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I regularly book directly with Qantas and then make a price match claim against a cheapie website. This way you get Qantas service at the cheaper price. It needs to have an ABN and the cheaper price screenshot needs to be within 24 hours of booking with Qantas and not before.

I use the Amex Ultimate for domestic purchases @ 1.5 points per dollar and the Westpac Amex for overseas purchases @ 2 points per dollar. Qantas Platinum MasterCard is good for overseas spend @ 1.5 points per dollar and others like Macquarie or ANZ black for 1 point per dollar domestically...

The night I arrived home, I emailed the QFF team specifically requesting ORC with DSC. Not sure if the DSC would have credited on its own. In my points activity all the sectors and associated DSC lines appear as they would have if flown. I was sort of expecting the sectors I actually flew to...

The rerouting meant missing my opportunity to fly upstairs on a QF 747 but did allow for another set of firsts - First time to Japan - First time to the NRT F lounge - First time flying JAL After a quick sushi for breakfast and a long wait for a shower, we were away on JAL. At first on seat...

I was in Hamburg for a business trip so not a lot or report on that front. We stayed at the top end the Reeperbahn district from where we could walk to lots of good restaurants at night. The hotel was Arcotel Onyx and had a great rooftop bar next door called Clouds with great views of the...

It was fine. Great location, clean room, We were only there for about 7 hours for a quick sleep to then maximize our time at the Pier First lounge. The only improvement would be to move it airside ;)

Yep, WP sorted till September 2020

ORC came through today. Thought 5 days was a pretty good turnaround.

AY to HKG was just cancelled. Being rerouted to SIN but a day later. Guess I get a day to explore Helsinki ... strike that, manage to squeeze on to HEL-NRT-MEL via AY/JL and get in a night earlier than my original booking FTW. I hope QF honours ORC with DSC.

120K points is only 1-2 credit card churns. Could be free with current offers.

My QF HKG->SYD flight on 16 Sep was cancelled today and it looks like all QF flights to Australia have been cancelled. QF's first offer was to rebook for 20 Sep, however being stuck in a typhoon for four days wasn't very attractive to me so I have rebooked HKG->SIN->MEL via 3K/QF. Now I'm...

My QF HKG->SYD flight on 16 Sep was cancelled today and it looks like all QF flights to Australia have been cancelled. QF's first offer was to rebook for 20 Sep, however being stuck in a typhoon for four days wasn't very attractive to me so I have rebooked HKG->SIN->MEL via 3K/QF. Now I'm...

Same for me

Had some time to kill in Helsinki so spent a little time in the Finnair premium lounge on the non schengen side. Food and drink offerings were great but the place was very busy. Was surprised how many OWE there must have been. Wasn’t game to try the sauna :) Now waiting in the Schengen...

Had a short sleep in the Regal airport hotel in HKG. Really helped break up the trip. Breakfast in the Pier F lounge was good although I was a bit underwhelmed based on reviews stating it was the best lounge in the world. I prefer the QF and EK first lounges more. The Finnair A350 hard...

About to board the final leg of my MEL-SYD-HKG-HEL-HAM DSC trip in J Qantas domestic was severely disrupted on Saturday due to Sydney storms so our 11am MEL-SYD flight was delayed around an hour which unfortunately resulted in skipping the QF SYD F lounge. Originally booked a 2 hour connection...

Instead of the top 10% or 20% of platinums, did anyone get a really low rating?

Good idea, I have an Amex Qantas Ultimate I could use.

Thanks for the feedback. It could be as many as 6 of us, but one is an SG so can slum it with another in the dungeon. I may try to sweet talk with +2 with a fallback of using some J lounge passes for anyone that falls behind.