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Thanks @Scarlett, @Quickstatus and @TomVexille. I think I am starting to agree that even the 8:50 might be a tad early given SQ322's Monday morning arrival is due in 1.5hrs late.

Thanks all for the input. I think I will play it safe and book the later flight but check T&C's of Amex Travel first.

They will be separate tickets. SQ are J reward tickets (already booked) and El will be a cash one (will use the $400 Amex travel credit to purchase).

Hey fellow travellers, I have a question regarding transit time at Heathrow. We start our 2 month European adventure arriving into Heathrow (Singapore Airlines) at 05:55 and then will catch a flight to Dublin (Aer Lingus). I was wondering how much transit time we should allow between the...

This is interesting for the Star Alliance card as it has only been out in the market for 12 -18 months? Must need the extra funds for all the fines they got recently.

JohnK, unfortunately you can't salary sacrifice your unused LSL into superannuation. We have just gone through this scenario with an employee who wished to do exactly that. For a valid salary sacrifice agreement, the agreement has to be entered into prior to the income being earned, which in...

I was looking for flights from Sydney to Canada (Halifax) and then on to Ireland in J for May/June or August/September next year. Started looking 11 months out and continued for 3 months solid. Could not find a single seat either to Canada or to Ireland on the Velocity website. Also tried the...

Who's anxiety was she talking about - hers for having to leave the poor dog at home alone or the dog's for being left at home alone?

I had just under 1.4m Velocity points in my account until recently. I transferred most of them to Krisflyer and then redeemed them for 2x J SYD to LHR and 2x F CDG to SYD for our birthdays and wedding anniversary next year. This was always the planned use of them but took longer to organise due...

I would say that both Qantas and Virgin would very keen for us to spend our points on gift cards if they are such poor value. This gives them a very nice margin and removes a lot of points/value from their balance sheets. One gives them a boost to the P&L and the other a boost to the balance...

levelnine, thanks for the info. That is unfortunate that they only release seats close to departure, as this was to be the first leg of a large 10/11 week trip (Canada/Ireland/Scotland/England/Germany/France/Singapore). Might have to skip visiting my brother in Canada if I can't secure seats...

I the last 3 years I have been looking, I have never found a single business rewards seat available on the Velocity website. They are all cash seats quoted in points. I will be availing myself of the concierge service in a couple of months to try to get 2 business seats to Halifax NS.

How could anyone fall for this. There are 2 distinct giveaways, apart from the url. Qantas would never say "we are are excited to show our appreciation to our loyal customers" and "we hope this token of our gratitude brings joy to your day"😜

I'd add Spain into the mix.

I know what you mean. I got my car back from the repairers 22/3 from the accident I had 9/1. Now Europcar are trying to sting me $450 for a professional car clean of the hire car saying it was too dirty when I returned it.

Current offer is 13,000 points for $145 x 4 That was after finishing last offer of 10,000 points for $115 x 4 last sunday.

My best discount is 50c per litre but regularly get 20-30c per litre. When I got the 50c one, the operator at the 7-11 congratulated me on such a great saving.

@appaz, I got an email this morning inviting me to apply for this card. In the email, it said to allow 6-8 weeks for the 50,000 bonus aeroplan points to credit to your account (if you pick aeroplan as your status airline).

I have had this happen a few times. It always seemed to work out fine, but I always kept the receipt just in case. Also sometimes week one lasts for more than a week and it waits until the end of the qualifying period. With my current deal, the first week runs from 17/11 - 26/11.

Yep I will be ordering a case of this when I get home tonight.