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I dunno, that often gets brought, but there's a lot of complaints in the Qantas forum about inconsistencies within the alliance as well. Most recently of Cathay Pacific citing "overcrowding" to stop people going into certain lounges and the situation at Bangkok airport. I've been *G for over...

Is it available to Australian card holders? I might have a look at it tonight, if it is. Might be a good alternative to paying for Seats.aero

It does depend a bit on how you define QF. If you consider flights outsourced to the various Qantaslink airlines (about 60% of QF coded domestic flights) to be separate airlines then yes, VA mainline operates a lot more flights domestically than QF mainline. If you consider QF mainline and...

With Fed gov the status credits post but the points don't automatically. Supposedly this is because of both appearances and because DoF has negotiated a discount by forgoing the points, however I've heard, very unofficially, that the overhead to make sure the points don't post costs the airlines...

I'll put a vote in for the Movenpick, which has become my go-to hotel in Melbourne. For me it has the right balance of comfort and price most of the time. It's a lovely, new-ish hotel and it's in a very handy spot for transport, right across from Southern Cross station. Great if you're taking...

Has anyone made use of the co-working facility at the Novotel/Ibis at Melbourne Airport? I'm curious to know if it's any good and how much a day pass costs. They don't have the price on their website.

At a guess I'd say that the Italians "sold" the debt to them. They would have done this in bulk (or have an ongoing arrangement) at a low percentage of the amount owed, simply selling every debt they were owed in Australia to this agency to collect. At that point it becomes a debt owed to the...

I think andye was referring to the government itself (probably via Dept. of Finance) getting a certain amount of cashback, based on spend, each year. Not the individual. I believe this is pretty common with corporate travel arrangement, some of them even increase the amount of cashback that the...

My former housemate did receive a speeding fine from Italy as well. I dutifully forwarded it on to him, and the subsequent follow up letters, then the letter from the Australian debt collection agency that they'd passed it on to as well.

Given the size of the APS (~194,500, excluding active service military and non-APS entities) and the need for the geographic distribution of the service (only 36% are based in the ACT), that amount seems quite low, just $25.70 per employee. Obviously travel costs aren't incurred like that, but...

One thing I've learnt over the years is that people on the VA forum here will complain about everything. Virgin could start gold plating the boarding passes and people would be on here loudly declaring that the dazzle from it hurts their eyes!

There's a list of the exemptions on the DoT's website: https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/infrastructure-transport-vehicles/aviation/aviation-safety/aircraft-noise/airport-curfews/sydney/overview I have been on a delayed flight that took advantage of this exemption and took off a few minutes...

I take this flight fairly regularly and while I haven't missed the curfew yet, I've been on flights that have come very close. I'm taking it next week and it's always top of my mind that if we get delayed we might not take off or might not end up in Sydney. At least once WSI opens up there'll...

I've found the Sebel Civic to be fine, though it's serviced apartments rather than a hotel. So no restaurant but much larger rooms, a kitchenette in the room and it's in a great location. Reception does close at 10pm though, so if you need to check in late you have to call security and access a...

Looks like this account is now in its last days: https://www.bankwest.com.au/bank-accounts/qantas-rewards I've noticed that AMP has now announced a new transaction account that earns Qantas points, don't know if the end of the Bankwest account and the creation of the AMP product are linked.

Well, yes, you are. And we're entitled to discuss if your views on this topic are accurate or should be taken seriously. I think the consensus is in...

Why is it that you've kept flying VA? You're a prolific poster on this forum and always furiously denigrating VA and yet, despite your complaining stretching back years, you've kept flying them enough to (supposedly) maintain Platinum. If you are flying VA enough to maintain Platinum then you...

Buried in amongst all the docs submitted to the ACCC for the Qatar deal is this little nugget that, at least partly, explains the price disparity: Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways - Response to interested party submissions (page 7) So under the SQ arrangement it's pretty obvious that VA is...

I've been wondering that too, for quite some time.

Looks like you're about to get a direct option as well. https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/united-airlines-adelaide-san-francisco-flights/