Jetstar International - upgrading to Star Class at check in.

    Earlier this month a friend and I flew from MEL-CNS-NRT on the 2 for 1 special that Jetstar released around March meaning we got the return fares for just under AUD500 each. At the airport at CNS we asked about the starclass upgrade and were told they were available for AUD200 each, which of...
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    Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

    Last november I shared an A380 trip from LAX to MEL with Collingwood FC. As much as we all hate Collingwood I must say there was no sign of bad behaviour, and the whole team was flying Y!
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    Name your own price on priceline

    each location is broken up into districts and you pick the district and minimum star rating when naming your price, then the site looks for a match for you. I have never had a problem. There are some good websites with tactics on getting the best result such as: www dot betterbidding dot com
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