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    Marco Polo Silver Priority Boarding with companions

    I'm sure this is an easy question, but I can't find an answer anywhere. CX have comped my VA WP to Marco Polo Club Silver. The MPO T&Cs clearly say business check-in, etc. is for the member only (Company trip, I'm not traveling with a spouse), but there is no mention of limits on priority...
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    When did Gold baggage allowance change?

    Fare basis should be listed on your booking, ticket and boarding pass. Have a look here for what the codes mean. http://www.velocityrewards.com.au/content/Earn/Airlines/PointsEarn/index.htm#virginaustralia
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    When did Gold baggage allowance change?

    Just to be sure, Saver or Saver Lite? You *should* still be getting an extra bag, even if only silver. If you were on a saver fare, my guess would be the agent was confusing saver with saver lite. FWIW, The website has not changed...
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    Platinum at last !!!!!

    Cool. Welcome to the club... Well. Not 'the club', but VA WP.
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    Refused change without VM Credit card.

    Have you asked about alternatives? I believe the T&Cs say you can use Virgin gift vouchers, but I have never tried it myself. It might be worth asking if that is still the case and then see if you can purchase one for $6.
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    special meal requirement

    I assume you mean int'l long-haul. On Short haul and TT, VA don't give a toss. FWIW I called the GCC once only and suitable meals appeared on my SYD-LAX flight despite being up the back of the bus (zoo class). One thing that was annoying was being served well before everyone else... I got to eat...
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    Website may be naff, but the helpline staff are lovely!

    Good to hear some joy. Of course, you were talking to the plat desk angels...
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    Sabre down globally

    In theory that's great. A collection of independent systems with some sort of federation would be great for scalability and resiliency... But we live in the age of the cloud. More than likely something knuckle-headed like a ups catching on fire or a truck running into a substation has taken out...
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    Sabre down globally

    FWIW, I got it straight away. Love those movies. Explosive. Dynamite. A must see.
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    VA Global Wallet

    Well.. I was part way there back in post #136. My gold global wallet has turned up. I received a welcome email over a week ago when my account was reviewed over a week ago. Better go opt-out lest they send me another of these butt-ugly turbine cards.
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    Seating on the ATR.

    The only good thing I can say about the AT7 is that at least it's not a crash8. Personally, I won't be happy until they bring back the jungle jets.
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    Accessing My Bookings

    I (personally) have not had issues, but there have been ongoing complaints about this since the Sabre introduction in January. The most recent advice I have seen is that you should contact the GCC. There have been suggestions that when that happens, something in your Velocity profile has to be...
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    Seating on the ATR.

    As always it's a personal preference, but I find the seats on the AT7s are universally sucky. I used to try getting as close to the pointy end as possible, but my preference now is to get outta dodge as quick as possible. The lavs must be a standard line on seat guru because I doubt you'd hear...
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    Separate Domestic and International booking with VA - 1 ticket?

    Same problem here. I wanted to book flights (all revenue, not points) from ABX-SYD-AKL, but due to schedule limitations I was not able to book under a single PNR. Person from the GCC said that it should not be a problem, check-in angel said not a chance. We had to make our own way from SYD T2...
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    Velocity/Virgin websites are RUBBISH

    For the first time in about 12 months I have no bookings. This is what I see FWIW, NZ bookings would only show up if booked through VA (i.e. a VA codeshare on NZ metal).
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    What do you want from Business Class seats on Virgin?

    How about just a random scattering: credit: Does anyone remember the 747s? - Page 4 - FlyerTalk Forums Umm... Ewww. But still better than the bus seats they have in there now, which means I'd probably pony up for those seats if they were only marginally more than Y
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    What do you want from Business Class seats on Virgin?

    I'd like to see J seats everywhere. I don't know how you get J into an AT7 (Perhaps throw them out and go back to the jungle jets) but the main reason I don't fly J more is I live near an airport that only does 2 round trips on ATRs ex-Sydney. As for the in-flight experience... The seats...
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    VA Global Wallet

    So I requested my Global Wallet just after the last outage. As soon as someone here pointed out that the option had now appeared, my request was in. I still don't have a card. It'll be interesting to see what turns up as I just ticked over to Platinum so I should have a welcome pack on the way...
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    Made Platinum!

    Three cheers for AFF! Hip hip Hooray! Right about now I'm thinking lots of very happy thoughts about this forum. Thanks everyone for getting me here. I've read lots of other posts in this thread and though they can't really be that happy... But now I understand. And I Know that this would not...
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    Made Platinum!

    Well, that's a nice present to wake up to. Doubt I'll be lucky enough to have a status review happen today, though.
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