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I was playing with google flights last night and noticed zipair listed. Seems like the LCC arm of JAL using their 787s Pricing from NRT - LAX for business is around 1200-1700 SGD which is comparable to AUD 1:1 basically. It's definitely no frills and it looks like you have to pay for extras but...

Delete delete thread please moderators @Mattg or anyone else... HUACA worked! I feel quite rusty on all this stuff and after a shower got my head straight and called again. Next agent sorted it for me. No extra charge - whew!

I called an Accor property to enquire whether the exec lounge was open etc. subsequently told I couldn’t book through Accor and the hotel is only taking bookings over the phone. Managed to book through Accor but maybe this is about to change. Looking at another Accor property and says...

I met someone on a plane and discovered you can go to some cool places to volunteer at animal sanctuaries. I can't remember exactly where she had previously gone to but it sounds awesome. I looked online and found the below website but 980 GBP seems steep for a week volunteering. Price excludes...

Auckland Wine Weekend Not an amazing cheap fare but still something if you're heading our way.

AMEX acquires lounge buddy. Closed the deal April this year. They already have priority pass membership associated so it's intriguing they've acquired this.

I was just scoping out BA Avios and learned if you book through the BA website to hotel.com here you can still earn your rewards night after every 10 nights (which I value highly for personal stays in non-chain places) but you can earn Avios as well. Thinking about accruing a few Avios as I...

468.75usd for 50k Marriott points through May 15. 60k needed for 3:1 transfer with 5k bonus to airline miles. Anyone buying? I'll have to run some numbers. I used to use this in the SPG days for SQ & top up from VA/AMEX/SQ.

Cheap flights from Auckland to Rarotonga from NZD 450* | Virgin Australia I was playing around with google flights and noticed VA had some cheap fares so checked the VA website. Even J is going for nzd899 at lowest but earns 200sc in J return. Take your other half and family pool! Easy VA gold...

Other erewards thread is closed. I received an email from VA inviting me to join eRewards to earn opinion points. 850 VA points for completing a survey within a month. After that I think you have to earn so many opinion points before you can transfer them to VA. The conversion rate is listed...

Available via Aussie mobiles. Anyone tried this or know the limitations of the service? On hold to Qantas now and heard it. I don't know how long it's been about. Might be useful for things that don't need urgent attention. Beats being on hold!

Whenever I've booked tours I generally take a look at the Qantas site. Figure I might as well earn some points for doing activities I was going to do anyway. I also love that they use Viator. Find them very reliable with good tour operators. Unfortunately the Qantas site thinks Nelson and...

As per the title. LAX return is ~ $689. Prices are NZD. Grabaseat Scroll past domestic to international. Dates are listed in the link above.

I am using Rocketmiles for the 1st time and after some advice. Using the rocket miles website took me through to booking.com when I clicked on the hotel being advertised. There was no mention of earning AA miles on the booking.com site. I didn't end up booking that hotel. I then chose...

(Not really sure where this question belongs???) Well, sports is a very big reason to travel. I have been awful at watching for dates tickets become available or having my finger on any buttons to push at the time. Even concerts, I go do something and come back and they're sold out! I'm...

There have been some good fares ~ 2.5-3k business from Jakarta, Singapore etc to Europe. Bookable on Qatar site and for quite a bit of the year. Use google flights. There are too many destinations to type. I think some of the fares have gone up already. Economy was ~ 821 at the lowest I saw.

I see AKL-LHR one way with Qatar has a fare of $548NZD on EF in O class. But where do you find the fare? Nothing on the QR website, google flights, momondo is only $849. Is the next trick to start adding on extra sectors or booking from a different origin? Saw this on you tube but it was...

Anyone been to Jervois Steakhouse in NZ? Super delicious! Bit pricey. I was wondering where the Oz equivalent was or any suggestions for amazing steak places in the major cities?? I don’t know if it’s the cut, the cow or the chef but I find steak really different in Oz.

Hi, I thought points + pay you still earned points on the cash component. We paid cash for the 1st two nights (not enough points for whole thing). Anyway I used points to book the next 2 nights at IC and then of course realised there would be no ambassador benefits (email from hotel) and was...

Exclusive: In Conversation With…Qatar Airways CEO, Akbar Al Baker It says Perth and Adelaide are to receive the A350-1000. Will be interesting to see what the economy seats are like. Wonder where the A380 will head off to next?