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Nope it is 3.20pm departure I'm fairly sure - so 3hr 20min. Even though I checked in at basically 12pm on the dot, I didn't get into the lounge till 1pm. Baggage security at MEL is a mess and I have no idea when they plan to fix it. Priority lanes are 'open', but they just awkwardly put you in...

It is the Marhaba lounge at MEL - I can confirm that for you. Regarding the lounges at DOH, I'm not certain, but I'm fairly sure @jase05 is correct. There is also a combined Plat+Gold Lounge near the C gates in DOH now which you can also use and this is probably better than the South Platinum...

Hi All, Why does security at MEL (international) still require pax to take out liquids when they have new 3D CT scanners? At every other location I have used these scanners, including London City, LHR, FCO (Rome) and domestic terminals at MEL, literally NOTHING is required to come out of the...

Not sure if you're still flying, I just took this flight yesterday and I can confirm the counter opens bang on 12pm - so only 3 hrs 20 mins. Just further on this as well, the staff isn't the most competent here either. Firstly, the check in agent wasn't sure if someone with an Australian...

Hi All, I booked a flight (MEL-ADL) for me and a friend (visiting Australia) and now I need to cancel as I will not be taking this journey. The ticket was a Red e-deal, so if I cancel I get hardly anything back apart from about $25 in taxes, but I can get a flight credit. Reading everything I...

Gooday Folks, Does anyone know what time the Qatar Airways check in counter opens at Melbourne Airport? Specifically the 3.50pm flight?

Thanks Matt - seems like the best thing to do for me.

Not confident at all. In fact pretty confident that I won't do enough to retain it. So likely to lose my platinum status in Feb 2024.

Yup got the offer for that - which is why I won't go for the VA offer in 2023. 1675386122 By April 2024 I don't think I'll have Platinum status - I doubt that I'd have it anyways as I can't see myself flying VA enough to maintain Platinum.

Hi All - a bit of an update on my situation and hoping some folks could give me some advice. So I have done enough to get Velocity Platinum (confirmed via phone and in writing through email), but I will only get it around Feb 10th - which is perhaps handy in my current situation. As expected...

Still showing as gold with an expiry of 30 Dec 2023. Just got off the phone and they said that I am platinum, but I need to wait for 8 weeks till the status to show on my VA app and account - which definitely sounds sus to me.

Has anyone who is supposed to get Platinum status not got it yet? I had a review date of 16 Dec and still gold. Also, my account is not showing that my status is 'being reviewed' anymore. I called VA and they just said 'you need to wait 8 weeks from the 16th of Dec'. Anyone else in a similar...

I'm in the same boat as a few here - I've matched to the Switcharoo promo from BA and eligible for Platinum with a review date of 16 Dec 2020 - nothing showing yet at all for me regarding platinum status.

How can you be relatively sure about data coming from the UK? I live in the UK and hardly anyone tests anymore - sick or not. So explain to me how that gives you confidence in terms of data? Again, there is a dangerous variant - what have you or ay government done about it?

I'd agree that it may be a political one. But once again, as mentioned in another post of mine, we know there is an extremely dangerous variant in the US/UK right now. You're ok for people carrying that variant to travel to Australia I assume?

Well you're factually incorrect - so in trying to prove a point - at least say the right thing. This doesn't apply to 'all passengers' - it applies to 'all passengers from China'. Secondly, people who are traveling from China who test positive will need to defer travel; not ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE...

Well Australia has all but forgotten about Covid - pre-departure and post-arrival testing no longer are required from anywhere. Hell, you don't even need to be vaccinated anymore to enter the country. In July, literally every covid test/requirement was ditched for travellers. Australia basically...

If you disagree - what is your evidence?

The restrictions/requirements for travellers from China is racial and there is no evidence otherwise. Some of the comments here to try and justify these new restrictions don't hold up when you (a) consider the vast majority of medical professionals have actually spoken AGAINST these...

In general I think the UK Telegraph is trash and run by mostly racist and xenophobic management, however, I do agree that next year may be 'interesting' from an aviation standpoint. Unfortunately, a good 4 - 6 months after we all thought we saw the "last of covid", it seems like testing...