I've found that access to business class awards through Velocity is very limited anyway.The key is to transfer Vecloity points to Krisflyer (at a 1.55/1 discount, admittedly) which gives access to an infinitely better inventory of SQ rewards.

"The onus is on you to be able to prove that relationship if called upon by Qantas"OK, so how are we meant to do this?  DNA tests?  Ancestry.com?  It may be possible to demonstrate the relationship between parents/children, but no document exists that proves that my first cous...

 LH gives you just a top (!)The Germans are famously relaxed about nudity, but that is taking it a bit too far!

Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."This article appears to be an example of the above.

“making travel easier and border checks gradually faster.”I very much doubt this.  Firstly, it costs an extra €7 that you didn't have to pay before.  Secondly, they're going to fingerprint people, which is a hassle taking several minutes per traveller.I predict the grea...