Originally Posted by
LostAntipod
After that trip however, her indoors only wanted to go direct to SYD without stopovers , and I found availability for this so hard, so I ditched the Amex card once i had to let a 2-4-1 expire. Then i ditched BA on long haul since I was regularly getting better fares and service through Asian and ME airlines. Then I ditched the wife....but that's a whole other story !

No stopover?! After my 3rd return trip to Australia in Y with no stopover in either direction, I vowed to stop being so masochistic and never to do that again.