Nathan
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Yes, you will receive two checked bags for the business class segment on a Lifemiles award.
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Yes, I just did a transfer from Capital One to Qantas and it was an instant transfer.
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Most international airlines don’t have first class, they’ll have economy, premium economy and business class.
Virgin Upper Class is business class and it is lie flat.
The way to be sure, and to see for yourself about a product, is when you have found potential tickets, take the airline and plane flight model and YouTube/Google search it.
Not all business/first class is created equal.
Go and see what the experience is actually like on board.
There are many travel creators and flight reviewers who cover this stuff extensively.
And for flights to Paris, keep searching.
If your dates aren’t completely rigid, you should be able to do better than 160 each way.
Try searching Air France without putting in date so you can see their calendar and see where you get.
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British Airways & Airbnb have a partnership, so you can earn bonus miles with that.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-us/executive-club/collecting-avios/hotels/airbnb
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Our linked accounts became unlinked 6 months ago.
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Yes, it does.
You can also call or chat with AMEX to confirm.
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The Emirates 777 has fewer larger first class seats than their A380.
I would take Emirates first hands down even if Qatar was less points.
We flew Emirates from Chicago to Dubai to Maldives and it was awesome.
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Citi Thank You Premier is 3x on gas.
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Start with Chase due to their rules about # of cards allowed.
Chase also is easier to redeem so better for beginners
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For toiletries, shops like Boots or DM in the UK will have travel size options as well, so consider either getting your toiletries there or a mid-trip replenish rather than a 2 week supply in your luggage.
(Depending on what you’re doing on your trip I realize this may or may not be helpful/possible.)
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Very happy with Allianz.
I go with the big guys in this situation
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Airline discounts and elite/VIP perks, including:
- Cathay Pacific offers 5-25% off flights, as well as a complimentary upgrade to Silver elite status. That status includes priority check-in, complimentary advance seat reservations, access to business class lounges while traveling on the airline in any class, and an extra baggage allowance. The status is valid for a year, after which you’ll need to re-qualify through normal methods.
- British Airways offers FoundersCard members up to 10% off most round-trip fares between the US or Canada and the UK.
- Alaska Airlines offers 5% off fares within the Continental US, Hawaii, and Canada.
- JetBlue features preferred flat fares for Mint (business class) transcontinental flights, plus up to 5% off coach and business class tickets. Mint fares are as low as $800.
- American Airlines offers a changing list of benefits, including extra frequent flyer miles, elite qualifying points, or the opportunity to receive complimentary Platinum status for three months, with the chance to keep it by flying a certain required amount within three months.
- Qantas, the Australian flag carrier, offers a whopping 10–25% off flights from the US to Australia or New Zealand.
- Emirates offers 5–10% off US originating fares. The airline serves more than 125 destinations around the world, and offers particularly useful routing for those traveling from the US to the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.
- Singapore Airlines discounts US originating flights up to 5%.
- JetSmarter, a service that helps members find available seats on private and chartered flights as an alternative to flying commercial — but for a much cheaper price tag than flying private normally carries — offers FoundersCard members a free three-month trial.
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While people like to dunk and hate on Air India, now that TATA has taken them back over, there has been marked improvement.
The hard product on the old 777 in J is below standard, but the soft product is improving.
They have a lot of new widebodies coming online in the next 18 month so the hard product will improve.
The reality is that I have found that the service, cleanliness, and food to be a whole lot better than the last two trans-Atlantic UA Polaris flights I have had.
I expect that with TATA’s investments, AI will soon be at par or better than our US carriers for international routes.
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Depends on the route, but usually Delta is the cheapest.
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I’ve stayed several times at Hyatt Regency Tokyo.
It is pretty easy to get there from Haneda.
I personally recommend the airport limousine bus because you don’t have to deal with the subways and it drops off right at the hotel.
The main area of Shinjuku is about 15-20 min walk from the hotel, or take a very short subway ride to Shinjuku station.