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    The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

    Thanks mate. I’m now only silver these days (thanks, 2-year sabbatical!) so highly doubt I’ll be getting bumped past the curtain. Going through to seat selection on PE for the same flight doesn’t even let me select a specific seat and business is pretty close to 100% full, so doubt highly...
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    The Qantas Newbie Questions Thread

    I'm tossing up between the A330-200 and the A380 from HK to Syd/Melb (connecting to BNE) in economy, and I'm seeing some conflicting info. I know the A380 is the old style, but for the A330s, Qantas' seat map says "laptop power throughout" whereas Seatguru states that there's no AC power in...
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Apologies if this isn't the SQ general questions thread... For a weight-based baggage allowance, is there any limit to the number of checked items? Or could I take e.g. 6 checked items if they in total fit under my weight limit?
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    The Virgin Australia Newbie Questions Thread

    As a VA Gold traveling in SQ I class (business reward), the baggage on SQ's site says I get 40 kg base, and that star alliance gold gets +20 for 60 kg total. Virgin's website says +15 kg for gold. Given SQ is doing the entirety of the flight and that I am booked on an SQ ticket, can I be...
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    Reward flights with QR disappear as soon as opened

    I experienced this repeatedly over the last 6 weeks. I kept checking (around 3pm ADST time) and saw them pop up but by the time I mashed my way through the booking process it was gone and said the fare was no longer available. After about the 6th time, I almost wondered if the fare was never...
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    The Virgin Australia Newbie Questions Thread

    Thanks! As an added curveball to my plans, availability for BNE-SIN-LHR has appeared where it wasn't yesterday so I'm thinking I'll try to snatch up one of them... I'm trying to check my bags all the way through, as I will have 3 suitcases to myself and that makes moving them all by myself...
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    The Virgin Australia Newbie Questions Thread

    Unsure whether this is a newbie question... I've got a reward booking in business SYD-SIN-LHR. I currently have a 7.5 hour layover in Singapore from 5:30pm to 1am. I would like to potentially extend that if possible, but there's no way to choose specific flights for each leg. I see that there's...
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    Qantas "Choose your reward" Promo. Select from Double Status Credits OR Double Points [book 25/3/22-1/4/22]

    Thanks for your help! Best of luck with your grey zone flights, too. So I just called QFF customer service (no queue!!!! even as SG!), and Rika helpfully told me that as long as the booking was made before 01/04/2022 for the applicable flight period, I could then change the dates of those...
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    Qantas "Choose your reward" Promo. Select from Double Status Credits OR Double Points [book 25/3/22-1/4/22]

    I've got a couple of questions re this and hoping someone can help clarify... 1) As I understand, bookings must be from AU to qualify - so booking LHR-BNE-LHR would not qualify, right? Even though my QFF address is registered in Australia and I am an Australian-resident member per the T&C on...
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    Annual fee [waived when 'threatening' to cancel?]

    Went to cancel and got the $0 annual fee, 1.9% balance transfer for 9 months and 2000 points. I took the 2000 points and will call up in 6 months or so again. I don't think i have any intention to use this card after getting the suncorp clear options platinum, but maybe it'll be useful for tax...
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    New Mackay Lounge now open - Priority Boarding also available

    Will there be any issues with possibly-slightly-dirty high-vis and entry to the lounge? I hope to christ that the increased flights means I finally get moved off Jetstar and can start flying VA to get some points! goddam_ work's terrible BFoD strictness.
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    Dear Hotels (RE Your Showers)

    The place I'm in right now has the temperature directions opposite to just about every other place in the universe (hot to right, rather than hot to left). That was a painful lesson to learn the first time I used it! Oddly, the shower taps are hot to left... go figure! My pet peeve with hotel...
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    iPhone self combusts on Regional Express flight

    Does that say model 1387? That's the 4S model isn't it? I'd be interested to know if it's the 4 or 4S. Anyone know of better resolution pics of the phone? I bet Apple would be interested to get a hold of it.
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    Value of WP when things go wrong

    I've even had silver help once. I was very close to bag drop cut-off and went to check in using the self-check in machine. There was an issue with getting through the menus and I was trying to get the attention of the CSA on the floor to help. She was tied up with an elderly couple and in the...
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    How tall is Alan Joyce?

    I can't see how this is any problem. He's asking specifically due to the media circus created around it. It doesn't necessarily mean the OP's going to use it to write a string of "dance on a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow for some Guinness little leprechaun!" jokes. Agreed, it should play...
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    bossreggie

    Good grief, that sounds like a terrible amount of effort to be forced to go to simply because a few mal-adjusted idiots couldn't behave. I'm sorry you experienced that and got burned from it. I would hope that the vast majority of us would not be anything like that. I dearly hope they did not...
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    Flight Availability/Loadings & Upgrade Probability Help Desk

    Hi there, May I please get the upgrade chance for a gold FF and partner from plat economy to business on QF01 and QF31 for 29/9? Cheers!
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    How would you spend 1 Billion Velocity Points?

    This is why Matlab is love. I would hate to have to actually worry about what my variable precision is :)
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    QF CEO package boosted to AU$5 million

    That's a false logic. That's like doubling down on your bet because your luck's due to come up. CEO pay is excessive in objective terms, but subjectively I think AJ's pay is in line with what other CEOs would get having met similar KPIs. It makes logical sense, but it's certainly not a smart...
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    Announcing our New Velocity Frequent Flyer Program

    I think this conclusively answers what Velocity rep's gender is. No guy could be this good at teasing!
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