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Australia is close enough to China to do a return trip without refuelling? Or I could at least get to Singapore by train which is nearer? And in my case China IS "home" for me. I am okay to just WFH from there and work on my own projects until at least the end of October without running out of...

I'll be in China from next week through May. I wonder if China has enough reserves of fuel on its own.

Question: Should I cancel my redemption in Emirates first class HND-DXB-AMS on 29th May? Also I do not have QF status and am unlikely to ever, so I will never be able to do a first class Emirates redemption again. Is there a reasonable chance of both sectors of my flight actually proceeding...

"Sure, individual circumstances might make staying put making sense and I understand Emotional connections is a double edge sword. It can impose further costs and cause significant friction even with staying put. My point is that downsizing should not be off the table. There is a limited one...

I'm in my mid 40's and my school friends' surviving elderly parents are all staying put in their large houses, most of them are now elderly widows. None of them have gifted their houses to their children (my colleagues) who have their own families and are having to get by paying mortgages in...

I am currently booked on a F redemption (QF) from HND to AMS via DXB (23 hour transit) departing shortly after 12am on May 31 this year. I am okay coming home as I have a SQ redemption from Europe back to Oz, but what do you think are the chances that I am going to be okay on this Emirates...

"Our aged care in Australia is horrendous. Up to $1mil or more refundable deposit. And then $70-$80K/year on top to be bullied and not taken care of properly and with dignity? Seriously? What happened to the Royal Commission? What happened to jailing and de-registering the bullies?" The...

The standards were high, at least by my experience. And I couldn't complain anyway getting the whole row to myself, which is paying economy for poor man's business. I cannot vouch for their service towards the Israelis though, although I didn't hear nobody complaining. I am Chinese, and I got...

I flew with them in Y to Tel Aviv from Beijing last year. They were fine in every way, I even got the whole row (poor man's business) to myself, there were virtually no Chinese on the flight, only Israelis.

Airlines can and do lurk on these forums, but do credit card companies? Mwhahaha!!

So I logged into my mycard account which was previously Citibank to see if they were honouring the bonus point offer whereby I get an extra tranche of points (50k? 100k?) if I kept my card open for more than 12 months. So this month I was credited 100000k points (equivalent to 50000 VA miles)...

Yes, they are in touch, but they are saying Ponant seem to be stalling and are hard to manage. I am going to call them again today to see if there has been any progress.

I'd be spending some days in Denali and Alaska afterwards if I went on a Silversea repositioning cruise. The sea days are fine as I would be working during those. I would probably go and visit Yukon before heading down to Vancouver to catch a flight back to Japan. Denali/Anchorage/Fairbanks have...

My preference is for the latter - it fits with the places I want to visit but with more time. My TA is taking a long time to get back to me.

Trying to decide between a Silversea repositioning cruise (dirt cheap for that line) at ~ $7500 from Tokyo to Alaska in early May, and a PONANT expedition cruise from Scotland to Iceland at $17k for mid-May. I am spending June and early July in northern Europe anyway. Prices are for solo...

Still somewhere between gold and platinum at this stage.

What time of the year are you hoping to go on a cruise?

Dear all, I am a late scratching. I didn't realise that my folks' flight to Thailand was during the week before, so I won't be in Sydney on 21/22 February. And I have to aggressively save for my Ponant cruise!!! (which I don't even know whether I'll go on it, as few of my grand plans ever come...

I have called World Expeditions in Melbourne to see if they can get me a better deal than advertised. Still looking like it's the best itinerary that I can find in terms of value and saving precious time, as I had wanted to self-drive to the destinations on this route.

Welcome Jezzabell!