• I predict this will last as long as it takes the first passenger or crew member to lodge an OH&S claim/case against the airline for inflaming their allergy response to dog or cat hair.

  • If you're fed up with QF and want to get into JFK at a reasonable time, you could always try (as for 17-18 Oct):  SQ228 MEL-SIN (A380 dep 16:40, 7h50) + SQ24 SIN-JFK (A350, 18h40, arr 18:50)airtime: 26h30m, SIN layover 2h40, P2P 29h10ORSQ222 SYD-SIN (A380 dep 16:00, 8h20) + SQ24airtime:...

  • BTW, Qantas, vegetarians don't eat dead animal, which includes dead fish and dead chicken. (If they do, they're not vegetarian, duh.) The fact that you are pursuing "plant-based meat" shows how limited your world-view is and how nothing is to interfere with the bottom line, not even a "full-servi...

  • The new Private Room is cold and charmless. Visited twice recently on a European trip. The endless browns and grey-on-greys and curved walls and boundless marble make for a drab and rather oppressive environment.  The lighting design did not, as was claimed, make up for the absence of extern...

  • I 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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  • What next for Velocity elites?

    Jul 01, 2020, 04:47 PM

    I 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.

  • Good 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.

  • Can 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...

  • AMEX Centurion Card invitation

    May 20, 2019, 01:16 PM

    I 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...

  • I 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...

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