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Virgin reopens Velocity points redemption on partner airlines
Jan 11, 2022, 03:38 PMAny updates to this? Keen on SQ redemption in Dec22. VA call centre didn't know anything.
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Review: Qantas Boeing 737 business class (Brisbane-Darwin)
Aug 16, 2021, 01:17 PMI travel this route a few times a year, and J in the A330 is potentially interesting enough to get me to change from VA.Does anybody know if there is any consistent pattern to when the A330 serves this route?
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Easily earn Qantas Gold with ‘fast track’ status match challenge promo
Nov 26, 2020, 06:07 AMDoes anybody have a link or clues how to navigate this online expression of interest form?
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Virgin Australia 2.0: what do Velocity frequent flyers want to see?
Jul 09, 2020, 04:19 PMAgree that they probably should stop being everything to everyone. The full service Virgin Australia and Velocity were both fantastic for general domestic business road warrior travel, and leisure travel for those who prefer not to fly budget. That really should be where the new entities is aim...
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Cyrus abandons Virgin Australia bid, putting Bain in the pilot's seat
Jun 26, 2020, 12:32 PMShould have made their best offer first. You often only get one shot at these things.
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What next for Velocity elites?
Jun 28, 2020, 10:31 AMAlso liked Fly Ahead, or whatever it was called, though I expect it cost them significant marginal revenue from precisely those customers who might pay it.
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What next for Velocity elites?
Jun 28, 2020, 10:17 AMPlatinum, and the following is enough for me. A reasonable lounge with refreshments and good wifi, not too crowded. Proper meal-like food at dinner time and a passable breakfast. In other words, exactly what they had, though I personally can take or leave the free booze. A reasonable business cla...
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Finding Available Qantas Business Classic Rewards Seats on Emirates - Any tri...
Feb 15, 2019, 03:24 PMDoesn't hurt to check every day.. EK availability does come and go, so you might get lucky. I once snagged 2x J SYD-DXB on Boxing Day about 6 weeks before.
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Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer changes
Jan 04, 2019, 04:10 AMWaitlisted redemptions will not be confirmed 2 weeks before. They will be either confirmed or cancelled at that time, so this implies that you can't be on a waitlist inside 2 weeks out, making a reduction in benefit.There's also increases in the number of miles needed for redemptions. So all take...
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Time for Hilton status to appear
Nov 09, 2018, 06:29 PMYup, same experience. Takes ages, but once that 20 day period is over, call them and it happens relatively quickly.