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    Booking Qatar with Privilege, then changing when Velocity accepted?

    That is totally untrue - I changed mine after choosing the seats from Qatar to Virgin, then lost the seat allocation. So had to change it back. So yes it is easy to do.
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    Booking Qatar with Privilege, then changing when Velocity accepted?

    I suppose it depends whether it was before or after check in - once checked in, I doubt it can be changed for those flights you have checked in for. And not sure about points being transferred either given one is Avios and the other Velocity, but also, status credits cannot be transferred at...
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    Switching FF number on Qatar booking

    I did it last year for a family trip on Qatar in Dec - booked and used my QR Platinum to choose seats. Then changed it a few months later to Virgin once the partnership was up and running and my chance, found out about 4 weeks later that all seat bookings had been removed the moment I changed...
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    Switching FF number on Qatar booking

    Actually, to be fair you can do this after you have checked in, but note the return would lose whatever seat selection you had. You ten collect the points, change back to the original FF, choose whatever seats are remaining (and likely lesser choice) and do the same FF swap after check in again.
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    Switching FF number on Qatar booking

    You cannot - if your Qantas status is higher than Virgin, for example, and one allows seat selection, the moment you change your FF details, you will lose seat selection! Ask me how I know (and found out the hard way!
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    Qatar status levels at renewal with insufficient points

    Ok, this is a fairly easy question but just keen to know (and I should really know this). I'm currently QR Platinum (after their status match offer back in 2020). We have a flight on Xmas Day (economy) to LHR, and in between the outbound and inbound journeys. my Platinum status will expire. I...
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    Velocity points delay into account

    Ohhh - do you know the Platinum email address at all? was not aware of that
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    Velocity points delay into account

    I'm just curious if this is something others have noticed but as Velocity Platinum member for the past 5 years, I tend to be fairly observant on points I earn, as much out of curiosity as anything else. Up until a few months ago, I found that when I flew on a domestic Virgin flight, points and...
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    Qatar points and status credits to Velocity

    There is a current issue with the system - you will still earn points and s/c's but the systems are apparently not talking as well as should do. My flight to LHR two weeks ago had the second leg points and s/c credited but nothing else. So simple answer - you will accrue points and s/c, but...
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    Qatar points and status credits to Velocity

    Apparently there is an issue with points being accrued from Qatar Airways at the moment and they are on hold which is why the option to claim missing points for Qatar is not there!
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    Qatar points and status credits to Velocity

    Interestingly, the Velocity points and status credits for the first flight (Mel - Doha) have still now shown up in my account 14 days later. When I go into 'claim missing miles' on Virgin's page, you have to choose the airline. Guess what airline does not show up in the list... This will...
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    Qatar points and status credits to Velocity

    So last week I flew business from MEL - LHR with stopover in Doha. I am QR Platinum and Velocity Platinum too, but used my Velocity number in the booking. Doha layover was the usual 3 hours. Booked on a QAR flight number as Virgin were not showing very many options at all. It was booked...
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    What defines lounge access?

    Just as an update as the OP - so had my Virgin number on my boarding pass at Melbourne when checking in. Went to Qantas First lounge, showed them my OWE digital pass on phone and myself and a colleague were let in without issue. Upon arrival into Doha, I headed for the Qatar Platinum Lounge...
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    Qatar Airways customer service

    Just curious on other experiences with Qatar, when most of my recent flights have been Virgin or Qantas. When we booked for an Xmas trip to UK in economy (6 pax), it before the Virgin partnership had gone live. I'm Platinum with both Virgin and Qatar. I booked seats for all four legs (return)...
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    What defines lounge access?

    Thanks and makes sense. Open to interpretation I guess. What's MMB?
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