• Money card for Indian Rupee

    Jul 11, 2023, 01:42 PM

    In my opinion, nothing you can find in Australia beats WISE, if you have time to apply and receive the physical card.Currency conversion rates are outstandingly good, card payments in local currencies are free.Free ATM withdrawals are limited to AU$350 per month, but even above AU$350 the fees a...

  • Velocity T&Cs are pretty explicit: You can earn points and status on flights operated by United Airlines as long as your flight ticket shows either VA or UA flight numbers (regardless of which airline issued the ticket). If your ticket is issued by Lufthansa (prefix 220), but shows the fligh...

  • Originally Posted by jubbing Originally Posted by sunnybrae You'll be able to stay airside. When your flight lands, head straight for the nearest transit check-in station which is airside. Do not clear immigration and collect your bag. The agents will issue your boarding pass for your second leg ...

  • Demise of TravelSIM

    Jan 22, 2021, 10:17 PM

    There are also plenty of eSIM alternatives available now, such as AirAlo.

  • Border Farce...

    Jul 02, 2020, 07:56 AM

    Exemption conditions from Covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au page:You are considered ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia if international movement records show that you've spent more time outside Australia than inside for the last 12 to 24 months. You do not need to carry a paper recor...

  • What are you guys even talking about?Australian borders are closed. Australian citizens are required to obtain permission to leave Australia at least until the end of 2020.Such permission is only granted for compassionate reasons. “I am going for a holiday in Greece” does not qualify.Greece may ...

  • Singapore Airlines on Qantas website

    Feb 24, 2020, 07:39 PM

    It does not matter.Singapore Airport is one of few airports that offer luggage handling services for connecting passengers.Even if the airlines refuse to transfer luggage, it will take you a few minutes at a transfer desk to request this transfer to be made by the airport on your behalf.

  • Malaysia's Z shows up as Flexible Economy in Qantas Airline Earning Tables.

  • You will not get access to Al Safwa lounge, and will be asked to visit their “First Class” (different from Al Safwa) lounge instead.

  • Best SIM cards for a month in Europe?

    Nov 26, 2019, 06:34 AM

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  • Overnight transit in Shanghai

    Nov 21, 2019, 01:46 PM

    Shanghai immigration are indeed reluctant to issue TWOV permits to travellers who have not been to China before, and hold onward tickets for =the same day=.This is where all scary stories come from.They are much more relaxed about folks who need an overnight stay.Piece of advice: before you get i...

  • Originally Posted by THR The font choice is awful too Oh totally agree with that.The font is bearable on mobiles, but completely unreadable on PCs.

  • Totally agree that Velocity will be at the bottom of the list.But that does not mean that Velocity will be relieved from its obligations to Velocity's customers.Velocity will have to refund the ticket and deal with the loss.

  • Originally Posted by patrickk If the airline went bust then the reward ticket holders would be well down the list of creditors so I would take the refund now for $60 and do something else with the points We are not talking about the bankruptcy of Virgin, or Velocity programme. It is ab...

  • You can always cancel any reward ticket up to 24 hours prior to the intended departure at a charge of either 7500 points or AU$60 per ticket, as per standard Velocity cancellation policy.So the loss of 60 bucks or 7500 points is the worst case scenario.If the airline your ticket is booked with go...