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I have been VA platinum since 2016. Some years, I’ve taken over 100 flights with VA. Since I started flying with them regularly (2014), I have not had one single bad experience that I can recall... which is quite incredible! I was reflecting on this the other day and realised they would be...

My money is on this.

I thought VA would become financially viable, but I would not be surprised if this crisis bankrupts them. Time to spend Velocity points quickly. I am a little worried as I am in the USA until March 23. It'll be horribly inconvenient for me to return sooner, but it looks as if I risk being stuck...

Sounds like a good buy. I actually do think, in time, Scurrah will turn the ship around to some degree, so I am serious.

I would also raise the issue of an alliance. I know Virgin claim that their "bilateral agreements" suit them better, but they need to get real and realise it doesn't suit serious customers and potential serious customers.

For real? I wish my flights were like that! I fly to LAX with Virgin twice each year and the plane is always pretty chockers. To the OP: the flight won't be cancelled. They don't cancel international long haul flights for that reason.

Top 1%. 83 flights, 90,371km flown. Do I win? 😁 Quite a big drop from last year for me, when I did 120+ flights. Noticed I've been upgraded to business class at the gate a few times this year. I wondered whether it meant I was a particularly high value guest. Seems it does.

What would you do? I'd like to go to Scotland next year, but SQ in J is only 348,000 Velocity points. I am Canberra based, so SQ is very handy, with a CBR > SIN route and easy redemptions. I could add a travel companion, but I have friends there, so that's not essential (am single myself). Or...

Just booked J fares return to LAX, which I was going to purchase anyway. Now it's on double points. I'm happy.

Earned 2,076,792 Redeemed 1,315,911 Since 2015.

For me it's free YX, and the "subjective" benefits. I do feel I get treated uncommonly well. Had a few free upgrades to business recently, and my status has gotten me out of lots of change fees and various travel headaches.

Joining Star Alliance or Sky Team would be my dream come true. Can someone explain to me my Virgin are ideologically opposed to an alliance? I recall Borghetti speaking about it a while back, but it never really made sense.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but the way they are hyping it... A massive sale would be ok, but hopefully it's more than that. An alliance partnership would be awesome.

This is a phenomenon I like, because I always go for row 4 or 5. They tend to be free :) My reasons are: - I can put my bag under the seat in front. I usually work on planes, so this is handy. - I am over 6'7" and can testify that the legroom is far superior in rows 4 and 5. I can stretch out...

For those worried about expiry, surely you would just transfer the miles back to Velocity if that became a risk? You have 36 months to use them with SQ anyway, so I can't imagine it's too serious a risk.

Some months ago, I had booked an itinerary in J (saver fare) BNE > LAX > PHX outbound, and LAX > SYD > CBR return. The travel dates are now a little over a week away. I wanted to change the return leg of the journey by pushing the date out 5 days. Applicable charges should have been a $400...

I just moved a little over 1 Million points to KF. I don't have any concrete plans, but I know that I only tend to make big redemptions for international flights... And VA are just hopeless at international redemptions... Whereas KF are really good... So KF it is!

On balance I find their priority boarding very good. It is seldom skipped and nearly always actively enforced. I've noticed that they do very occasionally board both queues at the same time if things are behind schedule. I've also known them to skip priority boarding altogether if it's a small...

I also just booked J return MEL > LAX only two days ago! Just my luck :|

I must say it mystifies me when I see negative experiences written up, especially repeated ones. It makes me wonder if I am just easily pleased. I've been on a plane, on average, once every 3 days for the past year. I suspect that hasn't changed much since 2014. The overwhelming majority of...