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    Best way to Spain - Quickly (Cheaply)

    Hi Guys, Due to illness in the family I may have to take a rapid trip from BNE to Marbella, Spain (AGP) this week. Still, even with the rush there is no point wasting an opportunity to increase my FFP's. I am a member of AA (not used yet), QF (Bronze), VA (good burn rates), VJ and Emirates...
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    I've just used 30k VA points for an Air NZ business class return BNE - AKL. Gave them 4 weeks notice and it was all confirmed inside of 2 days.... They are very easy to use - we've booked 5 trips on Air NZ now via VA - never had one knocked back
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    As long as you keep using VA, points never expire...they have a 3 year rolling expiry which renews each time you use your account - this includes both adding and using points
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    Opinions on Emirates

    I recently flew Business from SYD to AKL on a 777ER - they have the new business and first class seats - suite seats for first, and way more room in business. There is a new entertainment system which is basically on demand On the return - AKL to BNE I was on an older 777 (non ER) which had...
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    which loyalty program ?

    As someone who is neither an Ozzie citizen, nor who had any credit record in Oz, I applied for and got the Amex Maximiser credit card after being in the country for only 6 months. I would have applied earlier, but it took that long to get a job over here :lol:
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    Let me know what the response to your questions is - I think that we too will be transferring to VA. I had previously thought about AA, and indeed have started to use my AA number rather than my QF number on some flights. However with the AA costing 35k points return in business, and it...
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    This looks pretty definitive... 16.1 All mileage levels are for a free return ticket excluding passenger taxes, duties, fees, charges and surcharges. All reward flights with partner airlines are subject to availability. Blackout dates may apply and certain routes may not be available...
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    Assuming that I am reading this correctly thats a very cheap business return...
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    Join Virgin Atlantic?

    I was just looking at the burn rate on Air NZ - one of VA's partner airlines. Business Class awards are 30k, Economy 20k - there is no mention anywhere on the site that I could find to indicate wether these were one way or return. Anyone have any ideas - or could point me to the relevant...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    I've flown Virgin a few times, and I'll admit to prefer flying QF however this is mainly for the free beer and the FF points. My company has a policy of taking the cheapest flight - so this is often Virgin - although I always manage to get QF back as their flexible flights seem to be cheaper...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    Oh well - it's done now - live and learn I guess - I don't complain often so I'm pretty new at this. As for specifying what compensation I want - I felt pretty mercenary even putting in that I wanted compensation in the first place with out letting them know that only First Class round the...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    The last message we received from the Virgin staff was that the hotels had been informed that we were allowed $20 per passenger for food and beverage - I'm not sure when anyone from Virgin last visited a hotel in SYD, but I can tell you that $20 pp does not go very far..... My wife, myself and...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    Heres the actual content of my letter of complaint - it's basically a rehash of the above, extraneous detail removed, and with a little more feeling..... To Whom It May Concern: My family and I booked and flew Pacific Blue from BNE to NAN on DJ177 on the 18th of June, and were booked to...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    In general I would say that this sort of cough up could (and does) happen on any airline. I think the measure of any airline is how well prepared they are for this sort of inevitable issue, and how they deal with the affected passengers. In my mind, for this incident, PB were not ready. I...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    Generally I agree with that - my complaint is not with the handling in Nadi - I expected that to be bad, or with the flight cancellation itself - it happens - we had a viable alternative I'm OK with that. Where I really have issues, and where I think that PB / Virgin let themsleves down badly...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    We arrived at the domestic terminal at 5:50am and went straight to guest services - neither of the two ladies on the counter knew anything about us or our predicament - so we and the other people beside me had great fun explaining the thing. As we were the second to arrive we expected...
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    Fiji Horror on Pacific Blue

    We arrived at Nadi airport yesterday to discover that our flight - DJ176 to BNE - was cancelled. In talking to other passengers we discovered that some people had been notified the previous day, some on the morning of the flight - no notification for us though - which I guess is fair enough -...
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    Anyone for a free upgrade??

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/4980364.stm I once stood in Business talking with another Business passenger - when told to sit down by the FA - so I did - in Business holding an economy ticket. No comment was made to me either during or after the flight - I passed on food...
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    To recline or not to recline... that is the question

    I never recline in Economy. I think that it is rude to do so - there is not enough room for people at the best of times without someone stealing what little I have. I actively push back when someone reclines in front of me, and try to make them as aware as possible that they are infringing...
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    Companion Airfare Deals

    Absol;utely this is exactly how I work it - AMEX Maximiser for everything possible, or the Woolies card if AMEX is not accepted. Also have the NAB Velocity VIS for the 15k points plus the use of a VISA card for when you get extras for using it - like extra points at the Marriot for paying...
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