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There is no way they would offer it. I definitely had to ask. Also, the options they were offering me were terrible, I also had to point out that I was a sole parent travelling to collect my 8 year old; Sunday morning really was too far away. On the self manage change flights option, there...

I was in Melbourne last night - booked on the last Virgin flight back to Sydney. It was cancelled, called the centre who advised me to speak to ground crew. In the meanwhile I was rebooked onto a flight leaving Melbourne on Sunday morning. Ground crew insisted that the call centre should assist...

I flew Regional Express MEL-SYD yesterday. I had checked in, the person attending the check in said “let me find a better seat for you” and gave me a boarding pass for 1A. I was actually mostly grateful to have lounge access so I could charge a few devices, and it was pretty well kitted out too...

This morning I flew a few Virgin flighs. On my first, LST-MEL was served the good old orange biscuit and a glass of water. A trip to the Melbourne lounge involved a coffee and the best quick option available - banana bread - before running back to the gate for the MEL-SYD leg. A copy of the...

Hello, I posted 18 months ago asking about suggestions on spending a whack of Velocity points. Thankyou to all those who helped me with suggestions on spending the 275k. I don’t know that anything quite grabbed my imagination, until recently I developed a bit of a wild plan and would...

Speaking of travelling with an 8 month old - we flew SYD to OOL when he just started walking. It was possibly the worst 90 minutes of my life! I like the Senotsa island idea and hadn't thought of that. Excellent suggestions everyone, very much appreciated.

Good idea/point. Thanks!

Yes - agreed. I haven’t been to Tonga, Samoa or Solomon Islands from those but I have been to the South Pacific a fair bit (Vanuatu, Cook Islands and Tahiti) and we also have a cruise through the region booked for next year. I know it makes sense from a value perspective but I don’t feel excited...

Thanks trooper. Appreciate your perspective on this. What I think I will do is spend 100k on a Business day flight for us to DPS, and pay for the return leg in economy. Bit of a ‘best of both worlds’ by keeping the flights reasonably short haul, drinking the good stuff on the way up and then...

Hello all, I’m an ex FF and have a stack of Velocity points in my account (275k). I rarely travel these days (sole parent to a toddler) so no status. I’m looking for suggestions on how I might spend these points (or perhaps more as I accumulate at a solid rate via my business expenses. I...

Here we go. First post, but I couldn't resist. You know you're a frequent flyer when your best chance of socialising with friends who live 4 blocks away is while you're both interstate. You know you're a frequent flyer when your travel toothpaste runs out three times as often as the...