Is International Virgin Reward availability now worse that QANTAS?

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Do HKG flights become available on the website or only via phone. Looking for J HKG-SYD in late July but nothing comes up.
 
Anyone know if any J reward seats AU-LAX have already been released for December/January? I obviously know that there's <1% availability atm but being 'optimistic' that they will release some eventually
 
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No. You can only get seats for LAX in J only a few days before departure. Otherwise nope.
 
Do HKG flights become available on the website or only via phone. Looking for J HKG-SYD in late July but nothing comes up.

I find lots available via phone.. not much shows on website. Plenty of times it shows NIL on web but available on call up..just annoying
 
I find lots available via phone.. not much shows on website. Plenty of times it shows NIL on web but available on call up..just annoying

That’s interesting - they can’t help at all with LAX bookings.... what status are you?
 
That’s interesting - they can’t help at all with LAX bookings.... what status are you?

I am plat but it makes no difference.

All my USA travel is now CX with Alaska points,using life miles or VA transfers to Singapore air.

I have given up as the availability is so poor.
 
Well I have made a decision. I am going to hold all my flybuys and Amex points and not transfer to Velocity. I received an email a few weeks ago saying I was in top 1% in collecting flybuys (do not know if this is just a ruse). If awards are better with Etihad then that is where they will head. 15% bonus is no use to me if I cannot get a decent seat even 330 days out.
 
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Well I have made a decision. I am going to hold all my flybuys and Amex points and not transfer to Velocity. I received an email a few weeks ago saying I was in top 1% in collecting flybuys (do not know if this is just a ruse). If awards are better with Etihad then that is where they will head. 15% bonus is no use to me if I cannot get a decent seat even 330 days out.
I believe that Flybuys can't be transferred to Etihad anymore.
 
I read you can't add it to your flybuys account now. If you had linked then in the post you are ok
 
With the email suggesting ways to vote for the Freddies i thought there may have been an influx "how to vote rewards seats" but i guess not :(
 
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Sludge321- Any possibility of your Velocity LAX search coming back?

Doesn't look like it I'm afraid, at least not in the short-term. I don't think it was actually that helpful for LAX business reward availability anyway - all it showed was that any business reward seats released for ~+330 days (if there even were any) were snapped up almost instantly, and then there was no real availability until a couple of days before the flight. So the best option is to check rigorously at ~+330 days, and if that fails and you're gold (and willing to risk it) maybe buy a freedom/premium fare and hope for an upgrade opportunity a couple of days out from the flight?

Economy rewards were pretty much available every day. I guess the tool would have been more helpful hunting for the rare but not completely gone premium reward availability.
 
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