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Was definitely better than I was expecting for a 40 minute visit. Food very basic but totally acceptable for what it is. Drinks was good to see it is self-serve spirits including Woodford Reserve bourbon ;)

Yes the check-in doesn't open till 2 hours before boarding time, which is still plenty of time. The issue we had today was they wouldn't let us join the security screening queue until about an hour before boarding time so as a result it will be about a 40 minute visit in the lounge, glad we...

Cheers! Will aim to check it out but won't be going in extra early for it.

Flying out from queestown tomorrow (on Virgin) and wondering if anyone that has been recently could recommend it's worth getting in a bit early for the Manaia lounge? We have priority pass but would rather just have the extra hour at the hotel if it's not worth visiting.

Yup just asked and was told it's continental breakfast only. Pretty disappointed overall with their indifference and non compliance with the regular HH treatment but it's on me as I didn't research it at all. It's also an expensive uber from the city centre so I wrongly assumed there would be...

On a recent stay at Hilton Surfers we learnt the hard way that they don't do complimentary upgrades if you book an apartment. I had booked a 2 bedroom apartment and it was an extra $30 p/n to upgrade to an ocean view 2 bedroom apartment. They were quite clear that while their was plenty of...

Sad to report Diamonds get treated same as any other guests at Hilton Queenstown. No upgrade from the most basic room, no early check in available, no executive lounge. Oh and also they don't participate in the "dine like a member" 25% discount offer. All we got was one complimentary basic...

Yup which is why I specifically said that's not the lounge's fault. Just to be mindful it is at one end of the terminal and you may be boarding on a gate at the other end like we were. In any case it is a decent walk even from the middle of the terminal where the security/TSA is so it's...

Haha good catch!

Had the dis/pleasure of checking out the Sydney Centurion lounge the other morning. Firstly be mindful of the distance it is from some of the gates at the other end of the terminal. It's a good 10 minute walk from the TSA/security then it was even further to walk from the Centurion lounge to...

Flying Sydney to Queenstown in J we got 2 lovely meals. I had the cheese/spinach tortellini and my partner had the chicken Parma. I tried some of my partners chicken Parma and it was delicious as well, the attendant saw this and kindly offered me an extra meal as there was only 4 of of us in J...

I'll be finding the answer to this out in about a week. Had my flights changed by virgin resulting in direct flights instead of what I originally booked in order to get additional sectors and SCs that I need to maintain platinum.

I'd take the 15-20 minute figure as an exaggeration, probably more likely to be 5-10 minutes which I've certainly experienced myself on 1 hour flights. Reason for this: "where I was questioning whether the crew had totally forgotten their RSA training. They simply wouldn’t take no for an...

So 2 days ago I purchased a light fare for $119 from Sydney to Gold Coast, now today I just checked the exact same flight is $79 for a choice fare. Seems really weird, especially since the flight is still 3 weeks away. I'm assuming there's nothing I can do do about it now though

So we got an email notifying us of changes to our return flights to Queenstown. I specifically booked for us to go via Melbourne in order to get the additional sectors and status credits that I need to maintain platinum. However it's now been changed to direct flights from and to sydney. I have...

It's been so long since I've booked any virgin flights using points that I've forgotten whether the sectors still count towards your requirements. I need to fly 8 sectors in order to maintain my platinum card but I want to book some flights using my velocity points.

Wow so at time of booking you used your QFF membership number and still got the lounge access just by showing your digital Qatar platinum card?

Does anyone know if you are flying internationally with Qantas and use your Qatar member number on the booking do you get access to the first lounge if you have Qatar platinum?

Ahh that's a shame, I just assumed they were valid until the end of the membership extension