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Hey guys Just confirming before I book that a Singapore airlines flight booked with cash though the SQ website and with miles credited to velocity then be upgraded from economy to business using kris flyer miles? Thanks Josh

Hi guys Has anyone heard any rumours about VA re-opening their Cairns lounge? Surely they can’t fly their newest route with their newest planes and no lounge access? We are travelling this route in December but I guess given the lead times for lounges and no announcements thus far it is...

Hi I broke my radius when I slipped on ice in NZ on a recent holiday. It was cast over there and I had no out of pocket expenses due to their ACC program which is great. I let my insurance know via email and then called them when I got back to give them a heads up in case anything didn't go...

Hi guys Slightly weird request but for my sons Xmas present I have got him business class reward seats upstairs on the 747 on one of its rare domestic jaunts between Syd and Melb (positioning flight for QFs flights over Antarctica)! He is going to lose his mind as he is 747 mad and has been...

Hi guys I usually fly with the enemy so haven’t booked through qantas much. I got a family member to transfer 32000 points to me in order to book a business reward for myself and my son on a 747 domestic flight (he is mad keen on the 747 so want to do it before they fissapeat. Business reward is...

Hi guys Most of you will know this card.. Great perks and has been the only card I have continued to hold for the last 4years. You get * 100000 velocity points- this is paid in 4 instalments of 25000 pts for the first 4mths with $1000 min spend * free VA flight within australia (see here for...

Hi guys Does anyone know how long prior to departure VA platinum and/or the Business have access to the Emirates lounge in LAX. We are tossing up what time to arrive from our connecting flight as there are some reasonable cost savings if we arrive on an earlier flight but don't want to be stuck...

Hi guys I am tossing up at the moment whether to just purchase using cash economy seats for our family of 3 (+ an infant) or whether I gamble on premium economy reward seats coming up close to departure and book economy reward seats which I then cancel if PE rewards come up (or better yet...

Hi guys So have a trip booked with the fam to Fiji in Jan. Wondeirng whether I should burn some points upgrading to Economy X (7400/person). I know it used to be the case that seats in row 3 opened up to anyone just prior to travel. I imagine with you now having to pay for economy X that this...

HI I have booked business rewards seats flying Brisbane-Honolulu using velocity points. I realise there is no lounge access for velocity status passengers flying economy but surely there is for Hawaiian Airlines business passengers? The Hawaiian Airlines website is hopeless and simply states...

For those people not signed up to the newsletter please have a look around this site and sign the petition. Without my credit cards I could never have afforded to experience international business class on virgin or domestically on the business. Further Information

Hi guys im heading through here in feb for my honeymoon and excited to experience the a380 first apartment!! I saw the ausbt article with first lounge opening early next year. Does anyone have any updates? thanks guys!

Not quite the a380 but there is now good availability back on the 787 in F as a points redemption....At least for feb 2016 when I was looking. This seemed to disappear for a while but came back about a week ago. I needed to make my booking first before posting ;). Am now booked in F on the a380...

Hi guys well I am ecstatic to be going on my honeymoon in early February and am booked in first suites (yay!! So excited!) on the a380 on the first leg (Syd-Auh). At the moment we are booked business back on the a380. Now, for now it is a moot point as there is no Auh-bne first class seats...

Can anyone tell me if the cancel and re-book process still works. I was told that these fares were no longer able to be cancelled for a credit shell by Amex? Possibly a date change but definite no to route changes. Anyone have any recent experiences to the contrary?

Hi guys just an FYI it seems that this may no longer be available for the free flight redemption (see American Express Velocity Platinum & Velocity Escape Cards ... There is an update at the bottom of the page ) ? Too many people booking and cancelling to use the credit she'll perhaps?

Hi Guys i was just wondering if anyone had any experience upgrading these flights using points? Since both parties gets points and status credits for the flights in hoping the answer is yes? my other question is does anyone know if you can book higher than saver eg. A Flexi so that I could use...

Hi guys does anyone know of any free ways to contact the velocity call centre from overseas? I don't want to buy a sim as I only need to make 1 call and obviously I don't have global roaming turned on because of the potentially exorbitant costs! I have Skype and signed up for a 1 month free...

Hi guys i just flew Brisbane -lax yesterday for the first time in business (yay :)!). I could swear 2 years ago when I flew PE with VA that there were noise cancelling headphones but there certainly aren't now?? Is my memory just fuzzy?? With regards to overall experience it was reasonable. I...

Hi guys if anyone is keen on 80000 velocity points this is the current referral offer. I do get 20000 points for the referral too... Which I promise I will put to good use to make a very special redemption for myself and my partner :D!! Here is the link and thanks in advance...