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    Comparing SC earn on the various routes between Australia and UK.

    I've been looking at which QF flights earn the most SC from the East Coast to UK/Europe. Connecting via Perth seems to be the winner. Came across a quirk with SYD-SIN-LHR, this earns 5 less SC in Business if you use QF81+ QF1 and not QF1 all the way. In all other classes the earn rates seem to...
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    Domestic flight "Operated by Virgin Australia International"

    I notice on my booking that my domestic MEL-SYD flight is listed as operated by "Virgin Australia International". Would there be anything different from a normal domestic flight that I'd need to be aware of? From what I can tell it's still the standard 737 and departing from the Domestic...
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    QF11/12 - "Individual seat selection isn't available for this flight."

    Does anyone know if it's possible to get the contact centre to assign a seat for you on these flights, as you can't seem to do it online anymore. I was able to do it online when I flew this same route a few years ago, so it seems they've made another "enhancement" since then. And bonus...
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    AirNZ refunds all passengers after "terrifying turbulence"

    Saw this in the news today and thought it was quite unusual to refund all passengers for strong turbulence - is there more to this story? NZ5715 from Christchurch to Invercargill on Wednesday was reportedly slammed with 180km/h crosswinds, resulting in strong turbulence. Air New Zealand...
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    Wrong SC earn for HKG-MEL on CX?

    I recently flew ADL-HKG on CX in PE, which netted 50 SC. The return trip was HKG-MEL - which is around 200 miles greater distance - but QF only provided 30 SC for that leg.
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    Frequent Flyer cards, are they still issued?

    My old card expired in September, as it does every year, but this year I still haven't received a new card. I contacted Qantas FF customer care via the website in October, but still haven't received a response from them (other than the automatic email).
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    Upcoming bookings not appearing in Frequent Flyer account

    After I made some changes via the contact centre to a booking, it has disappeared from my frequent flyer account. If I use Manage My Booking with the reference number, my FF number is already there when I go to edit my details. Should I be worried?
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    Different prices and availability via voucher redemption

    Using the normal flight booking I can find Business Sale fares on the dates I want, but when I use the voucher redemption search (same date and flight numbers) those fares are not available (it says 'No seats') and only shows availability in the Saver category at a higher price. Has anyone...
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    Virgin meal/drink service order - ladies first

    For most airlines the standard order of service for a row is window passenger first, then back towards the aisle. A flight attendant on a recent Virgin flight told me their rules stipulate that they will serve any women in a row first, then the usual window to aisle.
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    Virgin won't say the word "cancelled" ?

    I was on VA870 from Sydney to Melbourne yesterday afternoon. Around lunchtime I got a text from VirginAust that said "Virgin Australia regrets to advise changes to VA870 on 10 Jul. We have re-booked you on VA872... " I also received an email titled "Flight Change Notification" which said I had...
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    Lounge asks if anyone wants to move to an earlier flight

    I was in the lounge this morning and an announcement was made that some spare seats were available on a soon to be departing flight to Brisbane. Staff asked if there was anyone without checked baggage wanting to move to an earlier flight to see the service desk immediately. I have never heard...
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    QF domestic delay experience when connecting to non-partner international flight

    I'm planning to fly domestic MEL to BNE with QF, then VA internationally from BNE leaving 1pm. Booking the 7:10am flight to BNE, gets me there at 9:20am - if things go smoothly I should have 3.5 hours to make the transfer in BNE. Is this enough or cutting it too fine? I thought it would be ok...
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    Earning on Air NZ trans tasman sector of trans pacific booking?

    Hoping someone can clarify, would a MEL-AKL-LAX booking earn Velocity SC on the MEL-AKL sector? I know the trans pacific AKL-LAX earns nothing since 2017.
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    Business Reward availability to LAX. Is it actually possible?

    I have been searching on and off for almost 10 months for a Business Reward seat to LAX and back in July/August, from either MEL, SYD, or BNE. Maybe I am searching wrong, but I've spent hours looking and have never found a single seat available to book. Even searching random dates from...
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    Qantas Auto Check-In trial

    Has anyone else been invited to participate in this? Received an email to my work address:
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    J passenger loads by day of week LAX to SYD for an upgrade?

    Is there a way to find out which is the most lightly loaded day of the week for QF12 in business? I figure this will give me the best chance of securing an upgrade if there are plenty of empty seats.
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    Flights taken while 'assessing activity' in the month after Review Date

    Do flights taken in this limbo period count towards the previous year or next year? My review date was 12 June, but the Velocity site still says 'currently assessing your activity over your membership year'. I flew on the 17th and 18th last weekend, and those points and status credits have...
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    Connection from QF to AA not on same PNR. Will AA look after me if QF is delayed?

    Flying into SFO then needing to transfer to a domestic flight. I want to fly AA (mainly for points, SCs) but they don't have many options out of SFO and it would be a tight connection, only just within the minimum connection time. I booked the QF return months ago, so this will be a new...
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    How can I get rid of creditshield?

    I can't find any information on the citibank website... I want to get out of the creditshield because i'm paying about $20 a month for it now I use the card more. Tried calling up but got stuck on hold so I figured I would ask here first
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    Altitude vs Earth

    I've been having a look on the Westpac website, but not too sure what card to get. Can anyone tell me the differences between their new Earth and the Altitude program. Earth is linked only to QFF? Altitude you can redeem for any program? Couldn't really find a clear comparison on their website.
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