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Sure, but that's the situation with CBR too. MEL is the intermediate stop in either case and has no curfew. The times departing MEL aren't significantly different in either direction with the change from ADL to CBR. And the standalone MEL rotation is many hours later in the evening so they...

Before I make a moderate detour to the Cellarbrations locations that are somewhat proximal, what kind of gift cards might I hope to find?

Yes, these timings are better than ADL. Given that the flight times and time zones are negligibly different, it's not clear why ADL didn't use a similar schedule rather than the terrible overnight MEL stop.

While this makes sense as a perspective for ADL locals, I don't think CBR is an improvement? ADL at least has the Plaza Premium after passport control, for Amex holders and such. CBR doesn't have any lounge at all in the international departures zone as far as I am aware.

I was looking at dates where the SYD vs PER premium was not significant. I found return J fares to FCO (low taxes makes it good for comparison) in October for about $8400 from PER and $8600 from SYD on the same dates.

Yes, this seems odd to me too. The general thrust of the new chart seems to be that they intend to offer single through award bookings [Aust port]<>DOH<>[Euro/Gulf port] and vice versa. But as far as I understand, VA prime codes will only be between Australia and Doha. And award seats are...

Yep, same here.

Is WSI actually exempt from the current caps? It could be like ADL or CBR or OOL, as another port they can add without the limit?

Yes. After emailing FlyBuys and then webchatting Velocity I was told to email Velocity and it's being reviewed.

There's no longer a Flybuys lurker here to investigate these things, is there?

I note that as of the last couple of days, I'm getting full flight maps (both J and Y) for VA.

Anyone else not got their October SCs yet?

I have an evening flight this Thursday and because of late booking the business fare was worth the increment. Are they serving spirits in J on SYD-MEL flights at the moment?

Datapoint: NAB Rewards Signature (the generic one, not a QFF-sweeping one) Applied early Sep; initially declined Pushed for review; finally approved two weeks later, right before departure to NZ (had to activate Google Pay without receiving the physical card, and absurdly, some places in NZ...

Yeah, Y seat maps are still not working for me on a desktop browser, either.

Yes, this matches what I'm seeing too.

Has anyone else received info about a general solution to the problem of lost Radisson status? Or has it just been on a case-by-case basis for people who specifically raised it either with Amex or Radisson?

Yeah, I passed through DOH about three months ago with an outbound F ticket to BKK. They were oversubscribed for sleep rooms when I arrived (circa midnight) but I booked for a (paid) massage treatment and the masseuse afterward offered to run me a jacuzzi and let me doze on the treatment bed...

Were these DJ gift cards, online? Often an online purchase for gift cards processes as a different merchant than standard merchandise, and accordingly doesn't count. But I have no specific experience with this. (I have purchased DJ gift cards in-person for VAEFNO before, and received the credit.)

Paying by the month? I think they upped the monthly charge so it will now exhaust the rebates before the end of the year. IIRC my rebate was reduced in September. I think if you pay annually you get it fully rebated.