The one hotel that I recommend family and friends to try at least once is The Hotel Indigo Katong, located about 8km from the city centre. The Indigo chain from IHG is their fun brand usually located in an area…
The Priority Pass lounge at Noi Bai Airport Hanoi can be found just after clearing customs at the top of the escalator. When we visited it was not crowded, had great food options and friendly staff. Priority Pass is one…
One reason I keep coming back to Singapore is the food and particularly the food in the hawker centres. I love it because within each hawker centre there are individual craftsman who have been passing on recipes over generations. What…
I held the Qantas American Express Ultimate for a while, and on paper it’s one of the strongest Qantas points cards in Australia — a high earn rate, a travel credit that wipes the fee, and two kinds of lounge…
. I’ll be upfront: the Westpac Altitude Black isn’t a card I get excited about. It charges a flat $295 a year with no way to spend the fee off, a 3% fee on overseas purchases you can’t avoid, and…
Sometimes it’s better to pay for flights to a major airline hub and then use Qantas points to get into first class for the long haul. One of my favourite starting hubs is Hong Kong. While we all accept there…
I’ve been banging on about the long-haul layover for years to anyone who’ll listen. I do it for two reasons: to make a long-haul economy flight bearable, or to get maximum value out of a premium seat. Either way, if…
One of the biggest fears of travelling on points (particularly without any status) is that you may be regarded as a second-class citizen and could get downgraded from business class to premium economy. Even worse, you may be relegated to…
Last updated: May 2026 The walk from Wolli Creek Station to Sydney International Airport is surprisingly pleasant (unlike the $17.92 per person access fee at the Airport station). It’s also pretty easy. According to Google Maps, it’s a 2.7 km…