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Yes everyone will have status, plenty of velocity points, and of course the very practical and overflowing "travel banks"

Yeah i was in similar boat. Seriously considered gift cards, but after seeing people report that it is still showing as “pending” 10 days on after redeeming for them. Doesn’t inspire me with confidence. I’m not taking a gamble like that where the “upside” is getting roughly 0.5c per point value...

I just transfered my points across. It may not make a difference in the end but at least I've done what I can lol. I'm gonna end up with a travel bank in excess of 5k as it seems virgin is intent on turning it's customers into creditors so thay they can continue to pay out salaries for a few...

Well I had to transfer my points across. It may not make a difference in the end but at least I've done what I can lol. I'm gonna end up with a travel bank in excess of 5k as it seems virgin is intent on turning it's customers into creditors so thay they can continue to pay out salaries for a...

It seems passengers with award bookings have received refund emails about cancelled flights as late as June. I have flights that have been cancelled for April and May (all revenue fares) and still have not received a single email. I'd be curious if anyone has received an email regarding a...

No it's not good enough but it's what is happening. They realise full well that it is not practical to get a travel bank, what everyone wants is a refund for their cancelled flights. Who knows when it is going to make sense to start flying again. In the mean time everyone is building up huge...

I agree but they should have to come back on the very next flight there is a spare seat. Not at their own leisure or after the holiday is complete. And should be properly tested and quarantined when they return home. Giving them a pamphlet and telling them to "self isolate" doesn't cut it. Most...

Wow what a joke! We really will have no one to blame but ourselves. All this nonsense about social distancing and isolating when all we had to do was close our borders effectively and immediately.

Seeing how cases/deaths are doubling every few days in many parts of the EU like Italy, Spain, France I'm surprised we are allowing Australians returning home from Europe to be responsible enough to "self isolate" I know it's way OT but if we want to be serious about protecting Australia from...

Because it's the standard procedure. We heard plenty about 750 axed virgin jobs late last year. If ever there was a time for layoffs it would be right now. This situation is not just gonna blow over. And even by some miracle it did sort itself out in the next few months, the airlines in...

I'm shocked that Virgin haven't announced any staff being stood down. Maybe not to the extent of Qantas given they have a much smaller international footprint but I would have thought 1/3 would be excess to current needs. One thing is for certain though, they sure as hell have not put them on...

That would normally be the case. But that means nothing right now. At the moment good luck even getting through to speak with an agent. And in the meantime the airline itself may or may not even be around much longer.

Looks to have stabalised in Japan as well, maybe some light at the end of the tunnel!

Haha very true! "She's made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can... and she will"

Yup only if they are being processed and sent out. I suspect that they haven't suspended the ability to transfer points to KF purely because if they did it would be almost an admission they are going down and that would only speed up the process. With gift cards they can stall without it being...

The only thing I can assume is that we (the customers) are the ones over reacting with panic and the airline owners are actually more informed than us and the companies more robust than we are giving them credit?

The only people really that won't benefit at all (aside from reds) are platinums who had already requalified for their next year and whose review date is after the beginning of June 2020. Oh well lol <Edit> Assuming the additional SC received before their review don't help them in being able...

Yup it will be a long while before the industry bounces back, to think both airlines will survive is very optimistic indeed. Is there any possibility that Qantas crumbles first? I mean I know it's unlikely but I wonder what kind of odds an informed bookie would set.

I'd say hold tight. Calling now would be like getting the fire department to help rescue a cat stuck in a tree while the bushfires are still raging.

True. I should have said *unless explicitly advised otherwise* Neither offer will affect me directly, but I'll be happy if it keeps them fighting a while longer.