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Heathrow Express: how to get a free upgrade to first class [2024]
Nov 16, 2022, 04:48 PMI used the Heathrow Express back in May when I went to London and it was quick and efficient and while I was only in the standard class, I managed to book ahead and get the ticket for £5.50 which was great value to get into the centre of London.
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How to exchange old 20 pound and 50 pound notes [2023]
Oct 26, 2022, 04:39 PMIn 2019 I had some old UK notes and at that time I had to go to the Bank of England to change them and just recently in July 2022 I was in Switzerland and discovered that a CHF20 note I think it was that I got on a previous visit was no longer accepted but I was able to exchange it at a local ban...
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Grab your passport: Japan is once again open to the world
May 18, 2022, 06:14 PMI am flying from Sydney to London with JAL on the 28th May and back from Paris on the 30th August and at the moment you are free to transit in Japan provided you do so at the same airport. At this stage the Paris flight arrives at Haneda and the flight to Sydney departs Haneda so there is no prob...
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Travel restrictions now history in more parts of Europe
May 18, 2022, 05:36 PMI am flying to the UK on the 28th May via Japan and a few days later travelling by Eurostar to Paris and according to the Eurostar website all I need as triple vaccinated is my international covid certificate from the Australian government. Also from what I understand it is now pretty easy to mov...
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Finnair debuts new business, premium economy class to Singapore in May
Feb 11, 2022, 07:43 PMI have enjoyed Finnair several times when travelling from Singapore and Hong Kong to Europe connecting from another airline from Brisbane and the seats look interesting but wonder how the seatbelt will work when you are in some of the possible positions as with a regular lie flat type of business...
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Once travel resumes, where will you be headed?
Jun 03, 2020, 09:48 PMAlready booked on QF points for Brisbane to Paris via Hong Kong in May 2021, just have to wait another 3 months until I can book the return hopefully, but QF points have waived any cancel fees for award bookings if cancelled by 31/10/2020 so hopefully in a few months we will now more about where ...
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Finding Available Qantas Business Classic Rewards Seats on Emirates - Any tri...
Feb 16, 2019, 01:35 AMI have had a lot of success booking Emirates J as a multi city trip like EUROPE-DXB-ASIAN CITY-BNE OR SYDNEY on Emirates or Qantas and as long as you have stopovers of less than 24 hours the points are the same as a one stop flight
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Why can't I find business class award seats to Santiago?
Nov 30, 2018, 04:53 PMI have been lucky enough to book with Qantas points as multi city itineraries for travel in 2017 and 2018 to Europe and back on Emirates metal in business class but I had to book them as one way multi city to get to Europe and then another back both years but had to book them 11 months or so in a...
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Emirates Award Bookings with Qantas Points
Mar 02, 2018, 07:01 PMI had luck booking Emirates business class to and from Europe for May and returning in August as two one way multi city itineraries OOL-SYD-BKK & BKK-DXB-CDG and returning AMS-DXB-SYD-OOL, the system lets you book them but not complete the purchase and you have to ring the call centre but t...
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Reward Flights from Europe July 2018
Nov 22, 2017, 05:11 PMI managed to get business class to Paris and from Amsterdam for next May and August on Emirates by booking the as multi sector but spending less than 24 hours at the stopover so it doesn't increase the miles needed. Try a multi city such as BCN-DXB, then DXB to an Asian city then that city to you...