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    Lost baggage compensation after it is ultimately returned

    I reported the bag missing on Day 1 (at the baggage desk in the airport). On Day 22 (or maybe Day 23), I submitted the compensation claim with the itemized list of items in the bag and their costs, well before I got my bag back. I think that was the right procedure to follow? OK now I wonder...
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    Lost baggage compensation after it is ultimately returned

    I would've been OK with that. Mentally I'd already moved on from my old clothes! But it's really the converse I'm wondering about: the bag was deemed lost due to being missing for 21 days, but it was returned to me after that. Am I within my rights to insist I'm paid for the bag and its contents...
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    Lost baggage compensation after it is ultimately returned

    I thought that was a separate claim, for clothing and essentials while the baggage is missing while I'm away, before the 21 day mark at which it's classified as "lost".
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    Lost baggage compensation after it is ultimately returned

    Last month, I had a work trip that took me MEL-PER-CDG, then CDG-LHR-SFO, then back home SFO-SYD-MEL. I checked in my two bags at CDG for my BA flights through to SFO, but only one of them arrived with me. My lost baggage timeline: 7 September – flight to SFO, reported bag missing 29 September...
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    Free World of Hyatt Guest of Honour award

    If you haven't tried it, the breakfast buffet at the Grand Hyatt Taipei is pretty great. Way too much to try if you're there just for one breakfast though!
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    Delayed Baggage claims

    First time my luggage has been significantly delayed. Arrived at SFO yesterday from LHR. One of my two bags, which only has a few days of dirty laundry, made it on to a later flight and arrived at my hotel at around 10pm, nine hours after I landed. The other bag, which has most of my stuff...
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    LATAM status match $80USD

    Yes, I neglected to mention that above! I am saving around USD 120 in checked luggage fees with my matched Black status (by booking Light fares), and hoping upgrades will come through, so for me I thought it was still worth it.
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    LATAM Airlines Website Bug Resulted In Wrong Date Booked

    I don’t have any advice on how correct the booking, just sympathy. My partner was signing up for LATAM Pass yesterday and the date of birth field was exhibiting the exact same off by one bug!
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    LATAM status match $80USD

    Well, I tried it again yesterday and managed to submit the request, and was approved overnight for Black! Looking forward to trying my luck with the upgrade vouchers for my Argentina trip on May.
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    US Global Entry Program for Australian citizens [from 2025]

    I don’t recall exactly. Maybe it was after immigration and luggage pickup but before customs? Don’t quote me. Signage (or asking immigration staff!) should hopefully be sufficient to find it. (Unhelpfully I do remember that at SFO Internstional terminal it’s one of the lanes on the left at...
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    US Global Entry Program for Australian citizens [from 2025]

    When I did mine a couple of years ago, there were no appointments for a convenient time where I'd be visiting the US. Enrollment on Arrival is the way to go. The Global Entry site should list which airports have Enrollment on Arrival and the hours they're open. I queued up for about 20 minutes...
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    US Global Entry Program for Australian citizens [from 2025]

    Yes you can. My situation was the reverse (initially had only an Australian passport, applied for UK passport by descent). Just go through the process for applying with your UK passport, and at the GE interview, you can ask to have your Australian passport added at the same time.
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    LATAM status match $80USD

    Just came across this thread, and with an Argentina trip coming up in May, I thought I'd try getting a status match from my UA 1K. I created a LATAM Pass account, then filled the form at latam.statusmatch.com, but got the message: Is the status match no longer available to Australian residents?
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    Transfer between Taipei Airports

    Never done a transfer between TPE and TSA myself, but echo the fact that getting to TPE on the metro from downtown Taipei is pretty easy. If you're going as soon you arrive at TSA, take the brown line to Nanjing Fuxing, then switch to the green line and head to Beimen station, from where you can...
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    Taken 320 PlusPoints expiring 31 January 2024

    All my expiring PlusPoints have now been used. (Maybe some will become available again over the next few weeks before Jan 31 if upgrades don't clear.)
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    Taken 320 PlusPoints expiring 31 January 2024

    I’ll DM you. I was trying to find the answer to that myself on the weekend. I think it is not possible but could not find anything definitive with some quick Web searching. 1702932392 Oh, and welcome to AFF memcnern!
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    I'm feeling a bit sad ...[My SC's are getting wiped today... =( ]

    In two weeks my 10 SCs are resetting to zero, dropping me from SG to LTS, and ending a maybe 12 year run of Gold (with one or two Platinum years in there). During COVID I changed job, and with that my work travel patterns changed. Whereas before I'd be visiting Europe, Asia, and North America...
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    Taken 320 PlusPoints expiring 31 January 2024

    After that request, and helping out some work colleagues last week, I have 30 points left.
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    Taken 320 PlusPoints expiring 31 January 2024

    Welcome to AFF, Natalia5966. I am not sure if new members can start DM conversations, so I will DM you.
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    US Global Entry Program for Australian citizens [from 2025]

    Sounds like you'd have shorter queues when lining up to go through immigration. But I don't think MPC grants you TSA Precheck membership like Global Entry does.
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