Food poisoning on QF108
I was travelling on a flight from New York / Los Angeles / Sydney on Tuesday 8th July (EST) arriving in Sydney on Thursday 10th July (AEST) with my 6 year old daughter. After 2 hours of getting off the...
View ArticleBritish airways lost 4 pieces of luggage during family trip. Compensation?
My family and I travelled to MAH and upon arrival, 3 of 6 bags were lost and later found. This was quite stressful for our vacation for the first days they were lost. We received the luggage...
View ArticleWhere to stay in Chiang Mai as Solo Traveler?
I'm going to be in HKG the first week of September and I decide I'm probably going to take an additional 3-4 days to visit Thailand. I have never been there. I'm going to skip BKK for now and just...
View ArticleHotel Novotel Koshien Osaka West
Anyone has stayed in this hotel before? I will stay there for a night on 30-31July.
View ArticleIC Aphrodite Hills Cyprus - IHG no more? Future points stay..
Hello, I am booked to stay there next February using points. I have picked up a garbled vmail asking me to call them. I have read it is leaving the IHG fold in the Autumn... will they honour my booking...
View Articlewhat to do when a rotton apple refuses to give you his name?
I once had a major problem with an offensive delta employee ( normally no problem with delta) , so I am wondering what you could do if they refuse to give Thier name?
View ArticleBest Award Flight Idea To Get From JFK to KUL
So in December I am going to visit a friend in Malaysia. Have about 150k UR, 150k MR, and 150k AA miles. In a perfect world, she prefers I stop in Doha first, and we both fly from Doha to KUL... but if...
View ArticleVirgin Black Credit Card
I have recently applied for and received the Virgin Atlantic Black Credit card. I signed up during the recent offer where 30000 bonus miles are to be applied if you spend £3000 within 90 days of...
View Articleflexibility of mixed booking
I have a booking (all on BA metal and BA stock) BRU-LHR-SIN-LHR-BRU for November. For budget reasons I booked the outbound in Club and the inbound in WT (through a travel agent). Since I was able to...
View ArticleRichard Quest - BA1 versus...
As a long time lurker and BA crew member, I thought I'd finally get involved and join the conversation. Regardless of how you feel about Mr Quest, I saw this interesting analysis of the main business...
View ArticleDifference in Charges CW to F
Hey all, I am currently thinking about upgrading a paid CW ticket to F on LHR-JFK with Avios. Somehow the online upgrade does not work, but before calling executive club I would like to know about how...
View ArticleDay Trips from Auckland
Will be in Auckland for a few days at the end of this month and was wondering if anyone had some day trip excursion ideas from Auckland? Any and all recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
View ArticleAnyone have experience traveling with an infant using LM Award tickets?
Just wondering what the process is, obviously a 12 month old child shouldn't pay full price for an award since they don't effectively block a seat, what is the process? Do I need to contact the...
View ArticleClarification on itinerary change
Hi, I have a TP run / holiday scheduled for next week. Due to a small hiccup with my health I'm not sure yet if I'll be able to travel next Tuesday, and I'm looking at potentially making changes to the...
View Article10% off for all hyatt hotels
This method works for all Hyatt properties. Currently there is 30% off for Asia-Pac hotels, you can still use this method to get extra 10% off. Just you may not able to earn points on this. See more...
View Article737-900 - which seats?
Hi Doing an SEA-EWR R/T in a couple of months. I am pretty sure that I have a nearly zero chance of scoring a MVPG UG so I'm looking for seat suggestions. I am 6'2" so I usually go for legroom when I...
View Article777 IAD-SFO UA 340 on time rating
Anyone used this flight to connect to asia? According to flightstats, the delays are pretty bad. Don't want to miss a connection. With a max delay of 270+ minutes in the last month, no connection is...
View ArticleSignature Series X5 Rental Help
I have a trip to Washington DC coming up at the end of July, and would like to rent a BMW X5 at Dulles thru Avis for 4 days. I have searched and can't find any coupons compatible on the Signature...
View ArticleOneWorld MR out of KUL
Hi there, As my business trip to KL got extended by two weeks, I am looking for a MR out of KL the weekend 1st to 3rd August. No specific number of miles required as I just joined MPC. Already found a...
View ArticleIs the lack of program merging plan holding you back with AA/US?
I am wondering how the lack of information on the plan to merge the programs affects your booking habits / frequent flyer strategy with AA and US? I just crossed 1 MM on UA and will requalify for 1K...
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