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Qatar's top tier carries oneworld Emerald, and the thresholds are lower to keep than to reach. But a share of your Qpoints has to come from Qatar's own flights.
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Six big programmes work in three ways: points, a cash rebate, or a discount you buy outright. One question about your own nights settles which suits you.
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Hyatt publishes a nights number and a points number for every tier, and the choice between them decides whether the programme suits how you travel in Asia.
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Thailand licenses its money changers, and the rules set what they display, record and may sell you
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No visa is needed to connect at Hamad without leaving the airport. To leave, you need visa-free entry or the Qatar Transit Visa: QAR 100, a 6 hour minimum layover, valid up to 4 days.
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Four terms, used inconsistently by the governments that issue them. Qatar renamed one outright, Korea's applies only to people who need no visa, and Sri Lanka's own portal calls its authorisation both things at once.
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Most passports get a 30-day visa on arrival for IDR 500,000, extendable once. Before you land you also file the All Indonesia arrival card and pay Bali's IDR 150,000 tourist levy.
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Plaza Premium First and Plaza Premium Lounge are separate products at the same airports. What each costs in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, and which one a bank card or pass admits you to.
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A duty-free allowance is the amount you can bring in without paying duty. It is a threshold, not a shopping budget: going over is legal if you declare. The published limits for fourteen Asian countries, and why tobacco is sometimes zero.
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One sells plans, the other sells gigabytes, and only one of them can give you a local phone number. Which suits your trip depends on things you already know.
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Seven major carriers, their own published prices, and the booking step that decides whether yours is free
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Since 15 September the stay is 30 days instead of 60, and the list is 60 nationalities instead of 93. What the Royal Gazette, the embassy and TAT say, which passports came off, who kept access through a bilateral agreement, and the transition question still open.
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Vietnam allows 1.5 litres of spirits, 200 cigarettes and VND 10 million of goods duty-free. Declare cash over USD 5,000 or VND 15 million, and 300 grams of gold jewellery.
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The seven categories China prohibits on import, what quarantine takes off you at the border, and why one currency figure is a hard limit and the other is only a declaration.
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What the paid membership includes, and the arithmetic that decides whether it is worth buying for your travel
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