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    Not Happy P&O [Pre Paid Drinks]

    Because they model pricing based on single person use, not as a card that pays for 15 drinks/day. And if you share, that cuts the revenue model in half. As only one person would buy the card, and then both would use it if there was no restriction. And even heavy drinkers at 7 alcoholic...
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    Webjet refusing refund on cancelled flight

    Obviously, there's more to the story. As a business, webjet aren't just going to randomly cancel tickets and not return money. So what was the reason given, and what else did they say? The fact the OP didn't include this necessary information, but makes extreme accusations, just makes one...
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    30K Bonus Velocity Points or 250 Status Credits or $200 Coles Voucher with New Credit Card

    Velocity, as the offer is from them (as well as the points). As long as you have the trigger points from Virgin Money, they have done what they are meant to do).
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    SYD-SFO-YVR (United Reward)

    It seems to be working fine. e.g. I chose 16 Jan, Syd-YVR, for 4. It offered 2 p.m - 9:18 p.m., totalling 269,200 points. If you're not seeing that on the day you're looking for, it's likely due to availability (which means calling won't help). That said, being ready to get as soon as...
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    Virgin Australia "Milestone Announcement" June 1, 2023

    Aka "guaranteed award seat allocations for Gold, platinum and beyond increase in cost by 27%" Doesn't quite have the same ring to it.
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    Email received from VA - Share your thoughts, and lunch with our Velocity CEO

    Just because you want even more doesn't mean it is not generous.
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    Virgin Australia "Milestone Announcement" June 1, 2023

    This seems to be more about a play for new members (in prep for their IPO) than actually anything substantive.
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    Virgin Australia "Milestone Announcement" June 1, 2023

    ...Or it was just meant to be a celebration as Matt said, and teased that more announcements are to come... but ET just got overexcited and made out that it was more than that. Then when corrected, tried to cover everything up ASAP and not say a word to not look more foolish.
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    Velocity points on NH booked via UA

    Just enter what you can earn now e.g. United or whichever you prefer. If a better offer comes up later for Velocity before you fly, you can change it then. But you don't have to worry about changing it to something else if it doesn't.
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    My mother booked flights with tight connections in BNE

    I wouldn't say it's worst. It's at their hub, it's a frequent connection, it's the same airline, they know you're connecting, and transfer services are every 10 minutes. If the arriving flight actually happens to be late, that's on VA to resolve, and it's plenty of time for the transfer going to...
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    Qatar onboard messaging?

    Based on what's shown here it doesn't appear to be part of their offering.
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    Don't bother asking ChatGPT [3.5] about anything related to Rewards programs

    Since we're talking about chatGPT, a useful lesson. As a bonus, it also relates to an airline... https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/27/23739913/chatgpt-ai-lawsuit-avianca-airlines-chatbot-research
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    KLM boss goes undercover as a flight attendant

    If it was the US version, she would have been on the flight solely to get some good sympathy stories and gift US$50k to the most deserving staff member, who was operating on that flight.
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    Australian Frequent Flyers - I will appreciate your feedback

    There are a few details I'm unsure about, but the way I read it it seems like the outward FF booking is cancelled and being refunded now? While the experience hasn't been great, if that's the case, I'd set aside any issues with QF (unless you really want to pursue things with them) and just...
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    Virgin Australia To End Ola Ride Share Partnership

    I had the same experience with Uber (as well as Ola) in Brisbane. Makes sense, if they're going to switch to Uber they would apply the same behaviour on Uber (unless there are extra restrictions, which clearly there aren't).
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    Yield management madness - J Class on VA is cheaper than Y class😔

    Checked and in the week leading into Christmas, only Flex is available on Economy for flights to Bali - a popular Christmas holiday destination. So it's comparing that against discount Business. Cause most travellers to Bali don't book business class. But all the cheap seats - which would be...
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    Booking direct vs. using travel agent

    As above, you should be able to lock in the cabin with P&O as well. There's probably a link somewhere in the booking process that enables you to do that, but worst case you can call P&O and they can book it i.e there's no special rate that a travel agent will have that the cruise line won't that...
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    Overnight in Tokyo and finding flights to an entire country?

    Haneda airport is a better choice for public transport to Tokyo than Narita, if you have an option in connecting airports. As above, don't take a taxi. Regarding lounge access, at London it appears to apply based on purchased ticket class, and premium includes access to the Galleries lounge at...
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    Best card with no forex fees

    I'd say it's standards/tiers, just like you have with airlines. I wouldn't say they'd be better than (some of) those who haven't. It's very unlikely any of the big 5 "banks" will have a data leak, due to their standards. However, as seen with Latitude and others, lower tier companies haven't...
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    Best card with no forex fees

    Keep in mind many of the "fee free" options only mean no explicit fee. They still have a hidden fee in the exchange rate. As I recall the AU AmerEx will use a 3% exchange rate. At least they declare it, but obviously that's higher than the point value you'll get back. When you find a card...
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