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Virgin Atlantic super-sized ‘The Retreat’ suite taking off in October
Jul 13, 2022, 03:16 PMI would pay the extra money for the Retreat seats across the Atlantic. Have never flown this route with Virgin Atlantic before. Fed up with BA First.
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‘Express Path’ returns to Sydney Airport, but there’s a catch
Jun 15, 2022, 08:06 PMCan't avoid SYD if you want to travel SIA A380 to SIN. The execrable 777 only flies in and out of MEL.
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Singapore Airlines’ new First Class lounge, The Private Room at Changi
May 13, 2022, 05:58 PMI'm a regular SIA A380 Suites flyer and SIA has seriously miscalculated by not having natural light in the new Private Room and First Lounge. I hope this replacement is worthy.
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Qantas reveals new A350 first class suites for Project Sunrise
May 06, 2022, 03:37 PMTrouble is, if any one of the (likely small) windows pops at 60K feet, everyone's blood boils in about a minute, instant death, regardless of oxygen masks. At 40k it doesn't. (And yes, I have flown Concorde, so I was prepared to take the risk, as many people will with this, too.)
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Qantas reveals new A350 first class suites for Project Sunrise
May 03, 2022, 12:36 AMWhat QF style?
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What next for Velocity elites?
Jul 01, 2020, 04:47 PMI am a Velocity Plat flier. (1) Keep the points transfer and earning arrangement with SIA. (2) Retain business class. Loss of the second is a deal breaker.
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Would Qantas devalue its frequent flyer points?
May 20, 2020, 05:01 PMGood luck trying to redeem QFF points for actual seats, domestic or otherwise. Redemption seats always in limited supply before the pandemic and probably moreso as they resume flying. A hobbled Virgin will provide less incentive for Qantas to play fair with points.
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SQ322 Singapore to London new First suites not available for points redemption
Jun 27, 2019, 05:34 PMCan no longer book this flight from Australia in First on points for travel in 2020. (Although I did just that last year and it was wonderful.) It is the best of the choices because it arrives LHR early in the morning AND has the new First fit-out.SIA Call Centre today confirmed that to be the c...
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AMEX Centurion Card invitation
May 20, 2019, 01:16 PMI had a Centurion card about 6 years ago, and eventually gave it up. Pros:- relationship manager to do all travel, restaurant, special bookings, gift-getting, etc- you can get into some events, and have special tables at restaurants, that others can't access- social and business prestige (valuab...
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Stick with Velocity Gold or chase Platinum?
Nov 23, 2018, 08:59 PMI use the four upgrades year in and year out. However, they are not guaranteed to be available on every flight. What I do is check online the flights I want to take and then ring the Service Centre to see whether they will apply the upgrade on these flights and, if yes, we go ahead and book Fre...