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QF79 MEL-NRT for tomorrow, submitted business upgrade with points (original booking also points), accepted within 20 mins. I'm a lowely bronze

Actually wasn't aware of that so that's useful information

Main reason I don't use AirNZ? Can't use Qantas points to book it 🤣

Haven't seen anything different in the last few trips, I'm usually there 2-3 times a year

Umeda's great. I've made that my place to stay in Osaka these days. This goes down to a bar called Fanny Mae, I've not yet been there but all reports say it's awesome. Old guy Rolling Stones enthusiast runs it

Dang, so what's the go to for no foreign exchange fees after this ?

Nah but maybe missing it will bring it back down to 50 next time 🤣

60/10k on one account.. but will be away for the last week dang it

Have some flights end of April/Early May and still showing Narita so if they do last minute changes that's gonna be problematic

Cold ones are cold, hot ones are heated. They come with chopsticks typically, and usually a serviette. Yes for sure alcohol no problem. Do you mean the many vending machines everywhere? Sure, I have canned coffee every day !

Sadly without Wifi I can't do any work on plane but I have done plenty on the Shinakansen bullet trains in Japan which are basically planes on rails. Makes the trips go nice and quickly. Hopefully the wifi on Qantas works as intended (eventually).

Just put it in the Shinkansen rubbish bin onboard before you leave :)

Sadly not of my own but this pretty much sums it up - Introducing the Hello Kitty Shinkansen, Japan’s Cutest High-Speed Train

Always next time ;) Speaking of Hello Kitty, by absolute chance recently I ended up on the Hello Kitty shinkansen. It's smaller than the usual ones so felt a little cramped but was kind of cool I guess. Got a Hello Kitty cookie https://www.jrailpass.com/blog/hello-kitty-shinkansen

QF80, recently. I was ready to talk cough about the chicken but man it was actually really good, not dry at all. The soup is actually my new entre of choice for the evening flight back, just a shame they don't have garlic bread :(

60/10k on both accounts this time, easy

I'm here right now and we had snow in Osaka the other day.. it's super cold this year all over the place!

Having flown both plenty of times, JAL is better than Qantas for sure, suppose it depends on when you need to be there?

I did notice this card payment a few times recently too, in Tokyo as well but can't recall which lines it was on. Could be right about the non JR though

Trip looks great. You may not care but that exchange rate is pretty bad and you can get cash out from regular ATMs for cheaper. I use bankwest card specifically for doing that as it cancels the exchange rate fee. Also @rbjhan (or anyone else that may benefit from the info) it is possible to...