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I visited the PP lounge in SYD late last year and when I showed my AmEx Platinum card the agent at the door seemed genuinely confused that I'd chosen PP over the AmEx Centurion lounge -- she even suggested that I use the AmEx lounge. But I was perfectly happy with PP and once seated, overlooking...

Welcome to AFF @marvin65 ! If you're able to credit the outbound leg to Qatar and you're interested in Virgin benefits, then that might be the way to go: check carefully how many Qatar points you'll be credited, though, because generally (not always) you'll get more points on the ticketing...

Yes, your strategy is a pretty good way of maximising your Velocity points as it means you can take advantage of the Flybuys bonus offer for both your FlyBuys points and your Citi points. I've never transferred Citi points to Flybuys. Late last year I transferred Citi points to KrisFlyer and...

No, unless you don't count the HSBC Star Alliance card as an HSBC card. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/credit-cards/credit-card-points-transfer-matrix/

Banks will look at the combined credit limit of all your cards to determine what level of debt you can service. To have the maximum chance of getting approved for new cards, there are two big things you can do: Reduce the credit limits on your existing card/cards to the minimum amount...

Interesting article in OMAAT overnight which might be relevant to this discussion, about the failed attempt by American Airlines to give passengers more legroom in Economy. Customers in Economy want comfort, but they don't necessarily want to pay for it...

Qatar releases reward seats to Privilege Club members 361 days out from departure. Virgin releases reward seats to Velocity members 330 days out. So I was incorrect above when I wrote that Qatar Privilege club members get access to"almost a month earlier" -- it is in fact, exactly a month earlier!

@gaz0303 "Good enough" is very subjective so the only person who could "confirm" is you. Having said that, the Airpods Pro 2 have better noise cancellation (and sound quality) than the AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, so personally I'd go with the Pros. If I recall correctly Apple also has a...

Welcome to AFF @pb2034 ! Firstly, Singapore Airlines and Qatar Airways are different ecosystems BUT Velocity/Virgin is the common denominator. So if you want to have the flexibility to use your points to redeem flights on both Singapore and Qatar, you should allocate your points to Velocity...

Well, as far as devaluations go, these changes are pretty benign.

I consider myself to be Pretty Darn Good at finding reward seats in premium cabins. @WilsonM , however, is in another league entirely...

There has been no major devaluation of Qantas FF since June 2019 (tweaks, yes: such as Emirates changing rewards tables and increasing carrier charges a few years ago. But there have been no major changes to the points required for flights). The next devaluation will be in August 2025.

From my experience the SCs will appear eventually. Usually they come through within hours but sometimes they take days. I think the maximum for me has been 7 days but I’ve never had to put in a “missing SC” application.

... and you can select those seats at T-96 if you call or do online chat.

I only started galavanting around the world in Business and First Class once my children had grown up. I've booked reward seats many dozens of times, but I've never secured more than two Business Class seats, or one First Class seat, on the one flight. I took my first short haul Business class...

The cash copayment will rarely be higher than what Qantas is asking for on its own flights (Emirates being the obvious exception). I recently booked JAL from New York to Singapore via Tokyo (First class to Tokyo then PE to Singapore) and the copayment was less than A$200. Qantas would have...

It came through overnight for me.

I’ve found that a lot of the time when my iPhone misbehaves for some reason, a “hard reset” helps. On an iPhone 16: Quickly press and release the volume up button. Quickly press and release the volume down button. Press and HOLD the large side button until the Apple logo appears, then release...

There’s absolutely no harm in asking. If they say no the first time, I’d even ask if it can be escalated to a supervisor and/or you could try to call again to see if you get a more amenable agent. Be aware that you’re on more than 1000 SCs which would qualify you for Platinum in its own right...

Great article, Matt, and I agree that it’s well and truly possible to make Qantas points work for you if you know how — though it helps if you’re Platinum or above! The only other caveat I’d add to what you wrote is that it really helps if you’re flying solo, particularly for First Class...