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Just remembered I have this Virgin Australia voucher with no use for it, as I'm HKG-based now. Expires June 15, 2017. First reply with 100 posts, it's yours :p

Got this email today, with a handful of local events being planned for Australia-based elite members. None of the five or so events interested me, but nice to see the local marketing & loyalty team trying to engage. I assume this is happening in many markets at the same time. Also included a...

I've looked and looked, and couldn't see a thread on this – I have to imagine that there's a somewhat significant pool of QF flyers on AFF who have decided to use, for whatever reason, an alternative OW program (AA, QR, BA, RJ, CX etc.) How is the flying experience different for those OWS/OWEs...

Most of my travel is intra-Asia, but I've just booked my first QF economy flight (Q fare) as CX GO and noticed there's no Club Point earn on most discount fares. I don't think it would have changed my decision to use CX as my home airline, but still kind of disappointed to see that most Red...

Cathay Pacific new credit card online booking fee - Australian Business Traveller I didn't even realise CX even charged a surcharge... I'm sure I've never paid extra to use the CC. Perhaps it's yet another reason to try and book ex-other markets.

This fare is back and I reckon it's pretty good! Just booked it for myself – two trips to SE Asia sorted. For example: https://www.google.com/flights/?curr=AUD#search;f=BKK,DMK;t=SYD;d=2016-09-19;r=2016-10-13;sel=BKKKUL0MH775-KULSYD0MH123,SYDKUL0MH122-KULBKK0MH796;sc=b

Landed in HKG this morning! With new J, PE and Y seats, I'm very excited. I'm trying to piece together the images they've let slip to get an idea of it. Here's what's been shared of the (I think) Y seat: Anyone else have any hints?

David Flynn of AusBT has published the new PE seat model: B/E Aerospace's 'MiQ'. Turns out it's actually marketed as a J seat. Same as what AA plans to use in PE. Really hoping they apply their trademark green to the seat. It looks pretty non-CX in those pictures. I've been fantasising about...

New MPC membership card appeared today. Much better looking than the previous incarnation. And very minimal! I'm a fan. (Apologies for the low-light photos)

Hi all, I have a number of 1 day transits on multiple occasions through CMB, and I've applied and received approval on the first transit eVisa. When I try to do another, the system tells me I can't hold more than one visa. Should I just wait until I've used the current visa and then apply for...

Cathay swoops on Virgin sales process | afr.com Rumours of Cathay Pacific being interested in a bid for Air New Zealand's stake in Virgin Australia. I'm calling this a hypothetical, since I can't imagine SQ lettings CX in. But, let's say it did happen and we had CX, EY and SQ as shareholders...

Saw these on Insta the other day, but not anywhere else. Nice to see more changes happening in line with the re-brand. Wonder if the J blanket and pillows are changing too. https://www.instagram.com/p/BFOUnjWyDTR/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BE8OT-4yDfU/

Hi all, I'm trying to book a reward flight (using all my points) which leaves about $64 in taxes. As we know, VA charges a $30 credit card fee (that they call a "booking & service fee") but is added when you select a credit card. I really want to avoid it considering it's like paying 50% extra...

The other day I was just casually checking some rates for a Sydney hotel on Agoda (with the aim of earning Velocity points). Decided to leave it. Immediately, while browsing other sites, the almighty Google started serving me targeted ads for some Sydney hotels I had just been looking at. One...

As I map out my year of flying to come, I start to wonder when the lounge redevelopment projects will finish. Sounds like LHR will be done by June. Does anyone know when The Pier J will open up in HKG? Also, with MNL, HND, BKK, TPE, LHR and HKG done, does anyone know which lounges are next in...

Just got an email about this: Earn Double Asia Miles on your flights from Australia to UK, Europe, USA and Canada Book and register for the promotion between 01 April - 30 April 2016 Travel between 1 May - 31 October 2016^ Book online for a bonus of 1,000 Asia Miles Not bad... pretty...

Happy April Fools' Day :shock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB5p-G3aIOo

Just saw this. Made me laugh. https://www.instagram.com/p/4qL_5YSDbl/ "Business class? It has a bed!"

TL;DR version: how do you get treated by CX as a MP elite? And the back story: Having been WP with VA (and using SQ extensively) over the past three years, I've decided to embark on a new personal project for the coming year ;). I want to reach Gold (and possibly Diamond, but I could be...

Just read this article which got me thinking: when have you totally mis-judged the small talk expectations in a place. I know I've done it before.