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I can't find much availability for NZ-US or NZ-Asia. I think it may be lack of award space as well. But agree with you, trying to go from out of Oceania you have to book far in advance and be flexible. I think SQ is not releasing award space to AS any more, after Feb 2024. Still AS is better...

Just wondering how do those Bots and resellers work. They would still have to buy points in order to make the bookings.

LAX-TPE in J now priced at 165k miles on AS.

If I had 300k Amex MR I’d still consider transferring them to Marriott Bonvoy and on to Alaska Mileage plan or aeroplan using the 60k bonvoy to airline 25% bonus. That would give you 125k air miles. Up until recently, there was sq J availability on the AU/NZ- SIN routes 8-10 months out. That...

I spoke to the attendant in J on a recent sq flight and he said those seats are blocked off for families and people with children and babies. Even though they are wider I’m not sure they are actually longer than the regular business class seats. Would be interesting to know if they are longer.

Are purchases of gift cards from Coles etc counted as part of eligible spend required ($3000 in the first three months) to earn the 180k sign up bonus for the anz black rewards card? Asking for a friend who just got the card.

Good on you! Hope they give you the bonus points on a timely basis. I did a transfer once from Marriott to united when united had a 30% transfer bonus deal. I transferred the bonvoy points in August to united. Can you believe it, united didn’t deposit the bonus points until January of the...

NZ amex plat holder here. Got that 20% bonus offer re mr > qr avios. Truly pathetic deal for nz card holders. We have a 3:1 transfer rate for MR>QR so with that bonus offer I’d get 24k avios for 60k MR. Vs aussie amex 36k avios for 60k mr. I’m unsure whether I’ll renew that platinum card next...

Does anyone know how to change the currency on an avios BA account? I have my relation’s US address. Apparently for UK based BA accounts the fees etc are cheaper as they are in Gbp not usd. Is there a way to do this when you’ve already opened an account?

I like using simcorner for data. Very good service. Might be a bit dearer than other providers but they offer both physical and e-sim options. If you ever have a problem when you land they answer pretty quickly via email. I like the fact that they have physical sims so I use my NZ number for the...

Has anyone seen that you can go HEL-DEL in J on Finnair for 45k mileage plan points? That seems like a cheap award for an 8 hour flight. Was thinking of trying to get to or from Europe, from NZ, partially using that award. I guess I could try and do SIN-DEL-HEL. Wonder if that's still 45k. I...

I paid for comfort plus seat on Hawaiian going AKL-HNL. Wasnt overly cheap $100usd. Monitored it on seat plan, on expert flyer and could see the comfort plus seats remaining empty near me. Got on the plane and saw I had a whole middle row to myself and was planning to lie down on ‘my row’ 😂but...

Just interested why you will transfer to avios. My preference is to alaska airlines because of their stopover policy, sweet spots, no cancellation fees and good IT.

How do you transfer au amex to us amex? Is that dependent on you being able to get a us amex card?

Yes in business, close in though. Wow a 2 hour wait, when the call centre opens is telling me something there. Glad for you that you got through. If you were underway and needed to change something that would be a real issue waiting for 2 hours for someone to answer your call.

Just wondering, how long did you have to wait before getting through to AP. Also what time of the day did you ring. Disagree on LM. They have stacks of Air NZ availability AKL-LAX/SFO.

I have discovered that even though you get an error message when trying to cancel aeroplan booking (eventually worked on Chrome) that AP have charged me 3x cancellation fee on my credit card for the same cancellation ie $150CAD 3x. Cannot get through to the call centre and no other way to...

I spoke too soon. I've just noticed that Air Canada has charged me twice for the same cancellation on my visa card. I only have one cancellation confirmation but they've put the charge through twice. Now I have to try and get one of those charges reversed. Horrible system and hopefully they are...

Hi sorry if that has been asked before. I've booked Bamboo Airways J via aeroplan, LGW-HAN. I am able to locate my booking on the Bamboo site but there's no option to allocate a seat. Does anyone know how to get a seat allocated on Bamboo Airways? thanks

Has anyone tried to get through to the Aeroplan call centre lately? I tried to get through as a booking I have wouldn't allow me to cancel it online. I have tried multiple times in the last week and either go through a whole load of questions and then get put on hold or just get a message that...