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I guess it also depends on how people process the world. I think I appreciate the less "busy" environment of a lounge (in the sense that, even if it's a zoo, there's less movement all around me than in the actual terminal). On the other hand, if the lounge seating is very close together I will...

It depends on airline and the catering station. My experience of Y vegetarian (ovo-lacto: VLML) on any US airline has been abysmal. (Gloopy cheese pastas, the same corn and lettuce and tomato salad replated multiply...) The safest option on most airlines (and sometimes very good), as long as...

My second Virgin Money statement was generated five days ago and the 30k bonus was credited to my Velocity account at the same time as the points from the card earn (1 day after the statement).

Totally! It's so much harder to manage morning glitches anywhere in connections/disruptions/cancellations/misadventures.

THIS. You can sit in a lounge waiting for the departures monitor to change to "go to gate" for as long as you like, but it's worth doubting the alignment with reality when scheduled boarding commencement has long passed! However, I also almost missed an important flight once because the gate...

Yeah, TP short-haul is around 28". 🤬

Oh that's funny. I actually checked before posting and the page I found showed only Google Play, so, par for the course, PTV's documentation is incomplete/inaccurate.

Nice review, Matt. I love Portugal but TAP is so so meh. The intra-European experience is almost as joyless as Ryanair et al. At least Lisbon airport is not quite such a dive as it used to be.

It's not a great detour, but it is almost invisible to most passengers (and unknown), and a completely illogical location.

Unfortunately useless for all the Apple people - not an option. It is truly stupid that PTV doesn't install (or is perhaps blocked from installing?) installing a machine in a useful location at the airport.

From the T&Cs:

As a data point that doesn't align with the thread title but is in a similar vain (airline ticketing), this thread indicates that Qatar Airways tickets are currently charged as domestic transactions, even for non-AU-originating itineraries.

No lucky status for me... I cancelled on 30 May. Statement issued 9 June. Aeroplan status lost sometime thereafter (in the AC app it still looked like I had status today and I was hoping this would endure, but the moment I touched another menu in the app, my status refreshed as Peasant). The...

These nation-specific characteristics in Europe have long history... France was an earlyish adopter of debit-card payments with handheld terminals, while in Germany any form of card payment was relatively rare until the early 90s and actual credit cards were very uncommon for an average consumer...

I can add to the list (though it's travel platforms, not accom per se), that Viator and Klook both seem to bill as local (Australia) billers. Does anyone know for Expedia? My only transactions are truncated in my bank statement such that any country identifier is missing.

Your old Zip Plus? I notice that the "add payment method" interface even in Zip Pay (not Plus) says "add a debit card" but you can add a credit card. However there is a table on the website somewhere which clearly shows only a tick for credit cards against the basic Pay account and explicitly...

It's worth noting that officially, Zip Plus cannot be paid off using a credit card (only debit card).

Yes, the value proposition from this card is poor if you're looking to requalify for status. However, it isn't correct that "the majority of cards" still give points for government spending. Those days are from many years ago. Other than business cards, there are very few cards which give...

Bugger. Well, if they don't tell people loudly enough about a service, I guess they don't get patronage...

I'm very similar to @MEL_Traveller in my dietary needs. However, I'm a bit more assertive ;) Sick of the assumption that vegetarians have no taste (or in my case, no-pesc) I go for pre-bookable or known-menu choices where possible and then flag beforehand with crew that I can't do seafood. 70%...