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    Oman - conflicting advice re visas

    Has anyone transited MCT recently? The internet is full of conflicting advice as to whether I need a visa or not - one is just a quick overnight then a longer 4 day stay. Smartraveller says you need a visa, other places don't. Here's something stolen from flyertalk about USA passports...
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    SYD/MEL to Europe on Oman for <$6k!

    Oman air seem to be having a great sale to Europe, from at least MEL and SIN. Currently seeing via BKK (with Thai air) or KUL (MH) to IST for $5636. Looks like one free stopover and unlimited others at $75. Playing with it now ... fare rules below, but I can't seem to book it on Oman air...
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    QF/JQ domestic flights leaving from international terminal

    I remember there used to be lists of flights that left from the international terminal. Do these still exist? (both the lists and the flights!). Now I've (accidentally) gotten to WP again I feel the hankering for some flounging! My googling is as useless as ever since for the last 3 years all...
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    Farewell Hilton - where next?

    I'm fallen from Diamond with Hilton, all the way down to nothing silver. The shame! No other hotel status to speak of. Heading to Europe and NZ over the next few months so looking where to head to next. Free breakfast is a perk I love, but also partial to early check ins. I missed the Accor...
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    Looking for unicorns - award J flights at xmas

    Please advise if I am going mad. I have a 318k OWA at the end of the year; I would like to break it up by returning to Australia partway through and returning in European summer. This would mean flying out sometime after the 20th Dec (but preferably 24-26th, and no later than say new years...
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    Christmas in Northern Europe - Aurora spots?

    Morning all Hubby and I are Christmas grinches, and actually love to spend end December in non Christian countries just to avoid it! However this year as part of a OWA, we will be in HEL around that time. Land of Santa. Presumably because of that, accommodation options are somewhat limited...
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    Credit recovery after late payment

    Well this is embarrassing. I had a citibank credit card, thinking it was the fee free for life one I got ages ago (I think we all had it!). Turns out it wasn't fee free for that particular card, and they charged the annual fee. Now, having not used that card for months (no travel), I did not...
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    COVID escape - QLD road trip

    Well thanks COVID. Plans for 2020? Turkey, Chicago USA, Costa Rica, Alaska USA, Maldives, Croatia, Estonia ... poof, gone. Luckily we live in a beautiful part of the world (MCY) so decided to explore our own backyard. Our mate from Melbourne was to join us, but again, 2020 screwed us over so...
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    Sapporo at Christmas

    After advice. We are heading to Sapporo for Christmas (leave on the 23rd December, haven't booked a flight back yet, but imagine it will be 1st or 2nd return). I've been to Niseko once and loved it. Looking at prices booking this far out though, I swallowed my tongue a fair bit - over $900 a...
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    Vietnam and USA; what could possibly go wrong?

    Hadn't considered doing a TR for this one but what the heck, I have time to spare! New Years Day 2019. I'm part of the "NYE is the same as any night" team so was up at a normal time. Lucky for me because the biggest mistake fare of recent times cracked, and I managed to score return tickets...
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    Recommendations for $150-200 bottle

    Hi all My incredible workmate / mentor has retired and I'm looking to get him a nice bottle of red as a present. However I traditionally drink $15 whites so I've no idea where to begin. Any recommendations for something a bit special? Being a true AFFer then bonus points are always a plus...
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    Antarctica et al

    Evening all. Hubby and I both turn (gasp!) 40 in 2021, coincidentally I will be eligible for long service leave so I think it's time for an epic trip - frosty forties! Looking at doing an Antarctica trip in Jan/Feb, then heading to the other side of the equator for Iceland, Greenland and...
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    Adding EY# to Oman booking?

    I'm trying to add my EY FF number to an Oman airways booking, but it's only coming up with Sinbad (the Oman FF program) as an option. Anyone experienced this? I guess I may just have to get them to add it at checkin, but I'll be quite jet lagged then and liable to forget!
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    CAI-BNE/MCY, October, 2pax, creativity required

    Here's a challenge for your Sunday afternoon. 2 pax, leaving CAI 28th Oct (can do 27th, or later), arriving BNE or MCY by 9am 5th November. Seems most of the ex-CAI specials have gone the way of the dodo but I'm finding bits and pieces still hanging about. Minimum premium economy, preferably...
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    BA mixed J/F ex Germany to Asia 1100euros

    Better get in quick - found on FT. Book directly on BA, or use google flights to search. TXL or FRA to KUL for 1100euros, via HKG for not much more. To DPS also possible. Germany - LHR in J, LHR - HKG or KUL in F.
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    LHR T3 arrivals and T5 departing

    Afternoon all I'm traveling in F on QF9 into LHR, arriving 1225. On the same ticket I have a connecting flight to SOF the next day at 0820 from T5, in J as no F on this route. Now I believe: 1/ I should have access to the AA arrivals lounge in T3, correct? 2/ What access I'll have in T5 is a...
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    It's more fun in the Philippines (or so I've heard)

    To celebrate a friends' birthday and my finishing of exams, we grabbed some cheapo Cebu flights to Manila for a week. Now I've been to Manila and Clark previously so my main goal is to leave as quickly as possible - that night if possible! Allowing for transfer times, the domestic flights we...
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    Cebu SYD-MNL sale from $243 return

    https://www.cebupacificair.com/au-en Fly direct from Sydney to the capital of the Philippines on budget airline Cebu Pacific Air for just $243 return including tax. Saving as much as $732 off what other airlines charge for direct flights, this new route to Manila launches on 9 September...
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    SQ sale to HKG

    SQ has a sale for flights to HKG for Feb-March + May 2014. Melbourne … $632 Adelaide … $636 Sydney … $648 Brisbane … $648 Perth … $831 Source: Travelzoo Discount Airline Tickets, Affordable Flights, & Low-Cost Airfare from Travelzoo SuperSearch However I can find flights from BNE under...
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    Stick with KrisFlyer for *A J RTW?

    My Dad has "retired" (in quotes, because he keeps retiring, getting bored, going back to work, complaining about work, repeat ad nauseum!) and has decided to travel for a while. I've convinced him a *A RTW fare is the way to go (he was planning to use a series of one ways! Shock horror!). So...
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