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    2024 F1 Thread

    Rumour has it that Liam Lawson is a chance to be 'loaned' to Williams and may replace Sargeant as soon as the next race for the rest of the year... solves two problems, Sargeant decimating Williams spare part list, and let's Daniel and Checo finish out the season in (relative) peace (and give RB...
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    2024 F1 Thread

    It's more than that, he's embraced the bogan lifestyle and makes the most of it any time he is in the country... definitely classed as an Aussie - they even had him up on a billboard for the Aus grand prix alongside Daniel and Oscar :)
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    2024 Paris Olympics

    wonder if B-Girl Raygun is on this forum?... how many points experts here have managed to game a free 2-week vacation to Paris flying Qantas lately?
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    Double Tree Cairns - Chopper Crashed into Roof

    yeah, company saying it was a non-authorised flight, no flight-plan lodged. Witnesses saw it going at very high speed up and down the coast before veering off suddenly into the hotel... very weird
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    Double Tree Cairns - Chopper Crashed into Roof

    1:50am last night. Reports are saying only two people taken to hospital in a stable condition (presumably in the chopper?). https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13733451/Cairns-hotel-helicopter-crash-Double-Tree-Hotel-Hilton-evacuated-horrifying-footage-inferno-emerges.html Hopefully all...
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    Which country has cheapest scotch in the world?

    Yes, that was my go-to drink at the end of a long day walking, lol 500ml cans, 9%, $1.80 from the grocery store... you pay $1.10 in a lot of places for a bottle of water...
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    Which country has cheapest scotch in the world?

    That photo and prices was from 2 months ago when I was there... so pretty recent
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    Which country has cheapest scotch in the world?

    Duty free shops at the airports are generally a big ripoff these days from my (albeit somewhat limited) experience... in Japan for instance, you can buy imported whiskey in the supermarket for about 1/2 to 1/3 of the price in Australia... I came back with several bottles of Japanese whiskey...
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    Fraud on Velocity Frequent Flyer accounts

    They probably have a scam setup selling half-price flights or something, take the cheap payment off unsuspecting victims, book using stolen Velocity points... Looks like Velocity don't have any restrictions on who you can book reward tickets for... and disappear. My guess would be they are...
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    Fraud on Velocity Frequent Flyer accounts

    Just in case you haven't done so already, you've scanned for viruses/malware by now I take it? Clicking on a pdf link can do a lot more than expose your email address, if they've used it to install malware they potentially have access to everything on your machine.
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    Accor Plus Membership Discussion

    ...but you'll get another of those 20 added back on in Dec next year when you renew, and from the earlier discussions in this thread that will then give you the opportunity to lock in whatever status you get to next year for the next two years after that (following year, and then up to next...
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    Never Travelled But Want To

    Welcome! ...and yes, it is definitely overwhelming! Before you jump into Qantas credit cards, you might want to have a good look at the Virgin program. For a family of 4, one of the big advantages of Virgin over Qantas FF programs is family pooling. Virgin allows you to funnel all points and...
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    Qantas [strategy to make most of points and upgrade to business class?]

    Nah, just a free account (for now at least, probably worth getting a pro sub for a month if you're actively trying to book something). The free version only shows 3 months out, so you'll need the pro version to see if there is anything in July. ...but if you go through the explore menu, you can...
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    2024 Paris Olympics

    this is the very first time Olympic marathon relay walking has been included
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    Conference destination in asia

    If you want Japan, you could look at Yokohama, close to Haneda airport / Tokyo, but a lot cheaper... not as cheap as Bangkok, KL etc. but better than Tokyo at least!
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    Qantas [strategy to make most of points and upgrade to business class?]

    Many here more experienced than I am, but if your dates are flexible, get some fares you can change/cancel when needed and monitor classic reward seats on seats.aero website (go to explore > QFF in the menu)... you may or may not find two seats available around when you want to fly, but look at...
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    Intercontinental Ambassador discussion

    ...I think it is still in free fall Oct 2nd is the date the price goes up from what I have read
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    2024 F1 Thread

    Also, Sainz has signed a 2y deal with Williams
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    2024 Paris Olympics

    Well, my son obviously needs to train harder... last time he raced Mollie O, he won by half a pool length... year 3 swim carnival, 25m butterfly - they were the only two in that year level who could swim fly, so had an exhibition race 😆 She won the 200m so easily today, great to see 👏
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    2024 Paris Olympics

    Canada score in the 12th minute of stoppage time to beat France 2-1 and stay in the comp. And unless Australia can at least draw with the USA (who seem to be in devastating form at the moment), then the Matildas may be the one to miss out on the quarter finals (probably need Columbia to at least...
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