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  1. albatross710

    Retroactively posting SC through Family Pooling

    Seems I will add to this body of knowledge and say no luck either. I did try. Already switched the FF program for the rest of the itinerary to another earning partner.
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    Retroactively posting SC through Family Pooling

    Anyone had any luck getting VA to retroactively send SC across through family pooling? In what can only be described as a massive SNAFU, Mr Albatross didn't have Mrs Albatross's family pooling, even though he had months to ensure it was all set. Consequently after starting their RTW SQ journey...
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    SQ & VA calculations

    Just to update on this the check-in staff were able to add the different VA and SQ earnings to each sector of my ticket and the points and SC posted as expected. Unfortunately I screwed up the VA family pooling setup and now we have two family members with VA Silver and none with Gold. Kicking...
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    What are your air travel micro-hacks?

    Frozen ice cream. Just wait 5 minutes. It’s a long haul flight just have patience. This is in contrast to the butter hack where time is of the essence to where it goes with the meal, ice cream is not time critical.
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    SQ ‘Flexi’ Business Class Fares – Not So Flexible!

    I'm with the OP on date change repricing rules. We have a 5 sector booking over 6 weeks of travel. We wanted to change the date of sector 3 and found that flexibility I purchased with the 'better' ticket also came with a $3,000 price tag for the date change. So for 2 x $3k we decided we would...
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    SQ can’t change return flights after upgrading first leg….

    Try calling. Maybe there is a website limitation or some complication to your ticket which a real person can work out.
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    This update notification from Saleforce just arrived to us overnight. Nice to see they are restricting the bulk downloading of data. I’m wondering if the Data Loader which also supports bulk exports was the way data was extracted from Qantas.
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    Vietjet experience VJ84/VJ83 BNE-SGN-BNE

    In my original post I talked about the fluctuating fares on this route. For another trip this year I bought basic fares with the intention of snagging a J upgrade. BNE-SGN was sitting at $1,974 for a few months and two weeks ago moved to $2,700. Then just last week on Thursday this sector...
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    Qantas Hotels & Holidays bonus point promos

    Just last week I did a refundable Qantas Hotels booking for October, 3 nights total cost $720 so I was thinking it might be worth to cancel and rebook in the promo period. Now with this promo, same hotel, same room, $834 with the bonus points. The cost of those 2k points look expensive.
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    Best options for making cheap calls/text when overseas?

    Oh it's good to see Amaysim has added Morocco to their coverage. When I was there in 2023 Morocco was not available. Since 2023 I have been buying the amaysim The Works package for our international travels. I usually back this up with an in country eSim or sim package if I am there for a week...
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    Vietjet experience VJ84/VJ83 BNE-SGN-BNE

    I'm on the way to Viet am again and taking advantage of the direct BNE-SGN service. Prior to Christmas the return J sectors are available for $1,100 which I already booked. The BNE-SGN J sectors are still returning a price of >$2k so I am holding out hoping they will go on some sale before I...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Why so? For many people they may not fly regularly with qantas. My last activity with them was 9 months ago. If the data in the email header is 'close enough' that's enough to get irregular fliers reading the [scam] emails. But there is certainly a window of opportunity. I guess the best this...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Here is an example of how communications have to change. The emails we've received from qantas all now include a header with information which implies the email is authentically from Qantas. QFF, Points, SC, level. That used to be reliable until all of the information in the header has now been...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    As a data point. My F-I-L received emails to say his account was included in the breech. It has been 12 years since he flew anywhere with Qantas. I book his tickets etc and haven't had any contact with them or even bothered with online access to his QFF account. BTW, now would be a perfect time...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    Let's unpack the frivolous wording of the email. What was accessed was information that is impossible for me to change like my Name, my date of birth and difficult my phone number which has all those security codes getting sent to it. And somehow it's ok because they were LUCKY the hackers...
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    QANTAS Cyber Incident

    If you want to lock your credit report then you can do so Experian Credit Report Request This form can also pass the ban information onto other credit reporting agencies. I generally keep mine at lock status. My concern with these data breeches is that it just adds more and more information to...
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    SQ & VA calculations

    after correspondence with the SQ team they say to take it up at checkin. fingers crossed.
  18. albatross710

    SQ & VA calculations

    SQ customer service replied and said they cannot do it. :( and to take it up at the time of check-in. (and we know how that urns out) I think I will try again in a month or so and if no luck, just short check to SIN.
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    SQ & VA calculations

    I had some time tonight to pose this to ChatGPT which took quite a few iterations to eventually produce this. I will call SQ and see if they can actually do it.
  20. albatross710

    SQ & VA calculations

    Had you already checked in when you did the change?
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