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    SYD-JFK in J May 2016 - Outrageous pricing

    Bit pricey for me, but I'm happy enough in economy to save my dollars. Out of curiosity I had a quick look at a couple of VA's partners. Delta: SYD-JFK, J, return, mid-May, ~$8.8k (all business) Hawaiian: SYD-JFK, J, return, mid-May, ~$6.1k (all business) The $13k price appeared to be...
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    Cuba update please

    My girlfriend and I spent around 10 days in Holguin, Cuba back in February to inject a bit of warmth into our Canadian winter. All my comments below are my experience and YMMV widely in different areas. Usually I'm my own travel agent but this time booked the whole trip through Transat Holidays...
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    VA partner redemption rant - do reward flights even exist?

    Hi Grubbidok, I've had exactly the same problem recently (VA Plat), trying to redeem reward seats on either Delta/Air NZ to get from Brisbane to Canada. Exceptionally frustrating. Very flexible with times/dates, and I can't think of any reason that early-mid June would have been in high demand...
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    Hey Qantas, why is it that ....?

    I've seen uniformed staff in J a handful of times on Air Canada flights. One of which was 100% full, last flight of the night with a huge queue of standby passengers. I'm sure one or two of them would have coughed up for J just to get on the plane. However, that said ... my Star Alliance status...
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    To the US with NZ

    Hi Bass_ke, Over Christmas/NY period I flew BNE->AUK->YVR on AirNZ as a VFF Gold in economy (Booked through Air NZ website). So while not exactly the same routing, I assume that my experience will be similar. Booking online, my velocity number allowed me to select (without charge) Y+ seats...
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    Good evening ladies & gentlemen

    Thanks all for the kind welcome. I am looking forward to being able to contribute.
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    Good evening ladies & gentlemen

    Good evening AFF, A couple of scotches has decided that it is finally time for me to actually say hi, get rid of the yellow bar requesting that I pleaaaaaaaase make a first post and graduate from just liking messages I find myself nodding my head to throughout the forum. Over the last year I...
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