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Virgin Australia hikes fees on Etihad Airways reward flights
Jun 07, 2016, 12:10 PMDear Velocity, consumers have voted you to be program of the year with Freddie awards for 3yrs running for a good reason - no redemption surcharge. Thanks for the double devaluation this year. You have effectively eliminated a key redemption partner from your program. And now I will not resp...
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MH17: Malaysia Airlines offers full refunds on all flights
Jul 21, 2014, 10:30 AMI echo that sentiment - we want justice for the 80 children and so many innocent lives. I fear MH's operations will no longer be sustainable at the current scale. While I will continue to fly with Malaysia, damage to the brand will take years to be recovered.
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7,500 free Virgin America Elevate frequent flyer points in sign-up bonus
Jul 10, 2014, 01:43 AMThanks David! I have 6 friends travelling on VX for the first time in Dec, does that mean I'll stand to earn 15,000 Elevate miles as a referrer (6 x 2500 miles)? That's enough miles to redeem for LHR-LAX (VS) or SYD-SIN (SQ).
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Singapore Airlines to start Airbus A380 flights to Beijing
Jun 10, 2014, 10:15 PM*I meant KUL-PEK.
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Singapore Airlines to start Airbus A380 flights to Beijing
Jun 10, 2014, 10:14 PMIt has certainly payed a role. In fact MH has scaled back their SYD-PEK operations from double daily to daily, SQ will naturally benefit from the reduced Beijing-South East Asia capacity.
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Visiting Singapore Airlines' The Private Room overnight
Sep 27, 2018, 06:48 AMI would go over to Silverkris lounge for a nap when the Private Room is closed between 2.30-5.30am. You can find long couches there to lie flat. Ive done that a few times and staff were happy to provide a pillow/blanket. You can consider going back to the Private Room for breakfast before heading...
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MEL/SYD - LHR (business return) in March - should I cash-in Altitude points f...
Feb 16, 2016, 10:24 PMDefinitely Krisflyer!The transfer rate from Altitude to Krisflyer and Velocity are both 2:1Costs for one-way Melbourne to London: Velocity Business Reward: 175,000 points + ~$80 taxes Krisflyer: 80,750 points (online 15% discount) + ~$490 taxesEven though Krisflyer c...
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Dubai transfer from terminal 3 to 1 - doable in 3 hrs 40 mins between flights?
Jan 02, 2016, 05:30 PMDubai transfer from terminal 3 to 1 - doable in 3 hrs 40 mins between flights? Will be arriving with Emirates and departing with Oman Air on separate tickets (presumably unable to tag luggage to final destination?). Thanks.
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How do I find out for sure whether SIN-BNE is still operated by Etihad on 1 J...
May 07, 2015, 06:54 PMHow do I find out for sure whether SIN-BNE is still operated by Etihad on 1 June. I managed to redeem 2 confirmed seats that flight using velocity points, but it seems like the last flight for sale on Etihad website is on 31 May.
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Any tricks for booking AU-Shanghai for $6k return for two people in Business?
Nov 05, 2014, 03:47 PMToo easy mate. If you have purchased some lifemiles when there were on sale at the rate of 15USD for 1k miles, it is extremely useful for Australia-North Asia (rates have surprisingly improved despite recent devaluation for most routes).40k miles one way business with Star Alliance carrier (Thai,...