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Ultimately they will change their mind if and only if they think it will cause many FFers to leave them. Unfortunately, I don't see any way for them to know until it's too late.

The beer in BNE is great - balter, probably the one of the best mass produced beers. In SYD they used to have asahi, but not anymore, very sad. Anyway, I have been mulling and mulling, and I am increasingly thinking either to give EY a serious go, or KF/TR combination (Star). I guess points...

Not sure about other cities, but the AMEX lounge in city is the biggest sh*thole I've ever been to. It makes the Qantas international J lounge actually look good by comparison - and that's really saying something.

I will address this point generally - having more QR flights is good, but it doesn't need to come at the cost of VAFF exclusivity on the way to EMEA! These things are NOT mutually exclusive! SQ flies to Australia far far more than QR was even proposing earlier. Did they insist on being the only...

I submitted my comments to ACCC about this, it's still open until the 7th - would urge others to do the same, as it clearly stifles competition for all VA customers heading to EMEA.

Why wouldn't you though? Not like there's a lot of good benefits to choose from, it's purposely designed that way. Anyway, I have been tossing up between going all in on EY (may be a bit too limited), or I think a better option is pivoting to SQ KF directly - much more redemption opportunities...

They can be, but XE is for much higher volume, for that amount of money you should just use wise.

If your amounts are too high for wise/revolut, you can approach a large broker like xe.com. As far as I know, wise can do very high volumes though, are you talking about billions here or what?

No, the benefits apply as stated in the app - they have different insurance partners in different regions though, so the experience may vary by region. That's why it's best to read the inclusions as they apply to you.

The claims experience is quite good for revolut, the main thing to check are level of coverage - the inclusions of both of these, and things like excess, etc. I would just compare based on the coverage, and see which is better for you.

With regards to a reward business ticket (paid with points + cash); Question is - what determines whether the cost will be deducted in points or dollars? Can I make that choice somehow?

VA plat customer flying economy SQ, checking in SYD, which check-in line should I use?

Just thinking, is it possible to comment on VA's submission for QR to become their exclusive partner heading to Europe? Is it being reviewed by ACCC or anything?

Just thinking, is it possible to comment on VA's submission for QR to become their exclusive partner heading to Europe? Is it being reviewed by ACCC or anything?

Agree on this! Qantas makes it so cringe to fly on their services because of this nonsense - if anything is truly inappropriate, it is that.

Not really sure what can be inappropriate about it, many countries have a national call - eg. "allez le bleu" for French, "ole ole ole" for Spanish, etc. European countries are far from the most patriotic, but even they have these. On the topic of whether to call it out on a plane, I am not...

Unfortunately I'm overseas on the 20th, but would be keen on something like quarterly events!

So did shareholders approve the remuneration package this time?

After reviewing a lot of detail, I have to say it really sucks for VA plats... Currently we can use the EY first class lounge, which is amazing (and controversial opinion, better and more private than the EK one). With Qatar, it seems we will only ever be able to access the QR platinum lounge...

Somehow missed this thread, can someone recap what are the thoughts on EY? I am assuming any tickets booked before April 2025 will be honored for SCs and points. I'm also wondering about F lounge access, since this is really the main reason I like flying EY now, in terms of what kind of...