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I currently have -16. I should have 2. As a result a family trip I need to get booked is going up in price whilst I wait. If I don't use them for this trip then they will expire later in the year unused.

Just found out my MEL - PER flight has been swapped out today. Just getting on a flight with my family to Melbourne solely to get on 330. Have spent a fortune to do this, so I am pretty upset. Would have flown direct from Brisbane on my own otherwise.

Yes can now see prices. Once I select the first flight the prices populate and the next button appears. Phew, thought I was going to have to book through Qantas...:shock:

I have a policy of always being pleasant. Some people's reaction, to what they see as being wronged, is disgraceful. That said, it would be wrong to withhold offering compensation from someone who is pleasant just because they will take it. I have been appalled at times by the reaction of...

I gave partner Platinum to my wife last year, to renew this are less SC's required ? The same as renewing independently ? Potentially better to let her fall to Gold and give my daughter some status. I can't quite do both. They only travel with me so the only real benefit is the points bonus...

When I search for flights it shows no prices. When I select flights I still see no pricing in the right frame and you can't continue to the next page anyway. Is everyone seeing this ?

If you're forced to rebook through Amex they have some gall charging for it. In my opinion anyway.

I'm in the same boat 21,000 expiring.

By day you're in charge of the boards aren't you ;) Closet board controller perhaps :rolleyes:

Sounds like we're ready to dispense with lounges, the whole pointless status program and we can all just wait at the bus stop like everyone else. That will make all the monotonous business travel even more fun than the drag it already is.

Le Club Accorhotels loyalty cards It pretty clearly states **Upon Request for most Gold and Platinum Benefits. I don't like it but it is there.

No you shouldn't need to ask. I wouldn't call the frequency of your business recognised when it isn't automatic. However, even the listing of benefits page specifically says that the benefits are upon request and dependent on availability. That's why I always ask when I make the initial...

It is very hard to suggest exactly how to differentiation. Even with no status you should be able to expect a good level of service and all the assistance you require. I don't feel the on-board trip is any different now as a Platinum than years back when I was a red but I also struggle to...

I don't think J counts either. The true test is when you have status and are not flying J. Whether you have status or not your paying for a certain level of service in J so isn't really indicative of status recognition.

The huge rise in costs will see much of my travel go to the budget providers despite them being rubbish. I have to consider reality and the cost differential flying 3 people is just becoming too big. I am not wealthy by any means and as much as I love the benefits of my status, the cost for a...

can't disagree, but isn't it supposed to be a benefit of being a status member that you can enjoy the lounge and get a boarding call after the hoards so you're not hanging around on the plane waiting to leave. There is nothing worse than going down to the gate without an announcement only to...

That's interesting. I have been VA Platinum since the beginning and got IHG Gold, even though the offer most likely said Platinum from what you guys have said. To add to the confusion last weeks 'exiting changes are coming' message from IHG showed Platinum and not reading it in full I though it...

Here is another possible adjustment. Reset partner offers on requalify. Currently, when you requalify the used offers are not reusable and the benefits are expired. However, if you drop to Gold and then requalify you get them back. The net effect being if you are more loyal you get less not...

Ok. You're all think what's this thread doing here. :) The questions are to do with Virgin. What's different about the Virgin/Etihad alliance compared to the Qantas/Emirates alliance ? There was an awful lot of who ha over the Qantas deal that I don't recall Virgin going through with Etihad...

If you transferred over a certain number of points you got an additional bonus. This bit wasn't very well publicised though. I transferred points and found out after the fact that if I transferred a few more I would have got a whole lot more bonus. The bonus offer declines every year. The...