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I have to disagree with you. I find Virgin's soft product still more inconsistent than Qantas' offering...but Virgin is getting better and more consistent as time goes on. It is entirely dependent on the CSM in my experience. (Qantas 3600+ SCs per year, DJ 2400 SCs per year).

This warning is *NEW*. It most certainly wasn't there with my last E190 flight (MEL-SYD-BNK). MEL-SYD was fine. I then boarded SYD-BNK only to be informed that there was no J service and would I like to purchase something off the menu to eat. "But my ticket says BUSINESS". FA goes away for a...

Barring unforseen circumstances, I'm in.

I may well be in the somewhat ironic position of living in Melbourne, but having to fly from/back to PER for this meet, but I'll be there. (Perhaps making it a status run trip is in fact not at all ironic given the nature of this forum).

Ditto...but what if you had to pay $ for J instead of flexi + upgrade? Would that change things?

Re: Points + Pay Gotcha (H fare bucket doesn't count as an eligible sector for status Indeed. I can't recall the last time I took a "classic" award with Qantas - I tend to recoil in horror at the "waste" of points for a classic award vs a JASA or FASA. Clearly for my purposes, Virgin points +...

Just a little unexpected gotcha with a recent award flight... Haven't seen this mentioned in other threads, but a Virgin Points + Pay award flight not only doesn't earn FF points or SCs, but it also doesn't count as an "eligible sector" for status requalification. Referring to Virgin's Ts &...

100% agree with you on this point. "Soft landing" just isn't good enough when so many are being freeloaded by Virgin. And yet, there was at least one BIS flying pointing out in this thread how close they were to Platinum...and no comp for them. Don't get be wrong - if *I* was offered something...

(Not a personal comment on dfcatch - a general comment on comped status) We don't want you in our line. Not any more. *That's* the point. You were welcome for the last 12 months, but your welcome has worn out. Virgin clearly still wants you there, even if you've only flown 280SCs or 90SCs, for...

Not if it turns off *actual* high value frequent flyers. In my case, I can state for a fact that I will be flying Virgin less this year, directly as a result of; 1. Removal of ATA, and 2. The constant freebies thrown around by Virgin to those that have *proven by their actions already* that...

Finally came out of assessment limbo. Interesting that the 3 of us all requalified Platinum, but we got different emails; Me 800 SCs + lots of sectors SWMBO & MissD 800 SCs & about 3 sectors each My email "Welcome to another year of Velocity Platinum" The girls "An update to your Velocity...

I travelled in Y for the first time in a while last week (using up the Qantas freebie grounding flight) and was offered J wine. Award release - 1 success for 1 attempt. Having said that, I also set a U watch for the flight in Expert Flyer which triggered a week or so pre-flight so I cancelled...

This seems to be the one thing P1s all agree is the "deal-maker" for P1. Such a seemingly small thing...and yet so handy.

Great news! Definitely a much better outcome than other reports of the "Virgin up-then-downgrade" scenario.

Good luck. There are plenty of reports of this happening with Virgin and when you get to the gate you get unceremoniously changed to 27B.

90SCs for P1? Worth it for the advance seat selection options alone - pick any seat at any time in your cabin, international or domestic.

Have to agree with this. I'm also at 12-odd days in "limbo". It's just not a pleasant way to be. In my case, I personally easily requalified, but I am interested in whether SWMBO and Miss D have requalified, as it will affect how I set up family pooling from here onwards. (All should requalify...

Just discovered this thread, and I'd love a get-together time permitting.

I, too, have the "reassessing" message. However, I rang up to use up the extra upgrade and the Velocity staff member indicated to me that they could see that I have requalified and had 4 (+1) upgrades available, even though only the bonus upgrade was showing on my account when I looked. So...if...

I will do this if things look desperate (since it is an extra 200 SCs). Right at the moment, both SWMBO and Miss D have sufficient flights already booked in the next 3 months with Virgin to make it to the 8 required, and neither have SCs expiring until well into next year, so at worst they'll...