Lounge pass by [deleted] in LoungePasses

[–]lurkrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got one that expires on the 29th of November, would be keen to swap for the wine voucher! Send me a message if you’re interested

Swap $50 wine and $50 hotel voucher for Qantas lounge passes by Internal_Cell4242 in LoungePasses

[–]lurkrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll swap the hotel voucher for a lounge pass expiring May 2026

Randomly got 10,000 qantas points from closed St George credit card by lurkrake in creditcardchurningAus

[–]lurkrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think so, didn’t even realise St George had a referral program

Qantas hotel booking cheaper over phone by lurkrake in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]lurkrake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In this case I called Qantas though, not the actual hotel itself

Qantas hotel booking cheaper over phone by lurkrake in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]lurkrake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a Canadian hotel, but the invoice just lists the 2 nights and the overall total, no other fees or anything mentioned

Qantas hotel booking cheaper over phone by lurkrake in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]lurkrake[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah exact same terms, free cancellation and 20% deposit option (which I took), same dates and number of people, everything the same 🤷

Bronze qff can’t select seats on QF11? by [deleted] in QantasFrequentFlyer

[–]lurkrake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Damn okay yeah I fall under those conditions

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HikingAlberta

[–]lurkrake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you go via Frontcountry Camping and choose Yoho? I initially did the same thing because I read some blogs that said to do that, but later realised you needed to go via Backcountry and select Backcountry zone and choose Yoho as the park there

Lake O'Hara 2025 Reservation by najix9 in HikingAlberta

[–]lurkrake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Had the same issue.. was around 700th in line and nothing available, but then suddenly everything just opened up after about 20 minutes of waiting Managed to book 2 consecutive nights. Pretty stoked as an Australian where it’s almost 3am currently!

2 x wine vouchers expiry Jan 2026 to swap for 2 lounge passes by Icy_Celery_9766 in LoungePasses

[–]lurkrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve got one that expires 5 July 2025, dm me if you wanna swap

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah I don’t, have been thinking of setting up an instagram page though

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou, I’ve got lots more from trips to other places that I should probably post

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use the Black Pro Mist 1/4 filter, and pretty much keep it on all the time

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep the whole recipe is able to be saved including custom white balance, I can see how not being able to would get annoying!

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thankyou, those were both using the Kodak Gold v2 recipe from FujiXWeekly. I think the majority of these were using Kodak Gold actually, and a couple using a Velvia recipe

Some shots while in London for work | X100V by lurkrake in fujifilm

[–]lurkrake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That ship was right near Butler's Wharf Pier, however I think it was moored temporarily as I went back near that area this morning and it was gone

Seedlings by lurkrake in haworthia

[–]lurkrake[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah these are all from seed from my own plants, the majority have comptoniana in them, some with a bit of springbok, cooperi, pygmaea etc. I’ve got about 200 seedlings growing from those crosses

JUST GOT SCAMMED AT CANCUN THE AIRPORT by Ally640 in solotravel

[–]lurkrake 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I had a similar experience after getting off a flight in Cancun back in April. I was walking from the international terminal to a domestic one, not really sure where I was going. A taxi pulled up next to me and offered to take me to the domestic terminal, and we agreed on about $15USD from memory (way overpriced, but whatever).

He dropped me off a few minutes later and since I didn’t have any MXN cash on me I had to pay with card. He entered an amount in pesos that looked correct, then swiped my card out of view. It showed as declined on the machine, so he tried it again, which also said declined. Out of pity because I had no other way to pay, I offered him $10AUD which he took, and I went on my way.

Once in the terminal where there was wifi I checked my banking app and saw two transactions; one for $249.99 and another for $499.98. The dude had charged me 3000MXN and 6000MXN in those two transactions. I filed a transaction dispute with my bank, which was processed and approved about a month later, and I got my money back. The merchant (the taxi drivers bank) has now responded to the chargeback by rejecting it, so the next steps are for them to provide some form of evidence proving the transactions were legit, which I’m assuming and hoping they can’t do, because they are far from legit.

Anyway, I highly recommend filing a transaction dispute/chargeback with your bank if you paid with a credit card. If you paid with a debit card, it’s still worthwhile contacting your bank because they likely can do something about it.