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  1. dsotm

    Melbourne pricing. Gouging? Or a glitch?

    Yes it was for a standard Queen Double room.
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    Qantas Club price increase April 2024

    So glad I bought the $3K lifetime membership back in the nineties (which still was a lot of money then). There's no way I'd be paying these 2024 prices now.
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    Melbourne pricing. Gouging? Or a glitch?

    Ahhh right, that will be it. Even so, $1437 for a bog-standard room at the Doubletree...:confused:
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    Melbourne pricing. Gouging? Or a glitch?

    Just went to book next Saturday night in Melbourne and it's showing $1,437 for one night at the Doubletree. $882 for the Hilton Queen Street. Similar results for the next day. Is there something special in Melbourne that night or is Hilton now competing with Crown?!
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    Cancelling Qatar Award Booking How Long for Refund?

    Just made a call to Velocity and they converted the points fee to cash to cover the cancellation. I think the points would have been 9,000 for two passengers.
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    Cancelling Qatar Award Booking How Long for Refund?

    I just cancelled by online rather than phone. How many points do I get deducted for cancelling (as against the cash option)
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    Question about $400 Amex travel credit

    I've a got a two-night stay booked with Charge/Reserve travel credits and I now can't travel to the city anymore. Can I change the bookings to another hotel in another city using the original travel credit?
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    Cancelling Qatar Award Booking How Long for Refund?

    How long did it take for the fees and charges refund?
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    Dubai Australia in classic reward seats?

    You going to find it extremely difficult to find direct flights home from DXB. You might be able to fly via Asia in sectors, but that will take a truckload of points compared to flying direct. What month are you travelling?
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    VA Partner points award release

    Each partner probably does have a timetable, but sometimes they just randomly release award seats. Last month tons of September/October Qatar flights from ATH-MEL and IST-MEL suddenly appeared on VA's site, then within a week or so they were all gone.
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    If I Cancel QR/VA Rewards Flight, and Rebook a SQ Flight on Velocity, Will I Lose Out?

    I think someone on the forum confirmed VA award tickets do allow access to the lounge. I'd better search and confirm that to be sure.
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    If I Cancel QR/VA Rewards Flight, and Rebook a SQ Flight on Velocity, Will I Lose Out?

    Maybe! It's a six hour layover in Doha, and I hear they have a great business lounge.
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    If I Cancel QR/VA Rewards Flight, and Rebook a SQ Flight on Velocity, Will I Lose Out?

    I'm booked ATH-DOH-MEL for October in J on points, but I'm think of pushing the date further out and flying back on Singapore Airlines instead. The SQ flight is shorter and only $300 in fees vs $750 on Qatar. If I ring Velocity and cancel will I get the difference in points and fees back...
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    Scam warning

    Saw the same. ........nearly clicked on it.
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    Europe Routing 2024

    When I booked a week ago from ATH to MEL, I couldn't get any connections via Qantas partners, but I had a bunch of Velocity points and got 2 x business awards on a Qatar codeshare for 121K points each for early October. There were loads of economy and business seats available all October. This...
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    Qatar Ist class lounge access Doha

    Great. Many thanks.
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    Qatar Ist class lounge access Doha

    Does a QR flight number J ticket on a Velocity issued award seat allow access to the Al-Mourjan Business Class lounge in Doha? Or is it classed as a “lite” ticket?
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    Is there a trick to Qatar J awards? 90K visible in the summary, not in the results

    Just found 2 x ATH-MEL for early October. For those looking there is excellent saver availability just released ex-Europe for next October. Virtually every flight I looked at in October had J award seats. I booked through Velocity (fees and charges not much fun - $750 x 2), but thought I save...
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    Has Qantas predicted my demise?

    My says 2097. Might buy me one of those Aliens suspended animation pods.
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