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Yeah - nothing quite prepares you for the SIN Gold lounge... Was definitely a letdown. Not like, a dive or anything, just underwhelming in virtually every respect. Also disappointing was when flying SQ from KIX, as a VA Gold - no lounge access. Had it flying MEL-SIN, and SIN-HND - but not...

I recently made the switch from VA Gold to QF, but I think my reasons were a little more... fickle, I suppose, in some eyes. a) I only ever got VA Gold because I could pool SCs from my partner, so I definitely won't be able to get it on QF in my own right which has a higher threshold to hit...

Howdy folks - flying solo MEL-AKL today on QF155, can guest someone, just PM me :)

Hi all - making the transition from VA to QF on this next work trip - will be in the AKL Qantas Club from around midday on Friday, starting the long climb up the ladder :P Guest spot available.

Given there are 23 pages of comments - I'm going to assume someone's probably already made this comment, but the line about "oh but you can choose your seat for no fee within 48 hours" like that's something special. You can check in 48 hours ahead, that's why you can pick your seat without...

Thanks NZflygirl :) When I saw the line at the bottom of the Virgin page about adhering to Koru terms, I'm like well yes, now that I've posted on a forum, of course I find the answer :P It's all good - like a great work colleague, I'll be ditching her and meeting her on the other side :P...

Oh - on the VA website it does say that guests to NZ lounges are to comply with Koru rules, so maybe i don't have a leg to stand on...

Another question for the helpful community - how strictly do they enforce the "guest must also be travelling on NZ or VA" rule? I'm travelling with a colleague for work - I'm VA Gold, she's QF Silver - obviously she doesn't get lounge access but wants to travel QF. We have comparable flight...

Thanks caveman!! :D I thought that would make sense, it just wasn't super clear on the site. Cheers for that :) looking forward to getting back to NZ, albeit somewhat briefly.

Hey all Long time no post, and even then, it's more on the VA board moreso than this one :) I'm looking to travel in a couple of weeks to NZ for work, looking at getting the first VA flight over at 0630 - and I'm wondering what time the Melbourne lounge (albeit the temporary one) actually...

Absolutely.

OP - It would be interesting to know what VA status you were at the time of booking, and if you put your number in at that time or added it later. Speaking from personal experience, and discussions on this forum, I was Gold at the time of booking MEL-SIN-HND/KIX-SIN-MEL last year, but not when...

Update - had no problems getting in to the lounge or checking in, and I assume boarding will be no different. Also got one of the pair seats in Y on the 773, got to be happy with that! Thank you all for your advice and discussion :)

So as an update to this, I've printed my boarding passes for Monday, and it does indeed have Partner Gold on it, even though right now, I'm still Silver (was gold when I booked). I re-read the forum and saw that at most, people have used priority boarding and checkin but not tried it at the...

Agreed - while Sydney's styling and design is familiar, the layout is a bit weird, and I don't like that you're sort of teased with potential airfield views on the lower level but there is obstruction most of the way around (is it an aerobridge? I can't recall...). From memory I can see the...

Yah it's definitely different at gold and above. I remember calling Velocity as a gold for the first time and yeah - leaps and bounds over the standard call centre. Not to mention I'm sure I called New Year's Eve or New Year's Day in the evening, and yeah great service. As for fees I don't...

Yay! Passbook worked! Checked in for MEL-BNE on Monday morning (VA303 6am flight... Still don't know why I did that to myself...) and was given the passbook option so that's a start. Not game to try the email link, and SMS isn't an option if you had passbook.

Same. I was wondering if I wasn't getting the offers because I had made the change to fill up there and they figured, well, he's already shopping here so no point offering him anything. We'll see what happens now. Also - THANKS FOR THE TIP!!!! :D (I should have led with that).

Interesting! At least part of the problem seems to be addressed - because we didn't even have the Wallet/Passbook option! Slowly, slowly :)

It's very much different strokes for different strokes - I'm a loyal VA flyer, and I really like the Lounge and its styling. When I went into the MEL QC with my dad, I was... pretty underwhelmed, except I did quite like their airfield view. BNE was ok but yeah, wasn't the same. Dad later went...