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Apologies for being a pedant and taking this slightly OT. The chance of more than one person on a plane sharing the same birthday - whatever day that happened to be - is not the same as more than one person sharing a birthday on the specific day of the flight. 23 people are all that is needed...

That sounds extremely frustrating Daver - given your cabin was downgraded did you bother chasing up for some points back through EY?

First off - let me preface by saying that I'm fully aware that VA can change aircraft type at any time. For my significant milestone birthday this year, I'm flying with my wife and 2.5yo from MEL-PER, flying out on Dec 13th. A large part of the reason of choosing PER was the chance to...

Many thanks Kelvedon, I would have thought Ansett as a semi-educated guess so good to have a data point!

Mods - please feel free to move or remove if not appropriate. I was looking to fill out my flight history as best I could and now I'm deep-diving into flights I don't know exact dates for, mostly those when I was much, much younger. I remember my first trip consisted of flying from SYD to CNS...

Travelling in Europe, particularly the tourist cities of Italy, I've found the most obvious place where pickpockets were targeting us were at train stations while buying tickets from a machine, obviously laden with luggage. After the first instance of finding it odd that less-than-reputable...

Unfortunately I was an EXTREMELY disappointed poor sap who previously used QF points to book so called business on EI, from LGW to DUB (thread here Booking Aer Lingus "Business" Class using QF points). As we needed to travel in a window of a few hours on December 23, using my rarely-used QFF...

Just to add a data point on this (or 14 as it turns out). We've had 7 return trips MEL-MCY with our now 2+ year old child, spread out pretty evenly from when he was 4 months old. We fly exclusively with VA. Up until he turned 2 we flew J as he sat on one of our laps, and on our most recent...

I haven't been able to find a working mileage calculator either (there is a link on this page Earn Tables but it just re-directs back as well). Also it appears they've severely cut the points earn on international short haul!

I've always found TRS to be a strange beast. Once when leaving either SYD or MEL (can't remember) I claimed for reimbursement and the extremely rude Customs official bluntly told me that the scheme was (or should be) for tourists only and asked along the lines of "so do you still want to make a...

Just adding a datapoint. We previously used to receive the 10-week promotion coupon book I would say every cycle, but prior to the VFF partnership didn't really use any of the coupons at all. Since we received the last coupon book and post Flybuys-VFF partnership we utilised the the offers...

I had the misfortune of staying at the Amari Watergate on a work trip about 10 years ago. Similar issue with the beds - except mine was 2 single beds pushed together (with a king sheet covering them both so I couldn't push them apart if I wanted to). Also the sheets had what looked like...

+1 for this - this is what we did a couple of years ago also at the Ala Moana store. Only concern was the internet speed on the phone was slow (I think the signal showed as "H" instead of 3G/4G) - best to get one of the staff members there to check your phone's internet settings if it appears...

Interesting change - I'm SG and need a new card as we came out of Parental Leave Pause early Dec (so card expiry was a few days ago). With no immediate travel on the radar I may hold off requesting a new card until it is known if/when the new design will be rolled out to SG

Depending on any number of preferences, not that least where you want to enter the US and whether you wanted to pay outright, you can fly with HA's lie-flat business bed from SYD-HNL-JFK-HNL-SYD with stopovers for $AU5,500 (the HNL-JFK sectors convert to the new lie-flat beds mid-Feb). Not to...

I believe it is the Pearl Harbor Rememberance Day on December 7th so possibly there as part of this.

According to the Velocity website you should at least get access to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Gold lounge based on your VA Platinum status - https://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/experience/at-the-airport/international-lounge-access/ Note that VA Gold members are also granted access to...

Ausbt has a couple of ways to get around the fee and still pay by CC Singapore Airlines introduces credit card surcharge in Australia - Australian Business Traveller EDIT - apologies just read the last bit of the OP. I believe Amex payments are allowed without fee through Masterpass. For...

Has anyone else noticed that points are slow to transfer across from Wilson's Book a Bay? Previously I was having points appear in my account within a day or two of the day I parked, now I haven't had anything post since the end of September? I notice on their site it says points can take up...

I believe you might need to book the chauffeur through the VA website, not EY - we had this issue a couple of years ago on a AUH-MEL flight (EY metal, VA issued tix and VA flight number). After trying to book the chauffeur service through EY without success I stumbled onto a page on the VA site...