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Honestly I’d assume children are excluded from AIA given the nature of the program, but it would be worth a go. Call up their customer support - they’re generally very good.

Only if they have their own AIA account. Business fares are not eligible for the cash back.

I wonder if it would be possible to book PE through VA by calling them?

You can complain to either or both, depends on how much complaining you feel like doing!

I haven't heard reports of anything working as it should, so you should be expecting to pay for your checked baggage. Easy to get a refund online after the flight though.

I didn’t push it too hard as they didn’t seem to be able to do anything about it (they were quite nice). Didn’t get priority boarding though. I submitted a request for a refund and it was issued straight away. Tried for another flight, same thing. This time it was an economy reward ticket...

Very good news!!

Just checked in for a domestic flight here in the US as a Velocity Gold member. The staff member charged for checked baggage despite me trying to explain that it should be included.

I am having a similar issue with an upcoming flight YVR - SYD. Entering the AC airline reservation code on the AC website gives the error message: We're sorry, we were not able to process your request. Please try again, or contact us for assistance. 4649 This is a different message to when...

I'm looking at booking a J reward MEL-NRT HND-JFK in July, wondering if this is just a non-starter given the uncertainty with Japan and needing to transit through Tokyo... any advice? Thinking of booking it and making the call later!

Hi all, any tips for the 100 SCs required for the status challenge, ex-MEL?

Bronze member looking to take advantage of this. My next membership year ends 31 July 2022. Will SCs earned before this promotion (1 December) and between 1 March and 31 July count towards anything? I was going to do some flying in the US June/July 2022 to try to keep gold but am thinking that...

Ah yes, I had a look out of GVA and it's a fair bit cheaper ($650) but still more expensive than I expected!

J availability for LHR - MEL with Etihad but it's 139k points plus ~$1000 in taxes and fees... is this normal?

Haven't been able to find any in the opposite direction yet!