I will be completely upfront: Seats.aero looks like it has been hit with the ugly stick. The interface looks like it was built by an engineer in a hurry, with plain tables, utilitarian toggles, and zero glossy corporate polish. They…
I love travelling and collecting things. I have a tribal willie gourd from the highlands of PNG, a tattered fez i got from Egypt in the 80’s, a tortoise shell from fiji from the 70’s, a blowfly that doubles as…
Australia is a big country. That matters more for mobile coverage here than almost anywhere else you’ll travel — pick the wrong provider and you can lose signal for hours at a time. There are three major networks, each with…
I closed my St George Amplify card this month. Not because of one bad experience — because of two at once. The redemption rates were getting worse and the fees were going up, and when both of those move in…
Julie has a credit card problem – she does not have her own credit card. Her card has always run off my account, my points, my statement. It never felt like an issue. Then I actually sat down and thought…
Silver status on Qantas doesn’t get you into the Qantas Club permanently — it gets you periodic lounge invitations instead, and I had one sitting in the app for a stopover between Townsville and Sydney via Brisbane. So that’s how…
When the opportunity was available to drive a car one way from Brisbane to Townsville over 5 days with a $1 a day car rental, we were all in. We got there on a 6am flight using points and the…
I have never really understood why anyone would willingly choose a 6am flight. Usually, it ticks absolutely no boxes. But when I snagged a $1 relocation car rental starting at Brisbane Airport at 9am, the maths suddenly changed. When I…
As a life and travel hacker, I am always looking at ways to optimize my holidays. Whether that is leveraging points for business class upgrades, matching the right credit cards to trigger complimentary domestic travel insurance, or optimizing international itineraries…
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