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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    Closing the loop on this one, was resolved on June 11 via email.
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    Hilton Diamond through Velocity Platinum status

    30 days here, have just called velocity to see what's up. They tell me it's now been escalated, and wanted to confirm email addresses.
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    Singapore frequent traveller program [eGate Enrolment]

    Fronting up to the automatic gate at Terminal 3 with an AU passport and a pre-filled arrival card was one of the most seamless airport experiences I've had.
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    Virgin Australia Delays/Cancellations

    I'm cursing HBA's lack of VA lounge right now. The departure board is a sea of orange.
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    Qantas Delays/Cancellations

    My OOL-SYD on QF597 got canned and turned into JQ415. Is Friday arvo at Gold Coast airport always nuts, or do I keep getting unlucky?
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    Pet airport lounge hates

    Flying out of WLG on Sunday arvo, old mate in the QF lounge decides to treat us all to the American football via his laptop, replete with him clapping his team on like a monkey with a mechanical cymbal. The power cord strung across the carpet walkway that nearly tripped up a pensioner was a nice...
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    Congratulations, your upgrade using Velocity Points has been confirmed

    Booked Getaway Y for MEL-BNE-WLG next month. Upgrade cost to J was 17500 for MEL-BNE and 16000 for BNE-WLG. Upgraded BNE-WLG, insta-approved. A pleasant surprise for this NB.
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    Virgin Australia Delays/Cancellations

    VA748 OOL-MEL was scheduled for 1700, still sitting on the tarmac due to an engineering fault. No ETA.
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    AA book baggage through SYD/LAX/NY

    As regards the return trip, here's a trap for young players: despite the fact that the first leg of your return trip is NYC-LAX, it is not a domestic flight for baggage purposes. This means your bags must be dropped no later than 2 hours before departure from NYC, as opposed to 30 minutes...
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    Qantas Delays/Cancellations

    First I heard about my flight was an SMS while waiting to clear security at Tullamarine, telling me my flight was cancelled. SMS included a phone number to call, which I did and left a note for a callback. Callback came about half an hour later, and I was told that the next available flight...
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    Qantas Delays/Cancellations

    Got bumped to QF408 MEL-SYD departing at 0700 tomorrow.
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    Qantas Delays/Cancellations

    QF450 Melbourne to Sydney @ 1630 got cancelled. Currently waiting on a callback from Qantas. Oh well, to the bar to watch Bathurst.
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