The Josie looks great, and it's as close to the base station of Red Mountain as you can get, and much more impressive than existing accommodation. But if I was going there I'd just ski Red every day. Driving several hours and hundreds of kilometres to Revelstoke or Kicking Horse is not what I'd c...

Make sure you've got good shoes... If the shoes you wear while working leave your feet feeling tired, it's time for an upgrade. If I have sore feet at the end of the day then I just want to sit down. Getting shoes I can wear to work that are still comfortable after 10,000+ steps made a huge diffe...

Good point on the double dip of loyalty points Chris. I got lucky in a slightly different way. I'd booked a flight to Canada with Qantas during a double status credits promotion. The return was delayed and when I was finally re-booked they put me in the last available seats which ended up being t...

At only 20km I don't think it would matter what car I was in for the "road trip" from Nice to Monte Carlo. My commute is longer!

I successfully cancelled mine after I got the AMEX. I didn't see much benefit from the high annual fee so got rid of it.

Most of my travel involves sitting either in an office or a vehicle so I'm usually keen to get outside when I can. If there are national parks or similar reserves nearby I'll usually go there if I've got a decent chunk of time. I have had some great luck contacting local sport groups to join in t...

I would agree with the previous comment regarding ANZ's Veloce... It sounds good on paper (on screen?) but in practice I found member lounges disappearing, closing or not accepting the card.

Stuck with 55k unless you have any luck negotiating with them. I would suggest calling to try.

I haven't received anything in by snail mail (except a letter saying this change is coming) and there's nothing in my online banking inbox. I wonder if an offer for me will come later, or perhaps I'm not of interest to Westpac?

Is it Gold status after just three flights ORGold status after three flights (and 10 stays or 20 nights or Platinum AMEX)?The title makes me think the former but after reading, it seems there's more to it?

I find this a frustrating gimmick.My local cafe won't show in Local Champion, either in the Visited or Nearby options.Sometimes I'm Local Champion of my local petrol station, invariably I'll lose the title if I'm travelling out of town for a week or more. Upon my return it will say 1 transaction ...

It's my experience that some businesses are simply unavailable in Local Champion. It's a bit fickle.My local Coles Express is there, it will say 1 transaction to go until I've made about six or seven more transactions. Then I'll be Local Champion, often until my next trip out of town, when a week...

I've never seen eye drops or glasses cleaning wipes in an amenity kit but I would use them every time if they were there.

I often find myself on QantasLink planes so wi-fi would be a very welcome addition to those flights which have no in-flight entertainment other than a magazine. These flights can be longer than any flight on the SYD/BNE/MEL triangle.

"...socks patterned like a pair of thongs (or 'flip flops', in American parlance)."Or 'slippers', in Hawaiian parlance.