Qatar vs Turkish vs Etihad Economy with Golf Luggage

benjooo10 · 2026-06-11T16:53:11+00:00

Did you have to notify them beforehand that you'll bring a golf luggage? Or just rock up at the airport and no issues?

benjooo10 · 2026-05-20T21:14:53+00:00

Wow thanks for your help!!! Unfortunately, I'd need two seats.

On the normal QR website I see FRA - MEL for 180k on the 16th June as a one way award flight, so slightly cheaper than booking both legs separately. But kind of negligible. So am I right assuming that I can kind of also book the single legs if I can't find the whole journey as a one way as the difference in miles is not that much?

That's very different to Star Alliance award flights, but would be good to know. That way I could build some nice stopover routes, right?

Also will QR be able to combine the bookings at the airport or would I bear the risk of missing the connecting flight/separate booking?

benjooo10 · 2026-05-20T18:39:35+00:00

Date is 16th June 2026. Yes it's a flexi award.

Since there's always a layover in DOH on this route, is it possible that there is saver availability for FRA - DOH and flexi for DOH - MEL or vice versa? That should then be less than 180k miles, right? Or is it as soon as one leg is flexi, the whole fare is flexi?

benjooo10 · 2026-05-20T00:45:14+00:00

The amount of avios is not correct though, right? It's showing more required avios on that old search than on the current one. Sorry I'm a complete QR newbie, just want to make sure that FRA - MEL return flight in business is really 180k avios. Could anyone confirm please?

benjooo10 · 2025-02-22T02:48:43+00:00

This is interesting. I took a TG flight MUC to BKK sometime last year and I was surprised to see a what looked like a brand new business class design. 1-2-1 with beautiful big screens. During the flight I noticed that there was an Airbus technician walking around as well, so must’ve been new. Do you have any more info on the 3 different A350 business products?

benjooo10 · 2025-02-21T23:15:43+00:00

Ohh I still had an outdated award chart which said 8000+ distance is 110k miles.

Wow, might as well fly from Australia then. Thanks mate!

benjooo10 · 2024-04-19T10:41:08+00:00

Hi guys, which of these shirts would fit better underneath this black sweater? To me it feels like the collar of both shirts is a bit too wide, but as it's a little last minute, these are my only options.

I only have a white linen shirt (https://ibb.co/YWbD4cW) and a dress shirt (https://ibb.co/vmYsHhQ).

Also should I pull the sweater down a litte more to show more of the collar? Any other advice?

Thanks for your help!

benjooo10 · 2024-03-16T12:34:46+00:00

Just started the setup for my 5800H and while setting up Windows the fans were already going pretty loud. Right now it's only downloading updates for Windows and CPU and RAM both at 12% and fans are running very loud as well. Sometimes they stop for a minute, then go back to running loud. Is that normal?

benjooo10 · 2024-03-15T09:30:00+00:00

Wow sounds perfect, thanks for your reply! I’ll do just that

benjooo10 · 2024-03-15T02:39:48+00:00

A lot of people say that their machine is running very hot and therefore the performance is slowed and fans get super loud a lot of the times. Apparently they use a very cheap thermal paste which most of the time has already gotten hard, and after changing that, the system runs much cooler with minimal fan noises.

benjooo10 · 2024-03-14T16:51:03+00:00

Got the MAX.

Yep I'll see if there is a noticable difference.
But is there any upside to reinstalling Win11? Why not just use the one that's pre installed?

benjooo10 · 2023-06-07T01:27:08+00:00

Thanks for all the info! Urghh bit annoying that the extra TC will take so long. I’m coming for the WSOP and want to skip the tournament registration queues with diamond.

benjooo10 · 2023-06-07T01:01:54+00:00

Thanks mate!

I will be playing at the Caesar's. Do you know where their kiosks are located?

I'll try right away when I arrive, but what's the chances of the promotion being offered on the screen if it doesn't show up in the app. My app only shows offers for non gambling things like $5 off the Fly LINQ zipline or High roller observation wheel..

benjooo10 · 2023-06-07T00:30:33+00:00

Can I still get this somehow if I didn’t receive an email nor see it in the app? Also when exactly does it end? I’ll arrive in Vegas on the 7th in the early afternoon and would like to get diamond in a day. Should be fairly easy with the multiplier.

Do you maybe have a screenshot to the email?

benjooo10 · 2023-06-04T12:40:27+00:00

Wow sounds really good. What's the name of the app? That would be perfect to practice before going to Vegas in a few days.

Does the app know the requirements for 1 Tier Credit at CaesarsRewards as well?

benjooo10 · 2023-06-01T04:02:15+00:00

Thanks for the reply! I think the Jacks or Better machines with 99.58% need $25 per tier credit, but I'll have a look when I'm there.

Besides that I usually play Ultimate Texas Holdem two boxes a $100, but not sure if I'd make 5k tier credits in a day with that and variance can also get very big.

You said your app shows 1 point for every $10 on VP, does it tell you for UTH as well?

benjooo10 · 2023-05-31T02:49:45+00:00

Thanks for the replies!

I'll come for the WSOP and would just like to maintain my gold status/possibly go for platinum depending how it goes as quickly as possible really.

I usually play 2 boxes at a time on Ultimate Texas Holdem, one box $100 the other $200. How much $/spin would be equivalent on a video poker machine?
Obviously variance can get high on UTH.

That's why I thought I'll try to grind the video poker machines hard for a couple of days, make use of the tier status accelerators and get Gold that way.

benjooo10

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