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Looks perfectly good to me. I know from experience that April is a great time to visit Europe: the weather is warming up, daylight saving has started so sunset is 8pm-ish, and it’s not yet peak season so the crowds are manageable. Also, because it’s not yet peak (Summer) season, reward flights...

... and no doubt discovering that I don't necessarily have a skill for brevity and succinctness in my writing! Hope you can make it all the way through to the plot twists at the end!

Welcome to AFF! The abbreviations used on AFF can be confusing! PE=Premium Economy J = Business The article below might help: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/aff-abbreviations/

Finding reward seats on two flights is not necessarily twice as difficult as finding reward seats on one flight. Airlines have something called "married segments" which means that at times they will reserve reward seats for people flying a certain route. So, for example, if you don't find PE...

Well, there’s nothing stopping you from flying to Singapore in PE if you can find availability (and/or pay).

Interesting dilemma! Of course, the soccer World Cup is a huge event and there's no guarantee that airlines will make reward seats available at that time (witness what happened with reward seats into Europe for the Paris Olympics last year). But here's hoping. A complicating factor is that you...

That's a shame. My wife and I did an Avalon Waterways cruise in 2023 which we just happened to book during a 4x points promotion -- we ended up getting something like 30,000 Qantas points each. We have another cruise booked for next year so at least we'll be getting some points for that.

You are absolutely correct in saying that if the flights are more expensive via AmEx, you should not book them via AmEx! When I've used my travel credits to book flights, I've generally used them for Virgin Australia domestic flights, for which there is no mark-up (in fact via the Platinum card...

Case in point: it costs 90,000 Avios to fly to Europe one-way in Business Class on Qatar. This is lower than on any other programme that you can easily earn points with in Australia. But, for the past two years, Qatar has removed all award availability to Europe at that price over the European...

Great questions, but there's one other factor to consider other than "the most efficient use of points" and "what uses less points"; namely, what strategy gives you the best chance of actually finding available flights to get to the UK. Currently (and things do change, sometimes quickly), the...

I have Tripit Pro and so I'm wondering whether it's worth getting Flighty Pro as well, or whether Tripit Pro basically covers most of what Flighty Pro would cover. Alternatively should I ditch Tripit Pro if Flighty Pro is better?

Last year the offer came out on February 12. I haven’t kept an exact record of the date of the 2023 offer but from memory it was the first half of February also. So if the same offer were to be repeated this year, one would think that it would be imminent. On the other hand it’s also reasonable...

I'm absolutely certain that I voted for double SC's to help me requalify for Platinum ... but the email I received is offering me double points!

To answer your questions... 1. Yes, it makes perfect sense to spend $3500 on your flights, which would then mean that you only have to spend another $500 to get the sign-up bonus. 2. Why not use the $400 travel credit to offset the cost of your flights (assuming the flights cost the same if...

Actually I still think I'm on a bit of a high from my trip ... ! Yes, I had a stash of 30 x US$1 bills in my wallet when I arrived (I also had a smaller stash of $5s). I'd picked them up from the currency exchange booth at my local Westfield a few days before I left. I figured that I wanted to...

Wow -- you own a piece of meteorite! Definitely a family heirloom. I'm glad you enjoyed bingeing on the TR ... I must admit to have binged on it a couple of times myself since I got back!

Welcome to AFF @NSE123 ! I must sheepishly admit that I've never done the above course but I'm certain that it will contain a wealth of great information and advice. My only advice would be to lean towards flexible points currencies (ie. credit card points which can be transferred into one of...

The Qantas NAB Signature card has a sign-up bonus of 120,000 Qantas points (90,000 in the first year and the other 30,000 if you keep your card for a year). There are currently no Velocity or NAB Rewards sign-up bonuses on the card but I would be very surprised if that situation were...

I use the Rex lounges in SYD and MEL as fall-backs when the Virgin lounges are standing room only. This seems to occur (when I fly, at least) more often in Sydney than in Melbourne. I fully agree that, all things being equal, the Virgin lounges are far superior. But when the VA lounges are...

Wow. I’d be interested to know what you’d choose to do if/when you find yourself unexpectedly out of money/points. Would you (re?) learn to enjoy less-than-luxury or would you forsake travel altogether? I suppose I’m asking what do you mean by “at all cost”? Is this simply a bit of hyperbole...