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On QF7 last week in Y I had a curious situation arise, I wondered what people think. Light load, as usual for long haul Y either before or just after the seatbelt sign went off many pax moved around into vacant seats/rows. Lucky for me, I wss one of two people in the middle row of 4 on the...

QFF Faithful I'm heading to Dallas from Brisbane this weekend on Qantas. I've 2 options - to go via LAX on the 787 or via SYD on the 380, both in Y. Departure time is similar 9:05AM vs 10:10AM and arrival is also similar around 1PM. Catch is both have tight transit's, <2hrs in SYD and 2hrs...

Hi All I just did the domestic to international transfer in Sydney again last night on my way to Tokyo. This time I had someone book it for me online and they selected a connection that had only 1:05hrs between flights. Apparently the other option available was 2:05hrs (what I would...

Hi All I am visiting Indonesia (Surabaya) for the first time next week. I read the visa information for Australian passports online, and it's not spelled out clearly whether visa free status applies to business trips of less than 30 days. I rang the consulate and they said as long as I have...

Hi All Small complaint about an email my wife just received from Velocity. As the WP in the family, I have family pooling set up so all of the points go to my account. Last night I seemingly innocuously updated my residential address in my Velocity account. This morning my wife received the...

Boxing day travel with wife and two kids. You know what's coming... So I foolishly pack only one bag for the four of us as we have a small hire car at the other end. Get to bag drop and it's 25kg. As VA WP I've never hit the weight limit before so didn't give it a 2nd thought. I...

Travelled SQ on SQ ticket this week to India and return. As a VA WP I am used to preferred seat selection. I was up until the SQ/VA deal Gold with SQ also. After the deal, I put all my points to VA (I'd been travelling to US mainly anyway). This week was the first time since I lost SQ Gold...

Hi All Just out of interest, as I know there will be a bunch of people on here who fly more (and in a higher cabin!) than me, I wanted to know how quickly you all manage to requalify for Platinum? Of course there is a spread of people who will take anywhere up until the last day to earn the...

Hi All Sitting amongst a few hundred other people in the T3 Silverkris lounge the other night reaffirmed for me that I actually prefer (apart from the lack of bathroom facilities) to frequent the Krisflyer Gold lounge. For me it's a bit like flying in an A330 vs an A380, while the big bird has...

Hi All I know I'm asking a question which has no ultimate answer, but I'm interested to get an idea from those of us who fly overseas regularly, how many miles per year do you do on average? My wife of course thinks I am away way too much (she's right), but I've tried to explain that plenty of...

Hi Everybody All this talk about the changes to Velocity status and the new Platinum level have got me thinking, how does my YTD SC balance compare to all the other thousands of Velocity members? More specifically I was just browsing OLCI for a flight tomorrow, saw I am allocated 8C, and...

Hi All I've read with interest the various threads regarding the brand overhall and changes to VB in the works. I'm a reasonably frequent flyer (30,000 points in the past six months doing the BNE-SYD commute as an example) and having had three return flights in the past three weeks I thought...