Trains in Japan are very easy to use, even for English-only speakers. Shinkansen tickets have always been available immediately before departure in my experience of probably 20+ intercity journeys. Pricing is a bit complicated with a ‘fare’ ticket and a ‘seat’ ticket, w...

I flew on a Finnair business lite fare Paris to Helsinki (transit) to Singapore as OWS a year ago. I received the free checked bag and lounge access with guest. I think I verified with Finnair before travelling to be sure I wouldn’t get a bag fee at checkin. Paid for one bag for wife. H...

You might be platinum now, but will you get to life platinum. Probably not given the crazy points earn needed, but you might get to life gold.

Keep your boarding passes. I recently had to request a boarding confirmation statement from JAL before Qantas would credit points and then they objected because the booking system sometimes joins my first and second name together. One of those less than satisfactory interactions with Qantas.

From the Qantas website: oneworld flights on separate tickets/bookingsare not eligible for through check–in, except if you have a Qantas Frequent Flyer reward or Qantas commercial booking, advise airport staff at check-in of the booking references. Which I interpret as including a commercial boo...