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I had an email with a flight change this morning that my DPS-ADL in February had a "schedule change" and now routing DPS-MEL-ADL Looks like the current direct DPS-ADL schedule (and corresponding ADL-DPS) has been brought forward to end on February 3 2024. Previous VA114 Denpasar (Bali)...

As far as I can remember when Lite/Choice/Flex fare name/types were introduced changes for Choice fares had always been free when made More than 14 days prior to scheduled departure, just any fare difference applies. It looks like these free changes on Choice fares have been quietly ended on...

Just tried flying ahead from the first flight of the day saturday morning to the last flight of the day friday night PER-ADL I was denied via GCC as it wasn't same day. However both the platinum status page and the velocity terms under section 23.5 have at the airport same day only and via the...

Got a trip coming up in a few weeks with a friend. Booked a Getaway sale in happy hour a few weeks back which was half the price of an Elevate. There's now a chance friend will be No Show but I will still be travelling as intended. I don't care about not being able to get a refund for the...

World's biggest plane, Antonov An-225 Mriya, making first trip to Australia in two weeks bringing a power generator from Prague. Tenatively scheduled Arrival Sun 15 May 2016: 10.00AM Departure Wed 18 May 2016: 6:00AM I'm no good at photography, but I'm planning to be around the airport for...

I called up the Velocity Platinum desk this afternoon to try assign seats for me and my colleague on separate bookings in Row 3. My colleague is only Velocity Red. The call centre agent refused to allocate my colleague the seat next to me in Row 3 as these seats are now exclusively reserved...

I was on an ADL-PER flight on Monday night. (VA721, 17th Feb on a 737) and when the cabin supervisor started doing the announcements they were doing the spiel that included business. (welcoming business guests, and then once we were airborne saying they would off the dinner service to business...

On the VA High Flyer's instagram profile was the attached image. Cameron Ernst is standing in front of a banner stating "fly business class, and earn double velocity points and status credits" Can't find anything publicly announced yet. This photo appears to have been taken at an event in...

I'm staying at HSW in November. This will be my first stay at a Hilton in 5 years,and my first as a comp'd Diamond via VA WP. (Blue HHonors since 2007). Due to varying schedules my partner will now be arriving ~5.5 hours ahead of me, and I won't roll in till about 11pm at night. Has anyone...

I received my WA car registration bill in the mail a few weeks ago and saw it as a challenge to try and figure out a way to pay for it via Amex. They have the standard basic options on it like BPAY or Visa/MC via internet or phone. Attempt #1: As Australia Post accept Amex for postage products...

Dear VFF, In the early days of priority baggage in late 2011 it worked really well for me. Being that I had instances where my bag (and the other priorities) where already on the carousel upon walking there, with no ordinary baggage in sight. Or times where the was only a short wait before the...

I had been trying to set up family pooling recently but continually got an "error retrieving the customer number xx_xx_xx_X. Please check the number and try again." I contacted Velocity from my email and they came back and said they tested it OK but as I was the recipient my contributor would...

So March 2012 as a Velocity Gold I took advantage of the Priority Club Elite offer.. however it was a nightmare trying to chase it up as I never saw anything come through. I called Velocity a few times and got the number of someone from IHG in the Phillipines (IIRC). In the end I gave up as it...

I just called up the Virgin Contact Centre to change a work booked Saver flight to a Flexi (so that I can then do a points upgrade to business) They wouldn't allow me to pay the fare difference using my personal Virgin Flyer Visa Card, they said they can only use that payment type when booking...

I was contemplating joining the Club At The Hyatt for dining benefits because I live so close to the Hyatt Regency Perth.. If I was to dine there at least once a quarter seems to be worth it. Are there many people here that are Club At The Hyatt members and any secrets to a lower join fee...

With looming Analogue Switch Off around Australia there is an aggressive roll-out of terrestrial Digital TV to regional towns currently in full swing. Most of my business travel is regional Western Australia. I have found that if I go into the setup of the hotel room TV and do a rescan of the...