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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    I have transferred a lounge pass to a family member. When we try to link it to their upcoming JQ CNS-BNE departure the booking doesn't appear. There is the standard 'catchall' message about capacity constraints. Is it normal for Cairns lounge to deny pax to avail of lounge passes?
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    Time for UA flights to post to Velocity Account?

    "Track your claims" on Velocity page now displays "We are experiencing temporary delays in processing partner airline retro claims, please allow an additional 2-4 weeks for partner claims to display in your account."
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    Would you vote VA Lounges as the most crowded?

    Upstairs area is open this afternoon. Stairs and lift access. Seating only which I assume means come back for more food.
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    Recent UK then EU Roaming experience with GiffGaff.

    it's always a guess as to non-standard usage. It worked out fine for me as in Tourist mode..
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    Guide for Mobile Voice & Data in the USA

    seems many providers have moved to this model. Amaysim have 365 days expiry with 50 calls, 50 texts and 1 gb.
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    Guide for Mobile Voice & Data in the USA

    My phone is iPhone. At the time I was travelling with iPhone 7 on it's last legs as I like to extend my tech. Day after I got back I upgrade to iPhone 14 and now I'm looking forward to eSim freedoms.
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    Would you vote VA Lounges as the most crowded?

    I've made a few trips in VA on the BNE-SYD sector and for me I'm voting the VA lounges as having the most crowded feel. It could be the design layout. It could be the number of people for the size. I know on my last trip at the SYD lounge I had to do two laps before I found a seat. It...
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    Time for UA flights to post to Velocity Account?

    thanks for the datapoints. I'll submit a claim for mine and leave MrsAlbatross for a while. I'm interested to see if a claim triggers an update of the entire flight or if each one goes through as an exception.
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    Morocco

    Prior to leaving Australia Amaysim advised that they do not offer any service in Morocco. The GiffGafff sim I discuss Recent UK then EU Roaming experience with GiffGaff. also was not going to have any service in Morocco. The Amaysim did work in Morocco albeit for incoming txt only. Wondering...
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    Guide for Mobile Voice & Data in the USA

    On my trip to USA in June I picked up a Lycamobile SIM from my local ubiquitous Duane Reade. USD29 was the sticker price with taxes is about AUD50. 6GB of data, 30 days, free calls and texts on this offer. Absolutely the most difficult company to initialize and get things going. Once I had it...
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    Recent UK then EU Roaming experience with GiffGaff.

    Yep GiffGaff , that's the name of the Sim I selected at the random supermarket I visited a day after arriving in the UK. I think it was a £2 purchase for the SIM. I signed up online for a £10 one month package which included 15Gb total data with 5GB of EU roaming data within the total data...
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    Avis EU & UK car hire discount strategy

    Update to this adventure. Avis is not Avis when you start travelling to Europe. The Australian Avis Preferred has variable interpretation depending upon the franchise. My quick experiences: AVIS UK For our one way hire the agency had recognised our Preferred and had our car and details all...
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    Time for UA flights to post to Velocity Account?

    We did a couple of uA sectors on Polaris. Wonderful experience I’m interested to see where i finish the year for Virgin using family sharing and Mrs Albatross SC also.
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    Save 30% off TripIt Pro

    I've been using the free TripIt since (i'm guessing) 2007. I have all the travel history in the app. For our recent RTW trip I stumped up for the Pro version as the free version has a limit of 3 'attachments'. When we left had 12 flights, 13 hotel bookings. The pro version allowed me to...
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    Save USD$20 on New York rides with Revel.

    While in New York I was given a referral to the all electric rideshare service Revel. They have company owned Teslas and directly employ drivers which gives them a pricing advantage over Uber. They also have a fleet of mopeds for hire across many other cities. I signed up with a referral code...
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    Time for UA flights to post to Velocity Account?

    Anyone have any recent experience as to the delay I can expect on UA flights flown with a Velocity number to show in my Velocity account? First flown 10 June, no activity yet.
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    Vietjet launch fares BNE-SGN

    I arrived at BNE this morning and saw the cabin crew making their way threw the terminal. Certainly turned a few heads.
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    What compensation to expect for Baggage delivered 10 days late and after being back home.

    Final compensation on this was $180 after three weeks of email to/fro to over essentials purchased. Nothing offered towards the ineffective week of being onsite without the training aids.
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    Delayed Baggage claims

    Well our bags arrived at the hotel 42 hours after our arrival. I sent off all the receipts last night and received a generic acknowledgement. A further email from the airline this morning, claim approved! They asked for bank details and a final ID check. Acknowledging the risk that purchases...
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    Delayed Baggage claims

    excellent link, thank you. our claim for 'essentials' came to ~USD500. We look quite dapper in essential matching "I Love NYC" hats.
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