Just be careful of Uber drivers cancelling in order to get their $10 cancellation fee. This is especially common at Sydney Airport. Not everything with Uber is squeaky-clean anymore. 

Well I was rather pleased to receive my gold tag. They are smart, stylish and refreshing after the previous offerings. I'm proud to have it displayed especially when travelling on other airlines.

A good move forward. Intercontinental Sydney had become lack-luster and Club invitations were never forthcoming for Platinum members, so I switched to the much more exciting and generous  Sofitel Darling Harbour. I'll give IC Sydney a try soon and see what they have come up with.

I was initially suspicious that my thoughts were wrong but I now realise that the world has definitely gone mad! Animals in aircraft? Who thought this idea up?

Agree entirely with dm12. Card travel insurance, as I also found out the hard way, is really quite useless. Even purchased travel insurance is very doubtful too in my experience.