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I’m not quite sure how loyal I feel about this offer…

I knew it, there is a U in QUANTAS after all. After years of correcting people that there is no U I need to eat some humble pie. Look closely at the lid on the cup of tea… Served in Business on the Taiwan High Speed Rail this afternoon.

Fortunate enough to have booked in for the extra long weekend to King Island’s Kittawa Lodge, in the delightfully named locality of Pearshape. The trip started off ex SYD on QF487 to MEL J on the 25th Jan. 100 percent full - as a lifetime bronze travelling on points we were down the back, so to...

Heard a new reason for a delay ex SYD on 25 Jan evening - Parachute operations over the Sydney CBD delaying all departures and leading to a 12 min taxi queue on 34 R departures and similar on 34L. Am on QF487. Anyone heard of this one before? Assume some form of ADF counter terrorism...

My partner and I were invited to use the AC Signature Suite at YVR before our flight to SYD (VA business award) - by rights this lounge is off limits to award tickets on partners. The signature suite is primarily a dining experience, with a la carte offerings. The lounge offers a buffet as...

VA have suspended from 24 Jan the following: Adelaide – Darwin Adelaide – Cairns Adelaide – Sunshine Coast Coffs Harbour – Melbourne Hamilton Island – Melbourne Sydney – Townsville Melbourne – Townsville Gold Coast – Launceston Gold Coast – Hobart Sydney – Fiji Most of these have some options...

Today saw the news that Betty White has passed, just short of her 100th birthday. Betty starred in this Air NZ safety video from 2013 which is in my opinion one of the best ever made:

Just went to double check the T&C and the platinum complimentary business upgrades on Choice and Elevate fares are now showing as: I don't recall this being announced and the last email I received on 16 November was the old date of 31/01/22. May be useful to some on here who have upgrades...

Just a heads up that VA created *two* travel banks for me for some reason, which meant I had one linked to my Velocity number and another one linked to a 777 ticket number. Double check that you haven’t accidentally had a second one created as I had a nice $700 surprise when I found it.

QF group just announced skeleton service to WA only until Feb, and LHR moving to either DRW or SIN out to Apr 22.

Any speculation as to who VA will keep on board for international partners and when they'll reopen bookings? My guess is DL/SQ/AC/NH are probably firm core new partners. I would suspect the majority of future redemptions will be with these four airlines. MI is going into SQ anyway. HA has...

Any ideas why VA1435 PER-DRW today 16 June diverted to Katherine/RAAF Tindal of all places? I happen to be in Katherine and drove out to the terminal just to tick it off my list an hour before the diversion.

I've said it before - the Victorians stuck in NSW should apply for wildcards at the Australian Open... I'm surprised there isnt at least one Victorian lawyering up right now.

Any thoughts on when/if VA will do some form of status extension, following from the QF announcement today? My partner and I both requalified for platinum in Jan 2020 on a Double SC business promo to NZ, our requalification dates are Sep 20 and Dec 20 respectively so the status extensions and...

QF launching Merimbula just in time for Christmas 4 x weekly on a Q300. https://www.nationaltribune.com.au/qantas-to-launch-flights-to-merimbula-in-time-for-summer/ Will be interesting to see if QF start going up a raft of ZL services - they've added Orange and Ballina recently as well as...

A special thank you to the crew operating SYD-BNK on Saturday and BNK-SYD today (Tuesday). It’s hard when you can’t offer pax your normal service and everyone is a bit nervous but the crew keep on smiling. Thank you. Also, was fascinating watching BNK cope with a delayed QF Q400 and a VA...

Hi all Received the email about Future Flight credits being restricted to certain fare classes/buckets if/when VA emerge into Bain Airlines. Any thoughts what this might mean? Capacity controls on peak flights where seats would be sold anyway Only useable off peak for getaway style fares Only...

Announced today new 6pw service Sydney Tamworth. Commences 25 May on all days except Saturday, with intro fares from $85. VA1091 dep SYD 1355 arr TMW 1500 VA1092 dep TMW1530 arr SYD 1635 All operated by ATR72 Having flown staff to Tamworth, this competition is good news. Schedule will be...

Significant negative change to this card from 1 December: - no longer covers taxes for 2nd pax - now saver lite and saver fares only - eliminating flexi to business upgrades. - 30 days advance purchase, up from 21 days updated t&c...

I am wondering if Your Questions and Open Discussion forums are being used for their intended purpose? A lot of the threads in both of these forums are related to a specific airline, which in my opinion are more appropriately located in the correct forum (QF/VA etc). This probably wasn't such...