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    floydbloke replied to the topic Opinions/reviews of Cathay Pacific. in the forum Back of the bus 1 year ago

    After all this time, got back from our trip yesterday.

    Overall no issues with Cathay, would fly them again depending on plane type (see below).

    Flights were on-time, IFE works well and reasonable selection, food was pretty good.  Service was professional and efficient, but  not particularly wartm and friendly.  I found this to be the case wi…[Read more]

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    floydbloke posted a new activity comment 1 year ago

    Good article thanks Steve.
    I’m still stuck using OneSmart, mainly for the reasons you point out. Use it to save up for the holiday and I’ve still got some residual US$ on there that I got at 83 cents per kiwi dollar about 5 years ago. Really don’t like their website much though and their Android app, still at v1.0, is just awful.
    Also agree…[Read more]

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    floydbloke started the topic OneSmart bonus points promo Apr/May 2018 in the forum Air New Zealand (NZ) / Airpoints / Koru Club 1 year ago

    Back in April/May OneSmart ran a promo giving out bonus airpoints for a foreign currency load.  Please did anyone keep that email that they can forward to me or perhaps post the wording of it here.  I deleted it thinking I wouldn’t need it but I haven’t received my points. I would like to have the exact wording in front of me in case it turns in…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Air Travel reports in the forum Travel Tips 1 year ago

    Haha, truth be known I haven’t read any of them.  It’s just a site I came across linked to by a facebook post about the 15 busiest air-routes in the world.  More of trivial interest rather than useful.

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    floydbloke started the topic Air Travel reports in the forum Travel Tips 1 year ago

    Not a tip as such but if you’ve got not much to do on a cold wet Sunday afternoon there’s a bunch of free reports available here:

    https://www.oag.com/insights?__hstc=238362719.e22f6b5736e04ac45a116e777467b018.1528954110368.1528954110368.1528954110368.1&__hssc=238362719.4.1528954110368&__hsfp=2232426365

    some of which might be of interest to…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Received another apologetic, grovely email from them offering 50% off my next rental with them.  Their PR department is pretty efficient.

    I still don’t have an answer to my original query though.

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Their Executive Relations manager responded overnight.  Thanking me for contacting the MD and saying they will investigate, and to contact him directly if I have any further questions (with a firstname.lastname email address rather than a generic mailbox).

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    9 days on, nothing from the ‘appropriate department’.  I’ve sent them a sh*ttogram saying I’ve booked with Hertz and they’ve lost a customer to the competition, cc’d in the Europcar MD for the UK.  I doubt very much that it will change anything but it makes me feel better.
    I’m still genuinely curious what that exception statement means.  It mu…

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    That nudge prompted a response, here is their latest:

     

    Thank you for your reply. 

    We have sent your query to the appropriate department as we cannot find any information about this subject. They will answer you back directly. 

    We apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.

    that has come from their reservations email address, who I was a…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Which again strengthens the case for the customer to take photos or video when collecting the car.

    I’ve not heard of/read about any ‘made up’ damage claims by the rental companies here in NZ.  maybe that’s because  the base-rental price of the vehicle still makes them money, even for the cheaper operators.  Whereas in UK/Europe it has got so pr…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Yes, I do intend to do that, regardless of having bought the SuperCover.

    There’s a thread on FlyerTalk where a Hertz manager has fronted up to ask questions and in one of the posts just about admits to the incentives I mentioned

    https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10150737&postcount=91

    Although that thread is very old now, things…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Yeah, I must admit that’s the most anxious part of our upcoming trip. Hopefully for every bad experience you read about there are hundreds of good ones that don’t get written about.  I like to think I’ve done my homework, planning for the worst, hoping for the best.  There are things that we simply can’t control – like the rental firm running o…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Prompt response from Europcar, but not overly helpful yet:

    ‘We cannot see such specific message on the website. The first sentence “Translation is managed in the ETM.” makes reference to the time zone (Elapsed Time Meter). The second sentence seems to be referring to the charges of another extra, whichever is next to it. ‘

    They then ask for the…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    No great rush, so we’ll see if they come back with anything.  If not I’ll certainly try and get in touch in some other way as you suggest.  Here’s a couple of screensnips.

    This came up linking to Europcar through the Accor loyalty website.  Get no such thing if I do it through europcar.co.nz (all screens are very different), but the price is…[Read more]

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    floydbloke started the topic Car rental exclusion: "Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day."?? in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    I’m in the process of getting car rental quotes for a holiday to the UK in September.

    Europcar, after selecting all the usuals, as well as a zero excess waiver, presented me with this gem as one of the exclusions:

    “Translation is managed in the ETM. 18.64 NZD per day.”

    Anyone come across it before or want to speculate as to what it might be. …[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Economy long haul – making it comfy. in the forum Back of the bus 1 year ago

    Yep.  Zopiclone, glass of wine (just one), eye mask, earplugs and noise-cancelling headphones for me.

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Tipping in Asia? in the forum The Departure Lounge (Off Topic) 1 year ago

    Reading other travel forums there appear to be mixed views on this.

    I’d venture to say that it is not customary but is becoming expected, as the photo in your post above suggests.  Could this be a results of increased numbers of American tourists perhaps in recent years, who are used to tipping at home so automatically do it when on holiday?

    I…[Read more]

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    floydbloke replied to the topic Distance on Air NZ last year in the forum Air New Zealand (NZ) / Airpoints / Koru Club 1 year ago

    Nothing too exotic sadly.  Just hopping between PPQ (or WLG with the frequent cancellations) and AKL

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    floydbloke replied to the topic My 2c worth on rental car insurance in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Agreed.  I like the ‘worry-free’ zero-excess option from Thrifty, and it’s reasonable value for money with an AA membership.

    Once or twice a year I tend to do a WLG-AKL re-locator from Budget.  On those occasions I spend $35 on a couple of days domestic travel insurance to cover the excess (wearing the risk described in my OP).  Significantly ch…[Read more]

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    floydbloke started the topic My 2c worth on rental car insurance in the forum Transport 1 year ago

    Good article by S Biddle here

    https://traveltalk.nz/reviews-tips/travel-tips/beginners-guide-rental-car-insurance/

    One thing to keep in mind when buying excess waivers from 3rd parties/aggregators or relying on travel insurance for this is that the rental car firm will charge your card straight away when there is any damage.

    In my case it took…[Read more]

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