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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Where are you seeing the validity? Because with HH, this doesn't seem to be something easy to find. In any case, if you got HH Diamond now, it should be valid till end of March 2025.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Fair enough - keen to know how you get along. I've got till Jan to figure out what I'll need to do.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    I'm in a similar position. I will be Hilton Diamond till March 2024, but my VA platinum membership ends in Feb 2024, so not sure if this is an issue?
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    Credit Card for non-residents

    Hi All, Not sure if this is the right place to post this thread or this has been discussed/asked. I'm an Australian living in the UK - are there any Aussie credit cards (with bonuses) at all I'm eligible to apply for? I have an Australian licence and Australian address. Cheers.
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    QR MEL Check in Times

    I'd have to completely agree with you re CDG - without a doubt one of the very worst airports in the world.
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    QR MEL Check in Times

    Nope it is 3.20pm departure I'm fairly sure - so 3hr 20min. Even though I checked in at basically 12pm on the dot, I didn't get into the lounge till 1pm. Baggage security at MEL is a mess and I have no idea when they plan to fix it. Priority lanes are 'open', but they just awkwardly put you in...
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    Qatar upgrades

    It is the Marhaba lounge at MEL - I can confirm that for you. Regarding the lounges at DOH, I'm not certain, but I'm fairly sure @jase05 is correct. There is also a combined Plat+Gold Lounge near the C gates in DOH now which you can also use and this is probably better than the South Platinum...
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    Melbourne International Airport 3D CT Scanners

    Hi All, Why does security at MEL (international) still require pax to take out liquids when they have new 3D CT scanners? At every other location I have used these scanners, including London City, LHR, FCO (Rome) and domestic terminals at MEL, literally NOTHING is required to come out of the...
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    QR MEL Check in Times

    Not sure if you're still flying, I just took this flight yesterday and I can confirm the counter opens bang on 12pm - so only 3 hrs 20 mins. Just further on this as well, the staff isn't the most competent here either. Firstly, the check in agent wasn't sure if someone with an Australian...
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    Qantas Flight Credits

    Hi All, I booked a flight (MEL-ADL) for me and a friend (visiting Australia) and now I need to cancel as I will not be taking this journey. The ticket was a Red e-deal, so if I cancel I get hardly anything back apart from about $25 in taxes, but I can get a flight credit. Reading everything I...
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    QR MEL Check in Times

    Gooday Folks, Does anyone know what time the Qatar Airways check in counter opens at Melbourne Airport? Specifically the 3.50pm flight?
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Thanks Matt - seems like the best thing to do for me.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Not confident at all. In fact pretty confident that I won't do enough to retain it. So likely to lose my platinum status in Feb 2024.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Yup got the offer for that - which is why I won't go for the VA offer in 2023. 1675386122 By April 2024 I don't think I'll have Platinum status - I doubt that I'd have it anyways as I can't see myself flying VA enough to maintain Platinum.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Hi All - a bit of an update on my situation and hoping some folks could give me some advice. So I have done enough to get Velocity Platinum (confirmed via phone and in writing through email), but I will only get it around Feb 10th - which is perhaps handy in my current situation. As expected...
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    Virgin Australia Discover Gold (Status Match)

    Still showing as gold with an expiry of 30 Dec 2023. Just got off the phone and they said that I am platinum, but I need to wait for 8 weeks till the status to show on my VA app and account - which definitely sounds sus to me.
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    Virgin Australia Discover Gold (Status Match)

    Has anyone who is supposed to get Platinum status not got it yet? I had a review date of 16 Dec and still gold. Also, my account is not showing that my status is 'being reviewed' anymore. I called VA and they just said 'you need to wait 8 weeks from the 16th of Dec'. Anyone else in a similar...
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    Virgin Australia Discover Gold (Status Match)

    I'm in the same boat as a few here - I've matched to the Switcharoo promo from BA and eligible for Platinum with a review date of 16 Dec 2020 - nothing showing yet at all for me regarding platinum status.
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    China travel bans from Late 2022

    How can you be relatively sure about data coming from the UK? I live in the UK and hardly anyone tests anymore - sick or not. So explain to me how that gives you confidence in terms of data? Again, there is a dangerous variant - what have you or ay government done about it?
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    China travel bans from Late 2022

    I'd agree that it may be a political one. But once again, as mentioned in another post of mine, we know there is an extremely dangerous variant in the US/UK right now. You're ok for people carrying that variant to travel to Australia I assume?
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