Marksw

Marksw

Member since 15 Jan 2016

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Frequent flyer programs

  • Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
  • Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
  • Air New Zealand - Airpoints
  • Garuda Indonesia - Garuda Frequent Flyer

Hotel loyalty programs

  • Hyatt Gold Passport - Gold
  • Starwood Preferred Guest - Gold Preferred
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  • Travel tip: order Amazon deliveries in advance to your US hotel

    Jan 18, 2016, 03:42 PM

    Don't forget you can also use companies such as MyUS to give you an address in the USA to circumvent the restriction of sending purchases overseas. Whilst it does cost extra, with a bit of planning you can often get free postage to your MyUS address and if you are purchasing a number of...

  • Australian Hyatt hotels hacked, guest credit card details stolen

    Jan 15, 2016, 02:18 PM

    I suspect I've been affected by this. One week after staying at one of the mentioned properties a number of fraudulent expenses popped up on the credit card I used. Of course it is a real pain to notify (or even remember) the new card number to all the direct debits and websites with your credit ...

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  • Annual rental car excess cover

    Jul 24, 2018, 03:52 PM

    Hi, I've used domestic annual travel insurance over a number of years. It's usually fairly inexpensive and covers not only car rental excess, it can come in handy if something else happens during your travels.

  • First Class / Business on Qatar MEL-LHR

    Dec 13, 2017, 05:22 PM

    Good review summary robfol.I flew Qatar SYD to EDI return a couple of months ago booked in J and was upgraded to F on the SYD-DOH and DOH-SYD legs.I thought the service in both classes was outstanding. It was efficient, friendly but not over solicitous. The catering was excellent (it's been a few...

  • Al Mourjan - A la carte dining no more?

    Nov 30, 2017, 10:29 AM

    I was there in October and it's buffet only. Pretty good, but not up to previous standard. You'll enjoy QR, outstanding service and comfortable seating. The in-flight catering's pretty good too.

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