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It will be interesting to see what timeframe they have for those -700 J conversions, considering they were for the FIFO market and replacing the F100s.

Had a look at this last night and it was a fair bit of variability between what an access key bought you - you could get a 3-night cruise, plenty of 4-5 night cruises and one 6-night cruise. Going to pass on it for the moment, but will be interested to see what others think.

My transition from SG to WP I'd say it took 6-8 weeks...such that I rang VA and they sent a second set.

They do, but they take their sweet time

Surely someone in Bain would have looked at this and calculated whether the $$ stacked up. Perhaps the sums were right to make the change.

Even though I turned on notifications, I was still too slow on each occasion 😪😪

Quite interesting that when I was in the US in July/August, UA were promoting that they didn't charge fees to change your flights because "life happens". Unfortunately it's not like there's enough competition in the Australian market for that to take off. :confused:

Against my better judgement (but working with the judgment of my wallet) for a reasonably short notice trip to SYD for family I am flying JQ BNE-NTL in a fortnight's time. Whilst the 6K QFF points + $38 taxes was a reasonable expense, I'm also not expecting anything more than get on, fly, get...

VA has had AirNorth doing this for them for a while now - I had a BNE-TSV leg in June that was on them. No J on board, however the first 2-3 rows are J seats...selectable in the same way that the VA E-Jets were when they flew routes with no J offered (BNE-ROK, BNE-ISA). Unless you'd booked a J...

Datapoint for Upgrade me - bid the minimum of $80 for VA361 (BNE-TSV), cleared at T-24. Only 5/8 in J filled and 6 seats were available at T-48, so I'm guessing at least 2 others were upgrades as well.

In the BNE lounge until 545 ish, can guest 3. Breakfast is scrambled eggs and Ham & Cheese hash browns...

One per week might be to get the successful punters to stop reloading the site on a semi-regular basis and reduce website load?? Mind you, not sure if anyone else would actually think along those lines... 😑

In SYD until VA965 departs (1700 delayes to 1845 at this stage), can guest 2. Lunch is still on offer - penne pasta with tomato sugo, chicken & corn soup, or periperi chicken sandwiches. Pretty quiet and a nice view out onto the tarmac as always 😎

I've found that the barista made coffee is reasonably good without being outstanding...admittedly full cream milk can cover a multitude of sins! Mrs Hawk has almond milk and unfortunately her experience is a bit less consistent than mine 🤷‍♂️

It's been like that the last few times I've been in BNE in the AM... I'm guessing that's what works for them....unfortunately a fair few peeved punters who quit the queue though 😑

BNE lounge at 0515 is a bit busy - pupil-free day here in QLD for some strange reason, so unofficial long weekend for some 😑 Coffee line gets a bit long as they take orders in runs then are making accordingly. No one using the automatic machine that's on the back beverage counter though - the...

If you book via VA site it will be the VA codeshare number rather than the direct UA number. Fares may differ, and points/SC earned may differ: Points - United Airlines SC - United Airlines

Or be comfortable enough to book Y when it's available and cancel & rebook when J seats become available.

YMMV - at least the $200 can be used wherever you want, whereas for VA pax you've got to use it on their flights and it doesn't credit points or SC. From BNE I have pretty much any destination except for WA, so it's a sweet deal.

The Virgin Platinum AMEX also provides the annual return flight, which on our side I use for Mrs Hawk (as she's Red and we pool points & SC to me) when we travel together. That benefit alone is worth ~$200+ as I'll generally use it on a BNE-MEL return.