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  1. Moopere

    Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

    What am I looking at here? Something with rice ... and whats that on the left with the olive? Looks like steak tartare :)
  2. Moopere

    How do you decide on annual multi-trip vs one offs?

    Is Southern Cross still ok? I note the last posts on this subject only about a week old but trying to get a quote today at https://www.scti.com.au/ gives me: Hmmm… can't reach this page www.scti.com.au’s server IP address could not be found. Try: Checking the connection Checking the proxy...
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    Virgin to lose A330's and B777's - become mid range airline - really?

    Bit off topic, sort of, but I just had an experience PER-KUL on D7 that I reckon could work for VA2. Its the non-business angled recline seating. D7 don't try for even an instant to pretend these seats are business ... but they are angled, not completely lie-flat, but geez its pretty close. I...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    I'm moving my spend over to Bonvoy in AU. I get nothing from any of the HH properties as a Diamond and the Bonvoy properties, the few I've been to so far, have more of a Conrad feel to them ... with a price to match for sure, no free lunch :) Next time I'm in KUL I'll be HH Silver - strong...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Nope. At least not in KUL. I just came back from DT KUL. As a Diamond, no recognition, no upgrade - now I _did_ book a suite one back from the absolute top tier so maybe thats the reason - but I doubt it because I got the same spiel as in AU - "we've upgraded you already" ... but only to the...
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    UpgradeMe pricing and success

    I've used the in flight wifi based entertainment previously. Must have been lucky enough to have a fully charged device. Last flight I took in J though, the lounge USB charge ports were dead, device was almost out of power and realised when I boarded that J, unbelievably, didn't have any power...
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    UpgradeMe pricing and success

    I was going to reply to one of the other comments re: value of J on VA but I'll respond here because I too am really wondering about the value proposition on the 737 in J. Someone else mentioned above that it might actually be a better option in EconX and I'm thinking that might really be the...
  8. Moopere

    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    This is exactly my thought process as well. Just pay the annual fee, which is admittedly pretty steep, but access reasonable status benefits without golden handcuffs.
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    tbh I had better perks via Gold recognition than when I became an earned Diamond. To my mind though this was because it took me a couple of years to gear up properly and get Diamond and in that time status across AUS seemed to suffer devaluation - so its not really an apples to apples...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Its been years since I stayed at HH ADL but it always annoyed me that the exec lounge spends most of its time closed. I mean ... open at 1pm? What now? And closed by 8pm ... Its intrinsically not a great lounge anyway but goodness me. My impression after many stays, though years ago now as...
  11. Moopere

    Singapore/Marriott two-way rewards program

    I just got the same - the conversion rates though! Yikes! I could almost see the 3:1 marriott->KF conversion if I was stuck. I value most hotel chains points at about 0.5c and most FF points at about 2.5c (only useful at that rate for J rewards). So 3:1 would 'cost' me 1.5c for potentially...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Perhaps. I did miss one stay at the Parmelia in my comment above during the COVID period. The refurbishment effort there somehow made this hotel 'less' than it was previously ... sigh. After HSW in MEL this used to be my second favourite HH in Aus. Perhaps I just reached the natural end of...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Yep. For mine the halcyon days where when the new Hilton South Wharf opened in MEL. When was that 11-12 years ago? Was it longer? Not only exciting times because of that specific hotel though, all the Hlitons across Aus seemed to be really putting in an effort. Though many were old...
  14. Moopere

    AFF Review: Virgin Australia Business Class (DRW-MEL)

    IME QF hasn't changed in their service levels for at least 20 years - I've got low expectations and even those are rarely met :) This is most of the reason I threw in my lot with VA1. Domestically, the A330 transcons were perfect. The points or $$$ cost for a J seat wasn't ever cheap but...
  15. Moopere

    Quick question about Krisflyer expiry

    I just got my Krisflyer DEC statement. I have a swag of points set to expire in APR 2023, but at the bottom of the statement it says that: "Krisflyer miles expiring between january and june 2023 will be automatically extended for a final 6 months, at the end of each month." I'm reading that...
  16. Moopere

    COVID clauses and Travel Insurance

    @MEL_Traveller thanks for your reply. I'm inclined to agree with your comments but I won't sleep easy knowing full well that my idea of reasonableness and TID's idea of "preventative and precautionary measures" which are adjustable by external agencies are pretty unlikely to agree. I had...
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    COVID clauses and Travel Insurance

    Haven't travelled internationally for the last few years but am itching to get out and about later this year and early next as well. So, travel insurance looms. For 15 years at least I've been using TID - never had to claim with them but they seem to get generally favourable reviews here and...
  18. Moopere

    Article: Has Virgin Australia Had Its Goldilocks Moment?

    In my mind the above comment more fully describes VA1's niche, and it was the main motivator for me flying with them at that time. Now though, I'm a lot less convinced. For example: - Having a FF program ... JQ utilises QFF so theres no useful differentiation. I gather points with VFF to...
  19. Moopere

    Lack of curtains separating Business and Economy on 737

    I've seen people walk straight through the magnetic rope on VA, they just don't care. We're in a period now, and have been for a while, of massive self entitlement. Given this, its no longer reasonable to assume that folks will follow any sort of etiquette or even spelled out rules - some...
  20. Moopere

    Article: Has Virgin Australia Had Its Goldilocks Moment?

    Ok, so I'm hearing reliability. As I mentioned earlier I can't remember now whether I've ever flown domestic JQ. I think in my mind I've been conflating 3K which is also 'Jetstar' (Jetstar Asia). So the niche might be, we're LCC but we're reliable. If thats really true and not just...
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