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Thanks @SuePa for the recommendation -- very much appreciated!

Thanks for your recommendations and your trip report -- I think you've sold me! It looks fascinating, interesting and spectacular all at once.

I wonder whether paying to offset the carbon emissions during said status run (and every other flight) makes a difference? I know that's a whole other topic about whether paying the extra few dollars for carbon offsets actually does help the environment in any way. But let's assume that it...

This came through this morning. Will be interesting to see what, if anything, comes of it!

A couple of years ago my wife and I had a 3-night stopover in Istanbul which we loved. While we were there, a number of locals recommended Cappadocia to us. We're planning another trip to Europe next year and once again are planning a stopover in Istanbul, and we're wondering whether we should...

And most likely there will be some people on those same flights who paid $89 during some “Happy Hour” sale six months ago.

And, unlike previous years, no bonus Status Credits. :confused:

I agree. I'm at the stage where whenever I'm earning Velocity points I'm thinking about how many KrisFlyer points it equals. So if a credit card is offering an 80,000 Velocity points sign-up bonus, I'm thinking that it's getting me 50,000 KrisFlyer points: still a pretty darn good sign-up bonus...

In January I flew MEL-SIN-MAN-IAH in Business. About 32 hours in the air, and as far as I could tell we had 32 hours of normal (excellent) service.

... as I acknowledged in Post #23 above. In fact, I would say that in all my years of playing the points game, the AmEx devaluation was far and away the worst thing that has ever happened as far as points and points programmes are concerned. Every setback that has happened since then has been a...

But if the points per dollar earned is higher, it all comes out in the wash. Take the example of AmEx Membership Rewards points. Yes, generally the transfer ratio is 2:1 for most programmes including Velocity and Qatar. This ratio is not "very poor" if you consider that with my AmEx Platinum...

I’ve been seriously in the points game since about 2016 and in my opinion the three most significant setbacks that have happened in that time, probably in this order, have been the following: The massive AmEx MR devaluation in 2019, where they went from 1 MR point per FF point to 2 MR points...

I'm intrigued. I've known about the advantages of AA (no pun intended!) for a while but I've never really known how to accumulate AA points easily. What strategies do you use for accumulating AA points?

It's hard (especially if you're looking to travel in the peak northern Summer, June-Sept), but having access to Avios makes it a whole lot easier. Case in point: I'm looking to book MEL-IST. 360 days out, Qatar has plenty of availability to Privilege Club members using Avios: But if I try...

My points strategy changes continually, but this is it at the moment: Accumulate Qantas points for Australian domestic and trans-Tasman travel and for travel overseas between origin and destination cities that are not in Australia (via Oneworld and Qantas' other partner airlines). Accumulate...

I think I would change that sentence to "...the days of FF seats in the pointy end using Qantas or Velocity points are just about gone", especially when it comes to booking 11 months out. There's plenty of availability still via Asia Miles, Qatar Avios, KrisFlyer etc. One thing hasn't changed...

It really is a dilemma when flying out of IST … do you fill yourself up with some of the delicious food in the Lounge, or hold off until the flight? I do have one question relating to the fact that I’m intending to book a Turkish Airlines flight from IST to CDG (about a 3-hour flight). The...

Isn’t it simple economics to state that that’s what’s beneficial for Australian travellers? More seats out of Oz = downward pressure on prices (ie. prices either go down or they don’t go up by as much as otherwise would have been the case)?

I fly MEL-SYD return every 4 weeks and almost always book during the Happy Hour sales. More often than not the Lite fare is reduced to $99 and the Choice fare to $119 (every now and then it's $89/$109) -- about $20 to $30 cheaper each way than during non-sales. But the only route I generally...

Huge thick doonas in warm climates, and air-conditioners that don't make the room cool enough to sleep under the doona.