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No option to go to BNE and taxi/uber from there??

Email received from Virgin Business Flyer just now: Hi Mr Hawk, As a valued partner, your loyalty is important to us, and we want you to have confidence and peace of mind when you and your team travel with Virgin Australia. Late yesterday, we were pleased to reach an in-principle agreement...

That'd sad to hear, especially considering QF's poor product and timing on BNE-LAX.

I gave up on Lounge cider when they brought back Somersby and nothing else post-administration. The red was passable, however I guess I'll have to give it a try on Christmas Eve (next trip)...

As per the web page, it's Level 3 in the International Main Hall, which would be landside.

Yerp...unfortunately not a chance for this little Australian-born, bred and parented black duck. :| Unfortunately so. Hopefully the return of some of the China-based airlines may help with this over the next 12 months...

Unfortunately it's the best part of $13k+ to do it ex-SYD...😪😪

Received a survey from Velocity this morning, essentially asking for whether I'd be keen to use my Velocity Points on everyday purchases, via a "Points + Pay card". The rate in the survey was 1,667 Points for a $10 discount. Needless to say, I marked it as extremely unlikely that I'd use it and...

Bribe, incentive...tomayto, tomarto 😎

You'll have a soft landing to VA SG this year, so perhaps concentrate on getting the 4 sectors to retain Gold in your next status year instead?

Either that or there's more chance of filling MEL-CNS on the tag flight than there would be OOL-CNS?

You could say that about most airlines and most flights - delays get compounded by the hour (or by the flight) and there is rarely the ability to catch up. FWIW I flew VA BNE-MKY on Friday and then QF return on Sunday afternoon - both flown by Alliance. The BNE-MKY was 50" late without any real...

I applied for the Europcar status last month but have heard nothing since. Hired twice with Europcar out of SYD and have had MG's both times, the second one nearly got us killed courtesy of excessive acceleration lag on a lane change 😑😑 Hired with them recently in the UK (Kings Cross, London...

I don't believe that it makes the difference. You may as well just check in and if the upgrade goes through you will be reallocated.

Currently in a full-ish BNE Lounge and the departure board has pretty much every mainline departure delayed by 30+, and VA332 & VA336 (BNE-MEL) both cancelled for today. VA334 is scheduled to depart 3 hours late as well 😑 3/4 of the Alliance flights (ROK, EMD, NTL) are ontime...just not mine...

In a VERY full BNE lounge at the moment till VA611 goes - can guest 3. Basil fusilli pasta with chicken on the menu today.

Fair enough. I'm used to 2:20 to CNS and didn't think it would extend out that far for a Q400 😇

Having done BNE-MKY in a Q400, that was generally a 1:40ish flight time...surely 3 hours is a bit generous?? Admittedly I'm not signing up for it, although if it was at the right price I'm sure there might be a few takers...

Supply and demand, simple as that. Getting $90 off a Y pax and opening up another Y seat for sale beats not having the J seat occupied.

My previous experience with VA group travel was that it credited as a Choice fare, but OLCI and seat selection was hit and miss. Should allow you to add your Velocity number either by Web or by calling up, however YMMV.