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Not yet it would appear. QF is busy devaluing their frequent shopper points without any help from Amex, with the effective disappearance of Classic rewards, the devaluation of the value of points for Classic Plus rewards and the continual reduction in the value of points for Points + Pay, "But...

In the AFR article on the devaluation, the Qantas spokesman demonstrates doctorate level expertise in the political art of dodging the question: “Classic Plus has unlocked millions more reward seats for members and continues to offer some of the best value across the program,” a Qantas...

There is speculation that HSBC Australia is up for sale, but when that happens, who the buyer is and what they will do with the credit card portfolio is up in the air. If NAB buy it, they'll cough it up like they did with their Citi acquisition. Other potential buyers may keep the cards as they are.

Give them a go, but bear in mind that there are rumours HSBC may sell their Australia retail banking operations - which they have already done in a number of countries over the last few years, including the US, NZ, France, Brazil etc as they undergo a restructure and shrink their retail...

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/status-and-clubs/status/loyalty-gift-2025-FAQ.html More details in the link

Have an inflatable neck pillow in my carry-on toiletry bag, for a much more comfortable Y sleep without having to worry about remembering to bring / buy / carry around a stuffed one.

Just received am email from SQ confirming all, this as well as: EARN STATUS CREDITS BEYOND THE SKIES Currently, KrisFlyer members can only earn Elite miles from flights on Singapore Airlines, Scoot, Star Alliance and selected partner airlines. From 1 September...

Toasters? I have become resigned to the fact that Qantas now runs a Frequent Shopper Program with an airline attached, especially when a shop at Woolworths or Uber airport ride earns you more 'valuable' points than an intra-Europe flight on one of their airline partners. I still accumulate...

Condor do fly that route, but I'm not sure how much Condor helps with overall connectivity. If you look at it's route map, it primarily connects German airports with leisure destinations, especially in the Mediterranean and Caribbean (Condor Weltkarte – Traumziele entdecken) and doesn't have any...

The 'premium' airline United doesn't even keep all its lounges open until the flight's scheduled departure. At LAX, the SYD flight leaves at 11:30 pm, but before 10 pm they shuffle people out of the Polaris lounge to close it, and not long after they shuffle you out of the United Club in order...

Wowzah, I'll have to take your word for it! My Mandarin knowledge is zilch.

Do you have a link for this China Eastern option? I'm heading to MM on Delta but this sounds intriguing...

From my experience living in the US a while ago: For QF: - The lounge access on domestic AA or AS legs from QF status is invaluable - If you are approaching LT status on Qantas, those AA / AS legs will keep getting you closer For AA: - Status match / challenge definitely works - Much more...

Please no! Keep SQ as it is, one of the few airlines with a proper cheatline. Let everyone else dilute their brand with hockey sticks, Eurowhite, jellybeans, billboards and all over colour, but to me SQ retains a look from the golden age of travel.

If you look at the site on the Wayback Machine, beyond the community forums the focus was more on News & Views, Trip Reports, Community Insights, Member Blogs, etc. Now 2 of the 5 top dropdowns are "Credit Cards" and "Guides & Tools" which defaults to "Credit Card Points Transfer Assistant". I...

You may be right. And if that works for their business, good luck to them. Given the ownership of the site, they are probably crawling over user activity for any insights to maximise their revenue as hard as Qantas Loyalty. Any changes to the site are going to be driven by that, especially given...

My spidey senses tell me that the owners of this site are doing everything they can to push up the the revenue and other user metrics short term so that they can flog the whole thing off to someone like Red Ventures. They own sites like Cnet and The Points Guy where they have driven a decline in...

In my experience, rebrands are usually done for two reasons: The marketing department have run out of ideas and want to be let loose on a new big project; or There's a bigger corporate objective at play for which a rebrand provides good cover for. It could be both here, but AFF has been slowly...

The bigger question is what will happen to all the HSBC cards after the sale of the HSBC Australia retail banking arm goes through - apparently Citi have been appointed to advise on the sale (link is subscriber only)...

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