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If travelling in Y I'd check in with QR on the bp and then if you want to credit to VA switch FF's. Having your QR number on the booking lets you reserve any seat for free. And you'll get a welcome from the purser on board. Both statuses get you access to the Platinum lounge at DOH.

Yes, statuses have been extended three times now. Currently due to expire 31/12/2023.

VA also had crew flying on EY when they were getting the 777's.

KUL-MEL on Batik is the longest 737 flight at the moment at around 8 hours which is about 450km longer than CNS-HND. Batik's 737 Max's have a 16 J/159 Y cabin. VA's 737s 8 J/168 Y (one less than Batik). A 737-800NG would need to stop in GUM, that's the only viable option. It's too far out of...

If you have time go to the North lounge. It’s newer and larger than the South and is near the new gardens.

His BP would be for DOH-AKL, not sure if he'd be allowed out of the transit area?

I have decent success on evening/dinner flights.

I usually just say to the FA that if there are any mains left after service can they let me know so I can get one (because I'm usually still hungry).

To add to the confusion, when I flew in October last year I had my QR Gold on my bp but it printed with an Air NZ lounge invitation. I was told the QF lounge was closed, which was not true, but I was still granted access to the QF lounge (though IMO the NZ lounge at BNE is better).

Yes but do the same rules apply? Such as 1 guest allowed. I assume so but neither the VA or QR sites state that.

I've slipped down to VA Silver but still have QR Gold, so good that I can still get benefits on VA with QR status. Does QR Gold = VA Gold for everything? As in can I take a guest into a VA lounge as a QR Gold?

PR's A321Ns also only have 168 seats (12/156).

The JQ A321XLR will be able to do BNE-MNL non-stop. The A321NEO falls short by about 125nm, so it could go non-stop with a few seats blocked.

FI fly their 737-8 Max's on KEF-SEA and KEF-MCO, both 7+ hours.

The journalist and the straight guy were flying in J (and from what I heard the straight guy did absolutely love it). The writer probably just copy/pasted it from another story.

VA don't have the "snack/refreshment" meal time anymore. It's breakfast/lunch/dinner. The burger would be a great addition to lunch and dinner, but then they could do a breakfast burger too.

Checking regos is the easiest way to tell if a 737-700 has J or not. VBY and VBZ do, the others don't. And there are 5 737-700's without a J cabin (3 in service, one getting painted in TSV and one parked).

A friend of mine was on this flight in J and had the best time. He said the reception in the LAX F Lounge was amazing and really set the tone for a fun flight.

Some of their 789's have the new suites.

RE: Entering Australia at MEL, one should consider the other pax in this situation. If someone no-showed for the MEL-ADL flight QR would spend time paging them, potentially send someone to look for them in the terminal, then have to go through the offload procedure, possibly recalculate the...