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It's Qantas. It only took them 2 years to finally produce a decent card for P1s... :p

Having just returned from the US with a markedly delayed QF108 JFK-LAX flight which would have missed our LAX-MEL connection if not dealt with, I was pleased to receive two personal phone calls from the P1 team (3am Saturday morning Australian time) proactively keeping me informed of the...

It would be interesting to see what they had to say. I also had a look at CNS and OOL using Expert Flyer and all the planes are empty in J. I suggest sugar rather than pepper though; "I can't seem to book award seats on these days - is there some sort of glitch in the system?" vs "gimme the...

That's pretty strong evidence that it's simply VA deliberately blocking Easter from redemptions (as is their business right to do so if they think they can sell all the seats). No idea if emailing VA would be successful. Perhaps you should go the day before/return the day after which is when...

1. Either too late, or 2. Virgin have chosen not to offer upgrade seats on these days. I recall a similar situation last year with the PER-MEL flights on the Friday before Christmas. It was Cash or nothing to get home. Qantas was the same. Expert Flyer shows all the MEL-PER-MEL flights over...

We'll have to agree to disagree I'm afraid. Every time I have had delays or problems with VA they have been entirely unhelpful. :-| Pleasant - yes. Polite - yes. Helpful - nope. I've always had to either suggest solutions or proactively help myself at the earliest hint of a problem. My family...

Absolutely, yes. I would and I *do*. I have one last VA MEL-PER flight this weekend. All my MEL-PER bookings after that are on Qantas DESPITE the substantial price differential. Why? 1. QF consistency of service. VA service, even on their supposedly flagship coast-to-coast service, varies...

If I were in your situation, I would do the status runs. The ability to select front row of your cabin when booking is worth the extra 400 SCs even without considering the other subtler benefits.

All upgrades (Pay + Points, Pay + Complimentary) book into Z, which Expert Flyer doesn't show for Virgin. In my experience, if Expert Flyer is showing J7 then there are at least 3 upgrade seats available.

Here, have an ice cream. :mrgreen:

I took a recent PER-MEL overnight flight with Virgin on their flagship A330 product. There were 3 people including me in Business Class. I got to see the manifest inadvertently and was amazed to see a total of *3* Platinum frequent flyers on the flight, me being one of them. The other two were...

Priority boarding has not been an issue for me recently. Either it works just fine or by the time I have sauntered over to the gate the masses have already boarded and there's no queue. Frankly, I am highly impressed that the P1 team are finding better seats for P1s. That's an *excellent* use of...

dk4's post about JAL domestic first class is right on the money. Having had the pleasure recently of several sectors worth of JAL 1st class domestic travel, it leaves everything else domestic I've tried far behind; 1. Seats are very comfortable indeed 2. Service is sensationally good 3. Price...

Sadly I'm a last minute scratching due to work committments in BNE. To those that make it - enjoy yourselves.

1A whenever possible for me, sometimes 1K for a bit of variety. 1. No one can recline onto you. 2. In 1A you generally get served first so no chance of missing out on any meal choices and no need to gulp food down fast on short sectors. My daughter did an unaccompanied minor status run a while...

My flying habits make the 4 complimentary upgrades a nice little bonus. MEL-PER-MEL in J is fairly common for me, and doing them @ $700 return instead of $2000+ return is pleasing. Having said that, until Sabre and Velocity get sorted out, Qantas is getting the vast bulk of my business at the...

No P1 specific love for me recently. Got 2 days at the F1 last year, but nothing so far for this P1 year. Still hoping, though. The ability to select any seat in the cabin + the ability to get extra award seats if needed are really the only two tangible benefits that I've used this year [even...

Just getting my head around all the new Virgin changes, and noticed a new Business Saver fare class, very well priced indeed ***on some sectors***. eg MEL - SYD Virgin Business Saver $420 Virgin Business $575 Qantas Business (D bucket - cheapest) $656 There seems to be no difference in fare...

I think I would speak for all of us here in categorically stating that we would be delighted to have either of the two of you in charge of the A380 we are on. (And Simon, I know there's a smiley there to avoid misunderstandings). I have not had the pleasure of JB flying me yet, but I have had...

J or Y? Had the perfect Virgin example just 2 weeks ago MEL-CNS-MEL (in J). MEL-CNS had the giggling girlie routine for the duration. [Wife commented on why I still bothered with Virgin as they hadn't improved since her last trip]. On the return, they couldn't do enough for us. [Wife was so...