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    Lounge Access for Platinum flying Hawaiian Airlines

    Re: Lounge Access for Virgin Platinum flying Hawaiian Airlines Well it would at least be nice if they could negotiate alternative arrangements for the Hawaiian flight. It would also be nice to have lounge access in HNL (and other ports) for flights not to Australia, but I guess the link with...
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    No lounge access for VA status pax flying HA from BNE

    So the solution was to remove Brisbane from the list rather than negotiate access to a different lounge? Disappointing.
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    Getting toward the front of the plane

    Of course back when golds could choose them they were full of platinums and golds and maybe some lucky silvers. Finding no-status people sitting there on full flights is an obvious consequence of the current setup. On non-full flights though the current situation is clearly suboptimal.
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    Getting toward the front of the plane

    fwiw I think at least 3 of last night's SYD-BNE flights actually were 100% full in economy (as judged by inability to fly ahead and zero flexis for sale), so on those flights it's reasonably likely that a non-allocated red would have a decent chance of getting a seat at the front.
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    No lounge access for VA status pax flying HA from BNE

    Hmm well this is disappointing, I'm booked on that flight in a couple of months.
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    New Mobile Checkin process

    Just checked in for a flight, sent boarding pass by sms as per usual, but the va.aero/blahblah link redirects to the front page. Sent boarding pass by email and I see that the sms version dropped the last 2 characters from the link! The full string is longer than usual (12 vs usual 6), maybe...
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    Family pooling - my wife's points have been credited but not my own

    I've had something similar happen over the weekend too. One leg credited for one of us (and pooled across) and the other leg credited for the other. I figure I'll give them a few days before putting in a request for the missing 2 flights.
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    Security bias (or the perception of such)

    Yep roughly 100% for me there as there's usually no one else going through at the same time. Staff there are really friendly though so not a bother at all.
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    Access the new checkin site on laptop

    For a little while now the front page has offered both the web (flash) and mobile (not flash) versions: The news here seems to be that they've replaced the mobile check in with this new one. I liked the previous mobile check-in (and liked using it on my laptop), hopefully this one works at...
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    Agoda showing Less hotels available when booking through VA

    My Agoda account was opened before the Velocity tie up and the rewards system still works, but yes I don't think it's possible to merge it with my Velocity account.
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    Book Singapore or Virgin?

    Don't forget about the SGD40 voucher when transiting SIN on SQ: Changi Transit Programme - Singapore Airlines Ends soon but they've extended it before...
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    Velocity rewards for 'round the world'

    RTW and Circle Pacific fares existed at one point, maybe they still do? https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/content/Specials/RoundtheWorldandCirclePacificFaresTermsandConditions/index.htm Some earlier discussion, though the fares no longer appear on the Special Offers page linked therein...
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    Question about checked luggage on DL

    You should get the same allowance as a Delta Gold Medallion member according to this page: Gold Membership | Velocity Frequent Flyer Which means you should get two free bags in economy on flights within the US: Checked Baggage | Delta Air Lines
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    VA transfer to SQ 1.35:1 VA

    Also, from the Velocity announcement email, "As a Gold member you will also enjoy an enhanced travel experience, with your Velocity membership level now printed on your Singapore Airlines and SilkAir boarding pass."
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    Virgin Australia UpgradeMe pricing and success

    I have a DL-ticketed itinerary coming up that includes codeshares on VA's BNE-LAX and LAX-BNE. Although the Virgin system doesn't retrieve my itinerary properly (including a flight to "not available" heh), it apparently does offer UpgradeMe bidding on the BNE legs, which it identifies as VA7 and...
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    New membership card?

    Yeah I got the same email, unsolicited. Not really something I want to use, and imho looks less nice than the original card. My email had an image of the new card, the magnetic-stripe side looks fairly similar to the front of the original card (but with added magnetic stripe across the bottom).
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    Saving a few dollars getting to Syd airport...

    Ahh ok, thanks.
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    Saving a few dollars getting to Syd airport...

    So just to be clear, you can use a freshly-bought $10 card to catch the airport train? From a quick look at the Opal site it looks like the minimum balance to tap on ($2.31 during off-peak and $3.30 during peak) is independent of the station access fee. Thus surely for the time being no one...
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    Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

    Actually Dr Karl has prosopagnosia, so he would find this difficult by sight alone!
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    VAH 2014 results announcement

    And selling a 35% stake in Velocity.
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