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The issue is they don't know how long it will take; I'm sure if they knew it would be 2.5 hours late they may let people off (though it's always a pain gathering people up again). But here, and in many situations it's incremental, where initially it was thought to be done within 1 hour, then...

As above. I believe it's to prevent people just making fake no-show bookings just to get status/points/bonuses. Obviously if they gave points regardless it'd be open slather. And make running promotions more difficult, and distort regional prices/offers as people would just book wherever's...

For example, 10k points cost almost $400... or you can get at least 9000 points with any of the dozens below thrown in for around $300. https://wine.qantas.com/p/alkoomi-alkoomi-riesling-black-label-2022/ALKBLKRIE22 https://wine.qantas.com/p/ross-hill-ross-hill-jacks-lot-shiraz-2021/ROSHILSHZ21...

According to United, who distinguish between departure, connecting and arrival on their page, you would only be able to enter at Sydney and Seattle (departing). https://www.united.com/en/us/fly/travel/airport/lounge-access.html As you're on the single ticket you don't need to worry about the...

Definitely bad service. But various forms of bad service are not uncommon with US flight attendants, so you're not likely to get much beyond what you have. (Remember the David Dao incident? And it's not the only time.) There are of course many good crew as well, not saying it's normal. Just...

Yet VV came up with a replacement voyage up Africa in the space of a month or so, so it was feasible. And safe. Add another 6 months on top and they would have more options and could market it better. Just they _chose_ not to go up Africa. Nothing to do with safety. As for having 6 months to...

The vouchers/prize need to be booked by 30 Jun, for sailing by March next year. The prize winner said they were just seeking an extension, or a different option. However, Virgin offered no alternatives, despite them making the change for commercial reasons. And yes it is commercial - they...

Seems to be a ~4 year period in this case: Frequent Flyer members of airlines which are not partners of Velocity Frequent Flyer (Velocity), that currently hold the equivalent of Velocity Gold Status and above with those non-partner airlines (and that have not held Silver, Gold or Platinum Status...

All of those are countries with single state carriers owned by the government. Why would their governments put any regulatory controls that could limit their carrier's operations, thus damaging their own business interests? This is different from Australia where Qantas is a publicly listed...

Seems to say more about much of the clientele on many RCL ships rather than the ship itself, though the facilities add to the experience.

Not sure if it's been improved since, but Cairns airport did an exclusive deal with Uber, only permitting them to enter the airport area. Didi (and Ola) could not operate there. Uber's only a fan of 'disruption' if it's the one benefiting from it, not if anyone else is. Checked Cairns airport...

And? Not sure what the point of that is. Just because something is biggest doesn't mean everyone else should just shut up shop. In fact, it's only due to competition that you get a better deal, as that's the main form of pressure when you have one business dominating. Based on your claim...

Not mentioned here, but Ola terminated service in Australia fully last week. For those who don't have an AFR sub, here's the public Velocity ad for the Didi launch: Also on their partner page: https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/partners-offers/everyday-essentials/didi 1 point/ dollar for...

That was weird.

That would most likely incur extra cost. And I can't see that they'll value the benefits as worth the cost... evidently since they haven't even been able to justify the (relative) marginal cost of international lounges for business class international flights yet.

I've seen it too.. but it's a given the ship is anchored, and has been supported by gangway staff. Whereas this is a ship in motion, and no expectation for the staff to give extra assistance.

Agreed the one upstairs in T2 is preferable to the Dungeon. But I didn't know what it was like til after I went in... and CI stamp your pass when you go in - and then won't let you in any of their other lounges on that BP since it's already marked. Again, another oddity compared to other...

Enjoyed the flights with them. For me the downside was the extended layovers in Taipei and the lounges there aren't great - you're down in a dungeon for one, and the food range is limited and no real change all day. That said, if you get a good price, the bulk of the comfort improvement is about...

As with most airlines, you can only upgrade flights with the airline selling and operating the flight. i.e. if you buy the Qatar ticket, you cannot upgrade the Virgin flight. If you buy the Virgin ticket, you normally can bid, or use points, but haven't tried with a combination ticket with...

It's showing both sets of points for me. Have you already made a booking under this promo - it may be that it only applies once.