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Looks like every Australian and their dog will have status with VA soon. It is almost too easy to obtain with family pooling, constant promotions, status matches and lower qualifications levels and more status credits earned on flights. A no brainer for a moderate level flyer to get perks...

Was one of my favourite hotels - spent hundreds of nights there. Some great staff over the years. Many ups and downs. Funny how some hotels you just connect with. Must be the faded but enduring architectural symmetry from my childhood era! Was sad to see its slow decline however. Will be missed...

I do exactly the same hotels to retain Titanium☺️

Agree - the Peos Estate Pinot was excellent and no-one seemed to be buying it so I bought even more!

Outrageous- there should be parliamentary enquiry or something about that! 😜

2 bedroom 2 bathroom apartment styles rooms are usually ok if both parties agree (and know each other well) but otherwise a big NO from our company policy. The way our Australian part of the business has positioned this was 'our budget our rules', and recently as there is so much focus on worker...

A realistic LTP at 45 or 50K SC would be a winner for me 😁

Usual poor reporting in the cut and paste media - Equally, can easily state VA increases award points for when most people want want to fly....

Certainly doesn’t help that the Airport line is closed for a month for repairs etc. I wouldn’t consider the replacement buses unless you enjoy taking up to an hour to get to the airport, like it took me on Monday - with the driver getting lost and then missing T3/4 completely…..

I use PGR quite a bit, only because the international branded hotel rates are getting too expensive for business travel allowanaces and Rydges/QT has a much better coverage in Australia and NZ especially as I do regional or edge of city travel too. (Having recently held elite tier in Hyatt...

Did this in mid January - based on my experience I wouldn’t recommend it unless you love random inconvenience and life in the really slow lane. Time from leaving the Domestic Terminal (with the slowest bus trip to the international pick up stop) to arriving at Britomart, almost 1.5 hours -...

I quite like the location of the hotel - plenty of free buses at the front door and close to walks and jogging paths. It does suffer a little from age but there is something about this place I like, even though it has fallen quite a from its heyday when Joe's Oriental Diner was there with...

Agree it is a much better lounge but disagree on the decent champagne part!

This is a new one for me - CNS to BNE flight today. Flight boarded, waiting. Then an announcement from cabin manager asking if any passengers would be willing to be off-loaded as they appear to have over-booked the flight (although suspect they moved too many passengers from an earlier long...

Did HEL-JFK last week in the new J product. Loved it! The designer has really thought about it (there is a video you can watch explaining it - loved the comment that some people may not like it but that’s innovation!) And as a stomach and side sleeper it would have to have been the most comfy...

Ditto - two chargebacks with Amex needed for LATAM, they just point blank refused to refund cancelled flight… they never responded after that. very reluctant to flying them again.

I've had 6 out of 7 SYD J Lounge pings since December. I think it just get automatically added...

I seem to only ever get the Spend X for X weeks offers when I am have flights booked on QF flights during that time - data sharing??

I order a case of Pinot Noir on 31 December - arrived in Sydney 21 Jan. AustPost tracking shows travel from Melbourne to Sydney then to Perth for just over 2 weeks (during their heat wave) and back to Sydney. :rolleyes: Needless to say the wine was well cooked and a write off. VM were very...

Been hoping QF would fly there - great news - will be booking flights today ! (Prices are (unsuprisingly) quite high for the Mon-Fri combo (although beats the $2,100 fare on Rex I had last year with a stop in DBO :eek:...) , but excellent value for a Fri-Mon break, especially with the $189 sale...