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Wife and I Plats for 10 years, we're 100 SC short and were contemplating a status run. Upon attempting to use our 4 upgrade certificates we can't get Perth in October, and the Flex fares on the triangle are almost the same as business! VA has degraded Velocity since Bain, such that when Rex...

This Plat will never, ever fly VA between Adelaide and Perth again after last night's hellship experience. Why on earth does VA use the FIFO slave galley on this route? Oh wait. Because they can? Tightest pitch, most uncomfortable seats, and that ridiculously limited buy-on-board menu. One...

My lovely wife (Platinum) was bumped out of Row 3 and into row 6 on the way to and from Melbourne this weekend. On the flight down, her previously allocated seat in row 3 was empty! And flying into Sydney Sunday arvo, the crew did not alert pax to the need to download and fill in an entry form...

Every year I redeem my four upgrade certificates that come with my Platinum status, paying the top economy fare to do so. My regular flights are VA555 and 556 to/from Perth. At $1343 return, v $2498 in The Business, those upgrade certificates are useful to me and have been used on this flight...

Last night at LAX the checkin lady sent us to 'The House' (Etihad) lounge which was closed. The Emirates lounge had a VA sign outside, and we were welcomed in. Perfectly good it is too, has showers. My question is, what are the regular arrangements at LAX - The House or Emirates? Bummed out we...

Having flown domestic and international J this past year with both QF and VA we now need to focus on which to support. Here's the scorecard: • Check-in: The Q Tags are great if they all work and fail when you have a bag that needs a tag. So we used the premium service queue, where VA are always...

We flew Syd > Sing yesterday on the new A380 and decided to avoid the new seat in future. It is way too hard, and the offset foot cubby makes for a very difficult sleeping position. The seat controls are badly placed leading to at least one false crew call by myself. Hard to understand how SQ...

Having just cracked a QF Plat, and having my VA Plat locked in for another year, I wonder about one thing. Specifically, my QF Plat card just arrived and it current until March 2020 - which gives me 17 months! This presumably is because my joining anniversary is March. Doesn't VA reset the clock...

Our first QF return and last night (14 Sept ex LAX to SYD) we had what to us seemed shoddy dinner service. First world problem, right? But we are used to being served together and served in a uniform way. Here's what happened: Before takeoff I'm asked for my menu choice, choose express soup and...

My Sydney > Perth flight today (via Melb) is now 737 all the way. When I booked and upgraded back in November it was specially to have The Business on the A330. Sometime since the equipment has changed. My beef is that I wasn't told - so I can't change. I've been a Plat for many years.

I'm sure most of you know this, but booking Syd > Melb > LAX in J, I just got 40 SC to and from Melb, on top of the 160 SC each way for the Pacific leg. Plus the J fare from Sydney via Melb was well less than the Sydney direct. Just thought I'd share, since that is a handy number if you're low...

Monday 4 September Seat 4K Having had plenty of The Business to and from Perth, I was looking forward to the expanded version over the Pacific. The Etihad lounge was good, and the champagne on boarding also. Emile introduced himself, and offered to explain all the suite features. It was a full...

I know this is not high on the catastrophe scale but after yesterdays VA556 from Perth in The Biz, I looked like i'd been attacked by a moulting goat. That cheapo synthetic blanket let loose all over me, I spent the taxi and gate wait time picking fluff off, and still looked dishevelled when I...

I've been frustrated at the elusive awards flights in J using the Velocity website. So I transferred all our VA points into Kris Flyer. There I was able to snag 2 biz tickets to FRA for next July 1, but absolutely nothing in return on July 13. School holidays and peak season, I guess. This was...

Yesterday I lost three hours of my life booking 23 domestic flights on VA for a tour we do in February. Because we have a crew member based at Sunshine Coast, I did an additional 5 flights on QF / Jetstar too. This has caused me to reconsider what I book next. Firstly it is generally easier and...

Wed 19 Oct, 8pm Melb > Syd, upgraded in lounge with 10,000 points. 'Catering is not assured, but our team WILL look after you', the angel trills. Onboard biz load is 6/8, four pax get either soup or another dish. I am offered chips, nuts, or a sandwich. 'I'll have some cheese and crackers from...

Looking at mid May Melbourne - Johannesburg return in J. VA price is around $7500, SAA is $4,500. Same flights. On SAA I get SC and 1.25 points, on VA I get Plat bonus points. So it pays to look around....

4 of us were booked on VA957 tomorrow (Sunday 14 Feb) 4pm Sydney to Brisbane. Now we're bumped to the 5pm flight which shows up as rather full. VA957 still displays on the booking system as 'sold out'. This leads to two questions: (1) were we bumped; or is the flight cancelled? (2) if...

I'm a Plat, and I'm suffering innovation deprivation after the excitement of the past four years. How about THESE cost effective innovations..... (and do you have more?) Trans-con 737. Since we understand we will encounter the 737 even between Syd - Perth, who not make the thing comfortable...

We were sent to the w-a-y inferior Gold Kris lounge in Changi last week. I am Plat, my partner is Gold, we were on a Silkair flight in Y. Today's question: we fly through Changi tommoz and have biz tix on SQ. One ticket is a VA code (full fare biz paid) the other a Kris redemption. Will we get...