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    Change/transit country

    You need to read the PDS as it will vary by insurer, Covermore, for example (for one of the PDSs I read) does not require you to list any country where you are stoppiing over for less than 72 hours. Travel Insurance Direct refers to intending to spend more than 24 hours in a country not listed...
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    What cheeses me off

    Try following that route even further heading to Brisbane - it gets worst when you get over the border into Qld. Worst stretch is probably Warwick to Cunninghams Gap.
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    Which VPN service would you recommend?

    I guess they can filter / monitor what someone is connecting to during "working" hours, but that is really overkill, and relatively little value. People can just use a differnet device (most people have more than one) if they don't want to be monitored. Unless they are doing TLS termination...
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    Which VPN service would you recommend?

    You would think any sizeable organisation would implement split tunnel. Why would they want the bandwidth drain on their connection by routing everyones private streaming trafffic?
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    Which VPN service would you recommend?

    Nord VPN works for me. Some good discounts / cashback at the moment - 100% cashback if you can wait. NordVPN | 100% Cashback, Discount Codes & Vouchers
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    Virgin and Qantas to ban power bank use

    And most of the fakes would just have copied a valid serial number, as well as the CCC and other compliance information. Nothing "printed" on the device could be trusted.
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    Lithium Powerbank Ignites in Qantas Lounge

    And how effective is this going to actually be? Everyone has seen all those knock off goods complete with certificates of authenticity and the lot. Most of the cheap imitation electrical goods already come with all the compliance and certification marks printed on them - but have never been...
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    UPS MD11 crash on take-off in Kentucky

    As the actual crash is an impact with something, if the impact is with the ground, then by definition it will be a form of landing, and hence almost all crashed (other than mid air collisions) could be deemed a crash on landing. The more relevant assessment would be was it a crash when trying...
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    Upgrading my laptop

    Thanks for that. Finally got around to updating my Toshiba Portege X20W-D which meets every criteria (speed. RAM, TPM etc.) except that it is a 7th Gen CPU (and that shouldn't really have been an issue as Microsoft made an exception for some of their Surface tablets that has only 7th gen...
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    Have you been on a flight that diverted?

    Not me but my partner. Flying MEL-BNE. I was going to pick up from the airport, and monitoring scheduled arrival time so as to leave home and make the pick up - evening pick up as it was a close of business flight back. Leave home when around 20 mins to scheduled arrival (works out about...
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    Gifting baggage allowance

    The carrying capacity of the plane has nothing to do with the aggregate of the baggage allowances - it is almost certainly way less. The airline would be working on averages, and the individual allowances are just to help control the limits, reward loyalty and make money from excess baggage...
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    Filling in some gaps in Spain, a Greenland cruise and I'm getting a tattoo!

    Maybe, maybe not. I have an Uncle who is a Pipe Major having played the bagpipes for a long time (Australian) who has performed at the Tattoo a few times. All those different bands from the various regiments etc. aren't really. Those that are playing doing multiple uniform / costume changes...
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    Booking a Multi City cash fare in Europe

    It would help to know if all those points are stop overs - and for how long, as well as class of travel etc.? You may well not need multi city. It could be a combination of one way, multi-jaw, with stopovers etc on multiple tickets. All depends on fare conditions etc. It was an award booking...
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    AFF Point Valuations

    But what was the price before you booked? With the dynamic pricing and very small cabins, if an airline is willing to offer an award seat they may also be offering a cheaper fare bucket revenue seat that disappears as soon as the reward is redeemed instead. It may well have been the the cash...
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    AFF Point Valuations

    I think some of the caveats in the article need to be taken more on board by the readers. The value of such an analysis is really on looking at the relative value of each scheme in comparison, and is using a "valuation" in cents per point to do it. As they say "value is in the eye of the...
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    Attempted Fraud Call - Be Careful

    To be honest, I wouldn't expect that any sophisticated scammer that had access to status information would try and sell "lifetime platinum" to someone who was currently P1. The point I was trying to make is that FF number is in a wide number of places, but status (correlated to FF number) is...
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    Attempted Fraud Call - Be Careful

    Anywhere that earns points - Woolworths Everyday rewards, BP etc. Also consider email being read from either an ISP or any relay on the way. If someone can read you email, name, FF number, status and old points balances are on those emails QFF sends out all the time.
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    Travel agent for complex, high-stake arrangements?

    Don't discount some of the "virtual" versions of such agents either. There are some very good agents that don't require the overhead of physical bricks and mortar as they work online (or via phone). All the same advantages of building the relationship, and sometimes easier because you don't...
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    The lithium battery problem has hit Australia - fire on Domestic Flight

    All very well - but how much trust in what is printed on a device? Lots of cloned stuff printed up with all the compliance but the cheap clones just copy everything.
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Now we know who that injunction was aimed at. :rolleyes:
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