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I was very interested to read that traveller's firsthand account of the incident in the Traveller letters this morning: And I was even more interested to read the editor's note underneath the letter: It will be very interesting to learn if there are any more takers -- ie. whether this...

Hmm. I think we can agree that we want Virgin to succeed and that involves the airline being financially sustainable and profitable. That occasionally involves making decisions that may be unpalatable to some people. So if things like the new SC and points (earning and using) tables are what...

Exactly. Regardless of the fleet reconfiguration (see my amazingly subtle attempt to stay on topic there? 😁) VA rarely has better service than Qantas. What it has almost always had is better value-for-money. I fly Virgin, not Qantas, because I don't want to pay (actually can't afford to pay...)...

Correct me if I'm wrong but as these are VA flights (on wetleased Qatar planes), QF Gold status will be worthless on those flights? To take advantage of of QF Gold status you need to be flying on a flight with a QR flight number? Or if you book a VA flight on its QR codeshare will they...

The interesting thing that I'm seeing is that, for awards 11-12 months out (and not including Qatar's "Flex" awards which are in plentiful supply), Velocity actually seems to have greater award availability than Privilege Club at the moment. I might be wrong (I haven't spent hours trawling...

Agreed. I'm noticing in the above discussion the argument that because Etihad has offered a superior Lounge experience, the Qatar Lounge offering is a downgrade (and therefore a cause of much righteous indignation). Just remember, though: Etihad has only been flying from Melbourne and Sydney...

Thanks for your reply. That's what I'm asking. The Qantas website says that it's open "One hour before each Qantas operated service until last Qantas departure". Does that mean that it stays open all day, or that it closes after each Qantas departure, and re-opens one hour before the next one?

I'm flying out of the Gold Coast on Jetstar next week on Tuesday: flying JQ415 OOL-SYD departing 2:25pm. I'm wondering whether it's worth linking a Qantas Lounge invitation to this flight. According to Flightradar24, the nearest Qantas flights today are QF879 to MEL which departs at 2:00pm, and...

Well, this will be our second Avalon Waterways cruise and our reason for using them again is simple: how do you improve on perfection? ;)

Look, I don't think it's impossible that there may be a short-term bump in award availability on some routes while airlines work out how to deal with the drop in passenger numbers to the USA. On the other hand, it may well result in a decrease in award availability on non-USA routes as...

We have a Rhine river cruise booked on Avalon Waterways in April (Amsterdam to Basel). On the way we're planning stopovers in Istanbul and Paris, with a couple of days in Geneva at the end.

The food at the VA lounge (and I'd also add the Qantas Club and Qantas Business Lounge in T3) has NEVER been "better" than the food available for purchase outside. It's not meant to be. But it saves me maybe hundreds of dollars per year because at least I don't need to purchase overpriced...

I visited the PP lounge in SYD late last year and when I showed my AmEx Platinum card the agent at the door seemed genuinely confused that I'd chosen PP over the AmEx Centurion lounge -- she even suggested that I use the AmEx lounge. But I was perfectly happy with PP and once seated, overlooking...

Welcome to AFF @marvin65 ! If you're able to credit the outbound leg to Qatar and you're interested in Virgin benefits, then that might be the way to go: check carefully how many Qatar points you'll be credited, though, because generally (not always) you'll get more points on the ticketing...

Yes, your strategy is a pretty good way of maximising your Velocity points as it means you can take advantage of the Flybuys bonus offer for both your FlyBuys points and your Citi points. I've never transferred Citi points to Flybuys. Late last year I transferred Citi points to KrisFlyer and...

No, unless you don't count the HSBC Star Alliance card as an HSBC card. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/credit-cards/credit-card-points-transfer-matrix/

Banks will look at the combined credit limit of all your cards to determine what level of debt you can service. To have the maximum chance of getting approved for new cards, there are two big things you can do: Reduce the credit limits on your existing card/cards to the minimum amount...

Interesting article in OMAAT overnight which might be relevant to this discussion, about the failed attempt by American Airlines to give passengers more legroom in Economy. Customers in Economy want comfort, but they don't necessarily want to pay for it...

Qatar releases reward seats to Privilege Club members 361 days out from departure. Virgin releases reward seats to Velocity members 330 days out. So I was incorrect above when I wrote that Qatar Privilege club members get access to"almost a month earlier" -- it is in fact, exactly a month earlier!

@gaz0303 "Good enough" is very subjective so the only person who could "confirm" is you. Having said that, the Airpods Pro 2 have better noise cancellation (and sound quality) than the AirPods 4 with noise cancellation, so personally I'd go with the Pros. If I recall correctly Apple also has a...