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The usual frequency of A220s on CBR-MEL doesn't seem to be returning until the end of January. Until then, some days there's a single daily A220 flight, and otherwise nothing but Dash-8s. Can't find any mainline 737 flights in the upcoming schedules for CBR-MEL and CBR-BNE. There used to be at...

I bought a bunch of the $100 MasterCards back in the second week of November when they were last running this promotion, and found that one of the cards was declined for insufficient funds when I tried to use it for a bill payment around 10 days later. Upon checking the balance, I found that...

I have no idea how any business in Australia can be considered to be world class from a customer service perspective. We simply don't have that kind of service culture here. I don't generally have an issue with the service on VA, although I did have one unpleasant early morning interaction with...

Kind of. I'd be happy to pay for a proper airline tray meal if JQ offered it, but the best I could pre-order recently on the ICN-SYD route was lasagne in a cardboard box. I asked if I could buy a soft drink to go along with it, but the only drinks being offered for passengers with pre-ordered...

Another long rail closure coming up in Auckland: https://at.govt.nz/bus-train-ferry/service-announcements/planned-rail-closures It must be a Kiwi tradition for the railway system to take a break over the summer holidays, as I can see that the entire train network in Wellington is also closed...

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Very last minute, but I have 2x QF lounge invitations expiring on Sunday December 7th that I would prefer not to waste as unfortunately my only imminent flights are on VA. Open to anybody who has a minimum of 50 posts and been a member for 6 months, first in best dressed. Please DM your surname...

I did a round trip on this route last month, and on the outbound leg had a completely full flight on the lower deck at least, as on the previous day CHC had been closed for most of the day due to severe winds, leading to mass cancellations. QF ran an A330 on SYD-CHC to clear their backlog that...

I thought for a second that this route must have had an increase in service to daily, but from what I can see this route is still only 4x weekly, dropping to 3x weekly for a few weeks during December/January. Not overly competitive to QF having a minimum of 2x daily flights on this route, every...

If you buy the Bunnings gift cards that are being sold at Coles as part of this offer, they have no PIN and can only be used in store. However these cards are also only single use, so if you make a purchase for a value less than the total of the card, they'll issue you a new physical gift card...

I booked a ticket in 'premium economy' in PAL on an A330 for a 4 hour long flight last month, which cost roughly double what they were charging for standard economy class, after reading positive reviews online about this product, which according to their own website includes amenities such as...

Well according to the 'Qantas spokesperson' quoted in this article, residents of Bendigo are not the target market for the flights that operate there: https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/9057674/qantas-will-massively-change-bendigo-to-sydney-flight-schedule/

I found whilst travelling around Java recently that Indomaret stores would invariably accept cards, however all had a minimum of 50k IDR for card transactions, which is roughly equivalent to $5 AUD. That might not sound like a big deal, except that with the low prices of most items in...

I note from this article in the ABC today that they're suggesting for affected staff to continue residing where they do now, and commute to work in MEL/SYD/BNE: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-01/qantaslink-closure-staff-bases-canberra-hobart-mildura/105839248 Is this common in Australia...

I'd recommend using the CBR - SYD service with some trepidation: There's been 3 days of scheduled trackwork on this line, but trains were meant to start running commencing with tonight's evening services. Unfortunately they posted this alert for both the inbound CBR - SYD and outbound SYD -...

QF1278 during the week, which is the 3:55pm MEL - CBR service: Only one option offered (tandoori chicken pie), which tasted okay but would have been better if sauce was provided. I wasn't expecting a lot given the flight duration and time of day, but was still a little bit underwhelmed...

I've noticed with the merchant category based cards they sell that you can convert to a digital card for use in a smartphone wallet, e.g. the TCN Restaurant and Good Food cards, that as per the BIN code and the card T&Cs that appear when you add it to a digital wallet, the 'new' digital card is...

I haven't had much trouble with either the Restaurant Choice or TCN Restaurant cards not being accepted. If it helps anybody with remaining balances, two fast food chains where I have had no problems with doing split payments at multiple locations have been Hungry Jacks and Grill'd. I tend to...

The link works for me at www.colesmastercardbalance.com.au however it doesn't seem to work without the 'www.' at the beginning of the URL. And that domain name presently redirects to www.mybalancenow.com which is the actual balance check site.

I'd like a couple more destinations out of CBR, perhaps HBA and CNS.