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What if? Shortly after booking Virgin Australia to Haneda, the Melbourne to Cairns segment was cancelled, being replaced by a routing via Brisbane, still flying the day before. There was no issue for me; the additional stopover was not a worry and a bonus 80 status credits to be earned. Not...

For the last flight on this trip, boarding at BNE commenced 33 minutes prior to departure. However, unlike Cairns PAX were still arriving 25 minutes later. In the end push back was as scheduled. The Cabin Manager was Debbie who's friendly service helped make the flight enjoyable. The menu...

Then it'll be $983,000 in +++ for approval to fit it on an aircraft.

I generally repair mine where I can. My current rollaboard which I've had for well over a decade is on its third pair of wheels/bearings.

I haven't. At Haneda the transit VA-JL was 15 hours overnight. Shortest transit booked is 4 hours and that is on the same PNR. I do have a 10 hour transit on separate PNRs. Both of those are at Doha, flying in and out on QR.

Yes!

I'm on one tonight ... from 1A Very AA'ish ...

There were no remaining seats available on the flight, showing full, J0/Y0 so I guess they were keen on getting us away. The doors were closed a full 17 minutes early and push back was 3 minutes after that. Takeoff soon followed. The Cabin Manager for the flight was Aleric. Their service...

My Cains accommodation was basic with no status benefits; booked via Qantas Hotels with the cost significantly improved by a Points Club $50 voucher. It did the job, I slept well and the shower was fine but no late check out for me. Uber at a more reasonable rate than the prior evening had me...

Your last sentence is the answer being two basic things. Firstly, give a great leg up to earning WP for two years until late 2027; Secondly to actually go some places I had not been before. In this case, 2 days each in Budapest and Warsaw as well as a week in DOH. Note, these locations were...

The DONE4 Last year I purchased a four continent Oneworld Explorer Business Class fare (DONE4) departing Japan. I used an extremely competent Travel Agent to book this and the cost all up was a little over $9K. This would be flown as three separate trips, beginning in February. The first...

I had effectively an hour transit at Brisbane. I went to the lounge and fired up my laptop for some research. Boarding for the flight to Cairns was on time and soon I was in my seat. On-board I was approached by David who took my pre departure drink but then advised there would be at least a...

Off to Brisbane; this was a strait forward flight on a route I have travelled over a hundred times. The business cabin was attentively serviced by Yoey. The meal options were: Beef Quesadilla with charcoal salsa Vegetable and Chickpea Tagine with optional Chicken. I chose the tagine ... I...

Two trains and a bus later, I'm in the Virgin Australia lounge having some soup. The trip was mainly uneventful, my late running second train may have strained the scheduled 5 minute bus connection at Broadmeadows, but the bus itself was running 10 minutes late. One thing did happen though on...

Looks like they plane to build the gates to the West outside the Skylink loop. https://dfw.intelligencebank.com/customshare/index/j1b9z

Someone did not check the weather forecast. Carrum beach, Wednesday evening. Still beached last night ...

Prologue I am about to head off by train to Broadmeadows station from where I'll catch a 901 bus to Melbourne airport. There I'll catch Virgin Australia to Cairns. This trip was booked last year as a status run as part of retaining Velocity Platinum. The Business Class journey MEL to CNS...

There no Admirals Club at Buffalo

Anecdotal ... https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/qantas-platinum-one-experiences.35716/post-2855182