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  1. brown891

    Double Standards for UA customers outside the USA

    Okay firstly - this is a minor rant but also has this happened to anyone else?! Today I was trying to book an internal US flight (one way) with United using my Velocity travel card. So I have the appropriate amount of USD loaded onto the card and the reason being I wanted to receive the 2x...
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    QLink planes MOV-BNE - interesting movement.

    Anyone notice this last night ? Several Dash 8’s departing MOV around 8:30pm heading towards BNE. Have messaged QF to find out..
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    Kind gesture - Virgin Australia

    Thought I would share a good news story from Virgin that happened to me and a friend over the weekend. Flew to Sydney on Saturday and was planned to be back in Brisbane Tuesday night. However, I was given the sad news a good friend had passed away and the funeral was to be held on Tuesday...
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    SYD-JFK Return QF for $853

    Some ridiculous airfares with QF to NY next American summer as reported by IKTP SYD-JFK for $853 return $858 Flights to New York on Qantas from Sydney. Other cities around $1100. USA Summer | I Know The Pilot
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    Macau - HKIA TurboJET

    Hi all, Looking to catch the last ferry from Macau to HKIA which according to TurboJET is 19:45 for HKD254. This is because my flight from HKG to LHR is with Virgin Atlantic at 23:55. Wanted to know if anyone has caught this ferry and how easy the process is? Been reading about it and...
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    Using Velocity Gold for benefits on Delta & Hilton

    Hi all, Quick couple of questions. I will be flying into LAX (From LHR) and then off to SFO on the same afternoon in Early Feb. The trip to LAX will put me on Gold Status with VA. 1. I am wanting to know how quickly matching status is available with Delta so I can receive the baggage...
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    ANZ FF Platinum Credit Card - Worth it as my first CC?

    Hi all, Wanted to get some opinions around the ANZ platinum card as below: ANZ Frequent Flyer Platinum - 50,000 Qantas Points | finder.com.au It seems quite good as income only needs to be $35k and earn 50000 QF points after $2.5k spend in first 3 months. Given I don't know much about...
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    AAdvantage Targeted FREE Gold or Platinum Status

    Okay found this link Check to See If You Were Targeted for Free AAdvantage Status Saying AA is targeting some customers with free gold or plat for 3 months. The offer apparently went out via email but you can also check manually below. Click on this link (Link also available in the article)...
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    Virgin Australia ~$3500 J class RTW ticket thread

    Hi all, Wanted to put a feeler out to see how many people on here jumped on the VA J class promotion from a while ago. I booked a ticket in Jan/Feb 2018 for BNE-MEL-HKG-LHR-LAX-BNE over 3 weeks (15/01-10/02) and thought it could be good for people on similar itineraries to share their...
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    5 nights Hong Kong January '18 - where to stay?

    Hi all, Myself and a friend will be in Hong Kong for 5 nights in January and are struggling to understand what would be the best accommodation seeing as the place is huge. Max. budget of $2000 for the 5 nights total (this will rule out places like the peninsula, four seasons etc.) but...
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    Sydney to get second international airport

    Found an article this morning saying Turnbull had approved a second international airport for Sydney. Australian government approves second Sydney airport | News | DW.COM | 12.12.2016 Initially looking to be one runway big enough to cater for an A380, it is expected to be done in mid-2020's...
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    Things I should know before booking several flights with VA

    Am booking several flights today with VA, all domestic. SYD-BNE; BNE-HTI return over NY and HTI-BNE one way on 24th Jan. The HTI flights I am booking for me and a friend so it's not just a fare for myself. aside from discount codes that can be used on the flights that are greater than 20 days...
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    Am I eligible for this Etihad Guest Silver promotion?

    Hey team Couple of questions here with this promotion going around. Please see the link below. Book economy flight and get silver status, book business or higher and get gold status http://www.etihadguest.com/timesoffer?cid=aff-affaffwin&awc=5326_1478945536_313461a40f9775f7a37cdbe586fad94a...
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    VA Status Run for Silver, worth it?

    Hey hey, Am travelling to Maldives on Virgin/Etihad in November and will take me up to 175 SC's for this year, I should already be on Silver but stupidly changed my FF number to singapore one when I went to london in July... Was on discount economy so didn't get many points + missed out on...
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    Japan return for Free w/ Jetstar

    These pop up every few months, unsure if already been posted.. Purchase ticket to Japan (NRT) and receive free return ticket on most days between 17th April 2017 and 30th June 2017. Have done it before, on the Jetstar Dreamliner so it was quite nice. An example once you add in all the costs...
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    Get me on a First Class long haul flight before I turn 25!!!

    The goal (for me) is to travel a long haul flight - be it to London/LAX/NYC etc. in first class before I turn 25. I am currently 21 so I have four years which I don't know if that's a lot of time to accomplish it or not, to me it sounds really fast considering I have only ever travelled economy...
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    Tip for (uni) people buying domestic qantas flights for QF points

    Just wanted to share something I myself only recently discovered. I'm sure it's been discussed no doubt but in case there are any newbies (like myself) here, thought I would 'bump' the subject. I was looking to fly down to Sydney next weekend and generally try to fly Qantas as I wish to build...
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    Thoughts on Qantas 20% off Classic Reward Flights?

    With their new financial figures out and a profit posted, Qantas are offering 20% off classic reward flights between I believe september this year and september 2017 while only to August 2017 for JQ flights. EG. SYD-LHR One way= 60000 points - Now 48000. Who's thinking about jumping on board...
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    Excited to be apart of AFF!

    Appreciate being added to AFF and look forward to finding out as much as I can RE: cheeky flight deals, pointers on earning more points and the latest information about Australian Aviation. Am keen to travel so would like to know where is everyone's favourite place they have been or experience...
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