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  1. eastwest101

    The Stocard App

    Yeah, I just realized that it might be a geographically staged rollout, in which case if they stuff it up they can learn or someone else can roll out a better app. What were the drawbacks of Google Wallet again? Was it not being able to share other family members' cards? Or is it just a privacy...
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    The Stocard App

    Just tried an experiment, I have Stocard on an Android phone already and installed Klarna app on the same Andriod phone - only 6 of the 40+ loyalty cards I have made it into Klarna App so that's an epic fail right there if that's their idea of a successful migration. Edit: Actually scratch that...
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    The Stocard App

    Same here - I'm an Android user who uses Stocard every day, I have not received any notification about Stocard being shut down. Is it possible that maybe Klarna might shut down Stocard on iOS before Android or vice versa? Seems like the kind of thing you would want to warn your customers about...
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    2024 F1 Thread

    Yaeh - the thing that stood out to me in the post-chequered flag warm-down lap was Norris saying that next year will be his year with the obvious celebrations of McLaren winning the constructors. If the McLaren is as good next year, as it was this year, I have a suspicion that next year might...
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    Credit Card Offers Westpac Altitude Black Offers for Bonus Qantas, Velocity & Altitude Points

    I have applied, been approved and hit the spend recently, will post back with how quick the points arrive, the second-month billing cycle due soon and have hit the $6K spend.
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    Are QantasLink going to fly to Biloela, Olympic Dam, Quilpie and Cooma?

    Do you reckon the BNE base will be first to go all Q400 with SYD and then MEL ADL later? I have heard on the grapevine that simulator availability is tight so might be might be some alternative places being looked at to convert all Dash 8 to Dash 8 Q400.
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    Virgin Australia to Reconfigure 737 Fleet - Spend $110M

    I have been flying VA a fair bit lately and the PA is as you say "2 toilets for rows 3-30 in the rear of the aircraft" and seems pretty standard announcement now but its part of a much longer spiel and I suspect the length and number of these spiels with very repetitive and boring information...
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    Will you still earn/retain Velocity status beyond 2025?

    And it would be nice if they could even operate their schedule on time as well. I don't know if it is crew shortages or aircraft shortages but I havent seen many VA domestic flights on time at all after about 3pm on any weekday lately. Their OTP stats will be in the toilet when the next set of...
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    Advice: re pursuing possible misleading Economy X pricing display on Virgin website

    Just to close this out, I had my State Dept of Fair Trading come back after some back and forth between them and a Virgin representative, with an offer from Virgin for a "goodwill gesture" of the value of the difference plus a small amount for my time. The more important "win" for me is seeing...
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    Advice: re pursuing possible misleading Economy X pricing display on Virgin website

    Yeah - its not a huge amount of money for me in this case, but its the principle of how things are displayed on airline websites was why I was making the effort. As I said before - the T&C's in an email are irrelevant for a customer that wasn't even aware of the promotion at the time. Virgin...
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    Advice: re pursuing possible misleading Economy X pricing display on Virgin website

    Just as an update here, the relevant State Fair Trading body is still in the process of dealing with this complaint, I don't hold out much hope of a clear win, as others on here have made the point that the word "From" may be a loophole that merchants can drive a bus through, but I did notice...
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    Qatar Airways to acquire 25% of Virgin Australia

    If I'm not mistaken Gilbert & Tobin have acted on behalf of Virgin Australia for quite a while, but also have had Qatar Airways as their client?
  13. eastwest101

    First Qantas A220 revealed

    Interesting, as well as the perception that its an 'orphan aircraft type rating' plus the obvious lower pay, do you think it might be something about the bases for A220 pilots? All their bases of SYD BNE CBR HBA and MEL have all seen astronomical price rises in real estate and are expensive...
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    Article: The Cost-Saving Strategy of Earning Status Every Two Years

    Nicely put and simple economic equation to work off, maybe changing that number to say $20 per Qantas Status Credit might be a decent 'rule of thumb' for people unable to do last minute or plan a year in advance leirure flights or status runs and/or flying BFOD Y a lot, as you say, a simplified...
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    Credit Card Offers Refreshed Amex Velocity Platinum Card Benefits & Offers

    Hi all - sorry for the stupid/obvious question, but I have an existing Amex Card (an old legacy Suncorp issued one if I am not mistaken) that is still open, but thinking of closing it soon. Am I right in that if I successfully apply for a new American Express Velocity Platinum card with the...
  16. eastwest101

    Virgin 737-8 Max Business Class - No Divider

    Yeah obviously some disconnect between Virgin management and Virgin cabin crew about this, the original dividers with magnetic ropes did work well and was intentional in design, I am sure that cabin crew would have brought this up when the first dividerless aircraft turned up and then as the...
  17. eastwest101

    FIFO - general discussion

    Totally different on Charter flights put on by the company, in most cases now charter flights won't have any alcohol available on-board for various reasons, and acting like a d@^khead on board will be passed onto company HR so any misbehaviour won't last long. Obviously, some FIFO workers also...
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    Advice: re pursuing possible misleading Economy X pricing display on Virgin website

    Its difficult to screenshot the entire seat selection page on PC as its fairly lengthy, the length of a B737 in fact. I thought my screenshot at the top of that page covered the relevant seat pricing info and selection. Obviously in hindsight I should have taken more screenshots, and this is...
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    Advice: re pursuing possible misleading Economy X pricing display on Virgin website

    Yes, in my case I hadn't seen the promo email and was unaware of it. I simply saw what looked like a temporary reduction of Economy X seat selection fees at the time of booking. Note there is no explanatory text differentiating Economy X sests from Exit Row seats in the descriptor legend to the...
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    Qatar Airways to acquire 25% of Virgin Australia

    Qantas goes bolshie and is now the champion of pilots and crew pay and working conditions! Thats news to me.
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