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Hi, my HSBC Platinum VISA has complimentary travel insurance (incl. medical) if you purchase your return tickets on the card. My question(s) 1. Has anybody had problems with the complimentary insurance, would you recommend I purchase additional/separate insurance? 2. How do I PROVE to a...

Thank you for explaining :) I used to be Gold... sadly :(

Hi, I'm currently Velocity Red, flying MEL-LAX on 25th Dec (Xmas Day) I'm a bit confused by the current Virgin Australia upgrade process, what's the best option/strategy for me to get an upgrade to Premium or Business using points or $ ? I have around 120k pts Thanks

Melbourne - LA , 10th May 2016 , example flight i pulled up is $759.28, or 66,600 pt so 20,000 HSBC points could get you 11,500 velocity points, versus $100 as a gift card the 11,500 velocity points is 17.2% of the flight total, which is supposedly $ equivalent to $130.50 so 30% more value in...

true , i just tried to pick an apple-apple way of comparing it , but yeah, it would be good to run a bunch of other comparisons like you mentioned.

Not sure if someone added this elsewhere, but just ran the numbers on this one, re : converting HSBC points to Velocity (2:1.15) From on the rewards page, HSBC Rewards, $50 Myer/DJ Gift Card : 10,000 pt Velocity Rewards, $50 Myer/DJ Gift Card: 9,000 pt so if you transfer 10,000 HSBC pts ($50...

i have the HSBC Platinum , not the Qantas/WW one... I am going to stick with it as it has $0 annual and associated $1/1 rewards :)

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Just out of interest, has anyone worked out whether its better to keep the HSBC rewards points or transfer them into Velocity points? current rate is 1.15 Velocity points for every 2 HSBC Points

cheers for the warning. How come you are getting rid of the card? yes I always save/download the PDF and save it to a 'finance' folder on my hard drive which gets zipped and copied into a drop-box every few days. So using the combination of 7-zip, task scheduler and Drop-box makes a decent...

I believe there is a business/first lounge in their dedicated T3 terminal yes but due to longer boarding times (Australian custom liquid screening before you get onto the plane) everybody I could see was at the gate waiting to board.

I just flew on AUH-MEL with EY in bog-standard economy and let me put emphasis on the bog part Little to no recognition of benefits, the only thing I noticed was a Priority Boarding lane, but we were denied access until the first+business were boarded. No lounge to speak of as it was the T3...

I think you had to be Victorian AND AFL Supporter AND your team had to make the Final 8. Sorry bombers/kangaroos/etc supporters :P

another question... would they let me take soy-milk (prima sized cartons) onto the flight? I'm assuming if it's under 100ml it should be oK?

good to know. Haven't received mine yet either, will be flying through AUH in 2 weeks so will find out whether the paper version is good

I have a international flight in PE coming up, I specified "Dairy/Lactose free" in the meal section, but I"m just curious if I need to call a few days ahead to confirm it, as someone in the call-centre suggested that to me.. OR just hope that the PE menu has something non-dairy in it ? edit...

woop woop got matched to Gold too, looks like it was more than 500 people at any rate. I'm not sure this will give me any extra benefits than my current VA gold though? Also as far as I can tell it only gets you into the standard (Al Reem) Lounge. Either way, still nice to have. :)

awesome awesome awesome great TR , photos and description now if only I could find some more of these fares ;(

I think that ship has sailed but let me know if you find it again or something similar !

yay! awesome trip report! Well done Jessica glad to see you enjoyed it =)