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Looking for advice from the brains trust - I have an ITIN application in progress and am aiming to get a Cap 1 Venture X in the next 6-12 months. My FICO score is currently 770 (around 30 short of "Excellent") through a single amex card. Would you recommend I: (a) apply for another amex without...

Unfortunately the Marhaba lounge was similar, with very low quality slop being served - party pies with less filling than the ones you can get from a supermarket, plus maybe around 6-7 dishes that are very much of shopping centre food court quality. Especially disappointing because I know...

Yes that's what both dragonpass and priority pass say, but some recent reports seemed to suggest that the extra charging thing no longer exists (and there's no longer an a la carte menu available anymore either apparently - not sure if one drove the other to happen?

Dragonpass allows you to choose from the Plaza Premium, Marhaba and The House lounges at T2 in Melbourne I think. Based on my experience last week, I wouldn't recommend Marhaba - it was fairly busy, the food was poor quality (with the exception being the vanilla ice cream), and the whole place...

I do too but I think most "normal people" see points as completely valueless, hence the only cost are the taxes. I always tell people to value points at my conservative valuation of 1 cent per point - they sound like they understand what I'm saying, and then go away and redeem 300K plus $2K...

For both of my AC flights, there was no indication whatsoever of my VFF status on the boarding pass - maybe a good thing based on what you're saying; at least people can't misconstrue anything from it!

YUL back to LHR - lounge dragon at YUL international MLL politely advised that lounge access is limited to VFF golds only - took a little bit of convincing that platinum is actually a step above gold 🤣 The lounge itself was quite busy but otherwise nice. Food was far better than the LHR MLL!

Just posting another update for my flight from LHR to YUL in Y - no status recognition at the airport either (no priority security, check in, luggage, seating or boarding benefits), but access to the Maple Leaf Lounge was granted with no issues using boarding pass and digital VFF card. Points...

Also possible that this is a supply/demand experiment they're running - an economist's dream - i.e. if we were to only release 1 business reward seat, what happens to the demand for paid J seats and load factors, what happens if 1 reward seat becomes 2, etc. Obviously the ideal would be to...

Yes I've done it before - see this thread: Free - Qantas Lounge Invitations No issues entering lounges in Singapore J, Melbourne international J, Melbourne QP and Sydney QP. Not sure if it would work for QF flights as the linking process is different, but for JQ it appears that not much...

Yes and it's surprising because AC has been very aggressive at developing airline partnerships, so surely status benefits/frequent flyer integration would be something that they're well used to doing? Perhaps it's the VA end that's problematic? Maybe something that requires systems investment...

Just adding to the data points here - online check in completed today as a VA WP and no recognition whatsoever on the digital boarding pass at least. Velocity number recognised and accepted but "frequent flyer" details under the special remarks section of the boarding pass has no notes, and...

Can't remember if AC is one of them, but a number of airlines use the same fare classes across all of their economy options (basic, standard, flex, comfort) and just differentiate them by their fare basis (which you can see using something like ExpertFlyer or Matrix- e.g. basic is TBASECA...

Could it be that your reservation needs to be reticketed and this hasn't been done? That sometimes prevents you from selecting seats (system allocated seat assignments will often stick even without ticketing, but changes can't be made until after ticketing)

I didn't have to pay postage - I believe all PC and PCP members get a complimentary premium membership (which means free delivery on all orders) Oh interesting! I logged into my account and it specifically said my two vouchers did not come with a minimum spend requirement - and I was able to...

For those with complimentary $50 Qantas Wine vouchers in their accounts, this is not a bad deal: Buy Dandelion Vineyards Dandelion Grenache Faraway Tree 2020 | Qantas Wine $65 (or $58.50 for PCP members) for a bottle, so $15 (or $8.50) after the $50 voucher. The purchase comes with a serve of...

No they don't as they're partners with VA now - but that means you can just use your velocity gold status directly on those QR flights

This is one of the reasons why I wanted to do this actually! Why not open your own "agency"? I get so excited about "boring" things like fare rules, and love handling tickets and bookings (even if I'm not the one flying), so am exploring how I can do more of that without necessarily committing...

It's not a lot of time to transfer but should be sufficient if you hustle (as a reference point, the "minimum connection time" between a flight landing at one airport and the next flight departing the other airport is 3.5 hours). The transfer options are set out nicely here: Narita Airport . To...

Thanks for your thoughts everyone! My takeaway of the cons are: Not really profitable Friends and family may come to expect too much Won't get access to the really good deals/valuable benefits Financial risk associated with making a mistake To be honest, none of the above seem like a huge deal...