airline status

In general, do you think airlines should make it easier, harder or the same as it is now to earn status? On one hand, it's nice when status is easy to earn because it's more accessible. On the other hand, when more people have status, the benefits can become diluted, lounges get overcrowded and...

Just a suggestion, can we add oneworld/star alliance/skyteam status levels in addition to just QF & VA? A lot of members have their status in these programs and it would make it easier when offering advice to them.

Quick question (hopefully) on booking flights with Fiji Air as I've got a couple of trips to North America coming up and find that Fiji offers the best fare on the dates I want to travel: When booking via the Fiji website they offer a number of Fare classes (i.e. Lite, etc.) but doesn't show...

Hi all, Thanks for your help! I am currently Gold QFF, hoping to get Platinum this year with the DSC promotion. Last day of membership is 30th April. I fly J from Tokyo-Syd dep 20:00 on 30th April, landing in Syd on 1st May. My question is - will this be credited to the 30th April, or the 1st...

Hi all To take advantage of the DSC promo I’ve booked MEL->SYD->OOL->SYD ->MEL to tick off both the status credit and eligible sector. Unfortunately, I’ve just received a text saying my flight’s been cancelled to a MEL->OOL for the first leg. I know people have general success requesting ORC...

I recently flew CBR-SYD-ADL on a J ticket. According to the Virgin Australia booking page, such flights should give me 110 Status Credits. The first attached image illustrates an example flight, and the same is true for any J ticket to/from Canberra via Sydney, even though CBR-SYD or SYD-CBR...

Thought I'd share the different experiences I've had getting a few recent flights posted to both VA and QF. QF: I start with the caveat that I actively have been avoiding QF making good on a stubborn pledge to do just that, and I now have VA Platinum earned without a status match to show for...

I'm eligible for various car hire status tiers through various airline statuses and other memberships (e.g. with Velocity status you can get complimentary Hertz or Europcar elite status). But until now, I haven't really seen the benefit for somebody like me that only hires cars a few times per...

Morning team, Does anyone know how many status credits I would earn Melbourne to London return flying Qatar business booked under a BA codeshare? The status credit calculator doesn't seem to give me the option. If it is more SC than the dismal amount you get flying Qatar J it might be an option

Hello, As per https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/au/plan-travel/local-promotions/australia/virgin-australia-singapore-airlines-alliance/ , SIA allows VA status credit earn while flying SIA business class and above. However it also says: "To enjoy this benefit, Velocity Frequent Flyer members...

Qatar Airways Privilege Club has launched a new partnership with Accor ALL. You can link your Accor & QR accounts in a similar way to how you can link your QFF or Flying Blue account with Accor. Pretty sure you wouldn't be able to link Accor/QR accounts if you already have your QFF/Accor...

Of the 3600 SCs required for P1 renewal, QANTAS provides 1800 as part of the Status Credit Rollover program. Is there any rollover provided towards the 2700 sub-threshold for QF flights?

So, recently I was on a very late QF11 which meant that I missed my QF codeshare AA flight and rebooked on a UA flight. Now I'm not normally one to really care about 10SC. But I was also on the cancelled QF93 and shuffled onto QF12 and then QF437. Now as it adds up I am all of 5SC short of WP1...

I booked a business sale flight from SYD to NAN via the Qantas website. My itinerary had a QF flight number although I knew I was on the FJ A350. I tried to check in at the Qantas counter at SYD but was directed to the Fiji Airways counter and was subsequently given an FJ boarding pass. The...

Hi, The first of my PER-SIN leg of the PER-SIN return journey operates via Scoot metal (SQ ticket and SQ flight number operated by Scoot). As a Velocity Gold member, do we can enjoy the additional Baggage, Perth lounge access, earn status credit for that Scoot sector (and additional baggage...

Just noticed this offer when viewing the "Special Offers" section on the Velocity website: https://experience.velocityfrequentflyer.com/partners-offers/offers Maybe I've just missed it, but I don't recall seeing this advertised anywhere? Doesn't look like you need to register. VA marketed...

We have a booking for MEL to BNK ( direct flight) in Oct 2022. Yesterday I received an email with flight change information and it is no more direct with a stop over in Sydney. Does this mean we will receive status credits as per the individual legs or the actual direct flight that I had booked...

Hi All, Brand new here so apologies if this is in the wrong spot, but just wanted to get some thoughts from more experienced people. I joined QFF just pre-covid in Aus so it's kind of been sitting dormant for a few years, and I'm now starting to look at how I can better make the most of my...

A quick question out there, as I’m relatively new to QFF status (last business I worked for used VA more often so my experience is more with Velocity). Been quickly rising through the status points this last year, but realised I’m going to be annoyingly close to the magic 700 to get to Gold...

Hi everyone, looking to hear experiences for TPRs for those based in Aus. I've heard that PER-BKK often has sales. Does anyone know how cheap they get and are there any other fares available? Ex-EU has some good deals I've seen, DUB-LAX or BUD-Hawaii. I would like to see whether its cost...