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Agreed - whilst the only use it gets is the free associated Diners card being attached to my Uber account

The promotions usually come in April or May, and October / November. I will wait to set up the auto-transfer function until after April. If they continue to offer 15%+ transfer bonuses on Flybuys, I won't set it up at all.

The lack of expiry which Delta introduced in 2011 (and subsequently copied by JetBlue in 2013 and United in 2019) makes it the default choice to bank miles if you only fly Delta or SkyTeam occasionally. Especially if you occasionally fly Virgin Australia, Virgin Atlantic and now LATAM, you can...

I always find it ironic that in their 2009 "enhancements", Qantas basically restricted the ability to transfer points from all but a handful of credit cards (because direct sweep gives them better data on member spending and finances). Yet they continue to come up with these transfer bonuses to...

A knife set I bought during the "Velocity Is Going Out Of Business / The World Is Ending" period in April at the time cost 36,700 points with no separate delivery charge. Now, the same knife set is available for 34,600 points, plus 1,800 for standard delivery, or 36,400 in total. The store now...

Too many to select just one: - first non-baby flight as a kid was to Europe and back on a QF 747... set the benchmark for everything to follow... I still have the Qantas children's puzzle book they handed me, I would pull it out for years after as a way of recapturing the magic of those first...

Not to forget the copy editing on AFF is usually leagues ahead of AusBT/ET... unless they are syndicating articles directly from Bloomberg (which they at least acknowledge)

It's not about loyalty or foolishness, it's about how much value you add to the QFF database and extra revenue they generate. Pretty much all QFF cards are direct sweep because that way their algorithms see your monthly spending patterns and know a lot more about you to match with your other...

I'd be shocked if that happens. Qantas stopped the ability for any credit cards to transfer points across with the 2009 round of "enhancements". Other than the Amex Platinum and I think one or two other business cards, you can only direct sweep (for which sometimes you have to pay an extra...

Interestingly, it states "Velocity Frequent Flyer, while owned by the Group, is a seperate company and not in administration"

Official announcement out on the ASX https://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20200421/pdf/44h3kq7kcb12fl.pdf

It comes down to the reason Alan Joyce was selected over John Borghetti. AJ came from an LCC background with the focus on cost management, whereas JB's last job at QF was designing and kitting out the First Class and Chairman's Lounges and launching the A380. I've heard it said that he never met...

Mentioned to someone yesterday that they should consider redeeming their points yesterday. They haven't, and now it looks like they've well and truly missed the boat with the site overwhelmed...

Have they pulled the Velocity Store? I'm getting "504 Gateway Time-Out" when I try to log in...

That was my thought, although given they are also requesting bailout money from the US government I'd be surprised. Still, they already own stakes in Aeromexico, Air France-KLM, China Eastern, Korean Air, LATAM and Virgin Atlantic. Other than Alitalia, Virgin Australia is the only one of their...

I like to think of myself as having lifetime Ansett Australia Global Rewards platinum status, with enough points to redeem for two RTW Star Alliance tickets in the afterlife. For the same reason, my Velocity balance has been cleaned out.

It does seem to depend on the supplier - I cleared out my balance on the 3rd (Friday) for three products, two of which arrived on the following Monday, the last item (an Apple TV) only turned up today...

This situation has made me re-evaluate my whole approach to "reward" programs: - a debit card which gives 2% cashback on Paywave purchases below $100 is better than credit card points which you can redeem with QFF or Velocity stores at 0.7 cents per points (so for a card earning 0.75 points...

Thanks and thanks JohnM. Looks like its a surface sector with seperate flight.

Can anyone provide any insight on what this means for OW RTW fares? I may need to do a RTW later this year flying first to South America and then on to Europe. Would I need to fly QF to SCL, then open jaw to my next South American destination, and then take an IB or BA flight from there on to...