Originally Posted by AnthonySyudney The reason why you can not find any Emirates seats is the as of April 2019 Emirates no longer have flights out of Sydney Not sure how you came to that conclusion but there are 3 EK flights per day out of Sydney, reducing to 2 when the BKK service is killed off

I use a carry-on Samsonite hard-shell, and a larger hard-shell checked-in Samsonite for business travel. If going on holiday the wife and I will also take a large soft-sided case for clothes and unbreakables, and keep the checked-in Samsonite for fragile items. Have previously used American Touri...

It's also done to stop business travellers using it when they only go away for a day or two.

EKs reward seats aren't usually available this far out, but if you set up an EF alert there's a very good chance of picking some up over the next 2-3 months. Has worked for me every time in recent years (generally flying into CDG and out of LHR or LGW)

I have a friend who uses RB for his flights to London, and he loves them for the cost in J, but he's a teetotaler. As per the previous post, they were taxiing out to the runway only to see a bunch of cars race up beside the plane and force it to stop. Out of one of the cars jumped a Prince and hi...

Agree with all those who've advised against using money cards. In addition to appalling exchange rates, Travelex have some truly obnoxious practices. For instance, if you load AUD onto your money card, as well as the foreign currencies you want, you will be charged almost double their usual rip-o...

I think this 'madness' has quite a way to run. The CC companies are trying to reduce the number of points they give us by any means possible, and even more so when it's done in an indirect way, because they know there is a tipping point for most people where the headline points earning rate dips ...

Does anyone know roughly how much the airlines business partners (banks, supermarkets etc) pay per FF point that they purchase, and then give out as 'rewards'? I suspect the info is fairly tightly held for CIC reasons, but a ball park figure (esp for QF and EK) would help me.