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    China - never a dull moment!

    Yep I was there 2011 - 2017, not sure how many bright eyed graduates would be heading there for a gap year at the moment.
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    Qatar Airways status match to Virgin Australia

    I understand Platinum should get you into the Business Lounge for Domestic and FIrst for International. Wonder if there will be any pushback from Qantas, or they will see it as a good thing to steal business while things start picking up again... @Mattg : 540 Qpoints are required before 06...
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    LM award cancellation fee waived for Covid-19 (various reasons)

    There is a long thread on FlyerTalk in the Avianca forum, experiences are varying a lot but some are getting points refunded without penalty. There is also difficultly reaching an English speaking representative as the English speaking call center is in a country under lockdown. I have a...
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    Virgin Australia launches 'coronavirus status extension' plan

    Anyone else already have enough SCs to requalify for platinum who aren't sure they will benefit at all from this (after putting in the hard yards)? Does it mean that the current qualification period will be extended by a year (and hence already qualiying for the following period) or will it...
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    Virgin Australia launches 'coronavirus status extension' plan

    Would there be any benefit for those that have already qualified for next year? i.e my platinum status would be extended normally to June 2021, would this now be June 2022?
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    United cuts flights to SYD

    Just checked my reversion early April and am now being routered through LAX instead of direct to IAH from SYD. It says Polaris business, but what are the chances it will be the new Polaris seats? It was an Avianca redemption so i guess won't have much negotiating power to change to a direct on...
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    Sydney Wednesday Night Trivia- The Australian Heritage Hotel, The Rocks 4 December 2019

    I'll miss the Xmas drink so can come to the quiz instead
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    United is ditching award charts

    Best summary I've seen so far... https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/2019/11/16/united-mileageplus-surcharge/ I should hit OZ *G before my status matched Premier Platinum expires in Jan.
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    Is finally attaining Platinum actually worth it?

    The main benefits for me are economy X on work trips, upgrades to Perth every Xmas on the A330 to see the family and the automatic Hilton diammond status match.
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    Virgin joins AIA, 50% cashback on flights 2X per year

    There was a link in the email to the following PDF: https://resources.aia.com.au/rs/482-ROS-457/images/VIT4998_V2.pdf
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    Hotel Promotions Hilton Honors Promotions

    Wow ok... I wish i followed the hotel threads as much as the airlines ones now :)
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    Hotel Promotions Hilton Honors Promotions

    Ah nice one... i didn't know the sweet spot like the United status match... not as well known... it was a bit implusive anyway :)
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    Let's talk about Economy X

    Always go row 5, most likely to have a middle seat free and only a few seconds later getting off.... the long walk to the back toilets is a different story though ;)
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    Something's Coming...

    Wow same... actually the 10SC's might come in handy, don't need to spend as much at coles this year ha
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