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A couple of weeks ago the F/J security line was empty but the smartgates were the problem, only one smart gate was dedicated to F/J and that new area with security before immigration doesn't have enough gates yet, this will change once the whole area is done but for now it's a bit of a mess.

If they introduce a flagship section I won't complain about this change.

I didn't think you could use cashback portals with accor plus or member rates?

The original fare + the fare difference counts. The change fee does not count.

No different to how the old 5 pts per $1 was calculated. GST and all taxes included except the credit card/payment surcharge.

New plane, VH-YVC. This is what’s showing in the system but it just landed from Sydney. This will delay arrival into CBR by about 2 hours, and also impact CBR-OOL-CBR-MEL throughout the day.

Maintenance issue.

It comes and goes so don’t get too excited as I’m sure it’ll return.

This is normal even for those renewing the membership doesn’t change until the specific date.

That's just the regular V2 config (the one with more J seats). https://www.airnewzealand.com.au/seat-map-boeing-787-9-2 Apparently the first flight is blocked in J/PE but still for sale in Y.

If you have Gold status (50K, 75K or Super Elite) with Air Canada you get lounge access on Virgin domestic but no other perks therefore if travelling a lot within Australia it'd make sense to switch over. It's worth noting that Virgin recently moved to a full revenue based system effectively...

Yes it's possible, you can manually edit the URL of a domestic multi city to change the destinations from domestic ones to international ones...

Why fly direct when you can connect! Just be happy you aren't on the return DOH-MEL-ADL that stops in MEL for ~6hr between 11pm and 5am.

So it looks like it’s a hybrid sort of emirates food with QF drinks. I guess at 5:30pm this gets replaced with the usual Emirates stuff.

Anyone on QF12/94 tonight, can +1 at LAX.

Was it QF or EK staff and did they have the normal EK setup of food/drinks?

Nope it does not. Only those with life time membership or status.

It should be, in the past on public holidays they’ve kept normal weekday hours but who knows if they still do. I guess the only thing is to walk down find out and report back, mind you if you pass by the terminal and the normal queues are minimal or the downstairs security you can still find out...

As above not just airlines but hotels as well. I recently found out Accor quietly removed the turndown service and a few other benefits for status holders. The March 2025 page has it but by April just gone (confirmed via the way back machine).

This has been very watered down. Lounge access is only on AF, KL, VS and ME but only for the card holder (no guest) and only when flying on that airline and accessing a lounge operated by that carrier (no third party lounges).