Recent content by markirl

Hi there, thanks for the advice. I guess that they're unlikely to weigh it unless it looks too bulky etc which is good news. We have already weighed nearly everything and that's why we know that we're touch and go - there are certain things that we absolutely want to bring on as carryon as we...

Hey folks, In a couple of weeks, myself and my wife are flying with VA to AUH and then EY to LHR and we're pretty tight on luggage currently. Our check-in allowance combined is 75kg (I'm SG and we're going economy due to severe financial restrictions) as well as the 14kg carry on between us...

All booked! Thanks for all of the help guys, in the end I just booked normally online following a quick call to VA.

The plot thickens - perfect dates are available again with Virgin BUT the flight booking page still hasn't updated my points balance! Disaster website!

You guys have helped a lot - I'll let you know how I go. I'll be going lowly economy as 2 of us need to fly this time!

Hi zainman, More good info, thanks! As I've never made a booking like this, should I first ensure that I'm talking to someone who handles partner bookings and then if I don't get the result I want, ask to talk to their supervisor? I guess if it doesn't work, hang up and try again? Mention EY...

Guys, this is great information! To add to this for future posters, the correlation that I've found is that the reward seats appear to vanish off the VA site once the EY site shows 3 seats or less (for any one sector). This could be completely coincidental but for the two months I checked and 4...

You, sir, are a genius! Just had a look and there are seats on my 2nd choice dates, so I will call Virgin this evening to see about booking these. Out of interest, is there any limit to the seats that Virgin are entitled to? For instance, I can see that the Etihad flights that have become "sold...

Hi folks, I've been looking to book a flight to LHR/DUB/MAN during Jun-Aug and have been waiting for my account to tick over the points required. However, I've been keeping an eye on the flights and availability seems to vary massively - anyone else noticed this in the past? I now have enough...

Looks like Flexi food is gone between Mel-Syd anyway, same snacks for savers and flexi fare now.

Hi folks, First time poster, long time lurker! I have a few questions to hopefully draw on your experiences. In May/June, myself and my wife are planning on heading to do a 3 stage trip to Europe - Sydney - LAX, LAX-NYC and NYC to somewhere in Paris/London. I currently have about 50000...