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Seriously poor service tonight by the Sydney Lounge. Despite plane having arrived from Cairns at about 9pm the operating crew were delayed by about 30 mins. However at ~930pm Sydney lounge staff decided it was time to go home so (falsely) announced the flight was boarding and kicked us out of...

Hmmm. Given they were still there in Sydney on 5 May perhaps someone needs to check their maths ... mind you, i bet it's saved VA a bucket of money in significantly reducing coffee consumption in the lounge! Maybe I'm just too cynical.

It would seem Melb lounge Friday's leftovers were still there Sunday night. Blech. Yellow rice. SHould have known better Flavourless is polite ... half a mouthful and then back to the trusty old toasted sandwich...

Syd had Nespresso machine yesterday morning. Melb still has the barista machines tonight but have to say quality of coffee is highly variable depending on who's making it here ... not too good tonight.

(Warning ... rant) Seriously. Yet again I fly and find a noddy no status (saw the boarding pass) in the middle seat of the supposed priority WP zone in row 4 right next to me. Acres of middle seats back in silver/red. C'mon VA is there really no benefit being WP any more??? (And yes I'm...

Row 3 is main benefit for me, but my regular Sunday night flights seem to have an ever increasing number of Noddy No Status sitting in 3B or 3E. Very frustrating. And don't even get me started about crew bags above row 3. At one point a while back I took to photographing crew bags above row 3...

Blimey. Had missed that little note in the results. Add me to the E-jet fans ... doing the Mel-Syd commute for last 3 years has seen me flying them often, and often on purpose. VA WP row 3 leg room is awesome and no prospect of nigel-no-status getting 3E to p*ss me off like the 738s. (:-) )

Hmmm. Rebooted iPhone and it's working now. Yah!

Close but no cigar this morning ... Virgin app now at least sees Passbook option ... downloads passbook/wallet ticket but disappears before I can click Add ........ very frustrating. Went back to app and sent SMS - does exactly the same thing - Safari opens the ticket but it disappears just as...

Beware flying Virgin out of Adelaide during frosty winter mornings on first flights ... Both Melb and Syd flights have been severely impacted this morning as a result of Virgin in Adelaide not having de-icing equipment. Either Qantas planes don't get ice or they have the equipment to deal with...

Row 3 is practically the only benefit I actually get to use as a WP doing weekly commute Syd-mel in -Y. Continue to be annoyed at Mr and Ms No Status insisting on sitting in 3B and 3E instead of it being my shadow :-) And recent fare hikes make price differences with QF small. Maybe time to get...

Yet again had to run the gauntlet of untrained, absurdly slow and straight out rude staff tonight heading to gates 15-17. Have learnt not to wait for lounge call as can't get through security at a sensible pace normally. Tonight they were on full rude setting. I know they need to do the apron...

Fav moment in Melb earlier this year ... Wanded for the third time in a row in 24 hours and wasn't particularly happy and *might* have said something uncomplementary. Was told by the uncharming wand witch that perhaps I should catch the bus instead if I didn't like their security. If I...

So what's the story with cabin crew filling row 3 & 4 lockers? Tonight had a very snappy cabin supervisor snarl at 3 of 6 pax sitting in row 3 about their bags ... Problem was that the bins above rows 3 and 4 were basically full with cabin crew bags! I was early on and got my bag up but...

Just walked through the thousand year old security screening point at MEL and could clearly see all of the new scanning gear wrapped in plastic in the space that has been hosting the ASO until recently. Any ideas on commissioning date? Bring it on!