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Regarding the cracked window on QF28 - what the?! I feel like that deserves its own thread.

The Holidays booking portal has some weird quirks. I never did quite work it out - mainly I used trial and error!

For anyone wondering, ADL-MEL-CBR and MEL-SYD-MCY also seem like decent runs in J if using the holidays offer.

So, could I be correct in assuming that a flight I booked before 12 January 2026 but flew on 20 January 2026 will not be eligible for this promotion? Also, does anyone know when we could actually expect the bonus SCs from this promo to credit? My review date is 2 May but I note the T&Cs say it...

I don't see anything in the 2x Status Credits offer T&Cs which would indicate that:

And yet TK still isn’t selling seats between KUL and SYD. 🤷‍♂️

I replied to Velocity's email asking for further clarification, and got this unimpressive response:

When Velocity changed the way it awards status credits to 1 per $12 spent on Virgin Australia flights, it originally said it would round up the status credits to the nearest whole number. In other words, if you bought a flight costing $149, you would earn 13 status credits. Velocity seems to...

That's a material change that Velocity probably should have notified its members about!

First Finnair and now BA is coming to Melbourne! Nice. Hopefully we'll see a bit of award availability on MEL-KUL-LHR as well. The schedule is fairly predictable: Route Flight number Frequency First Sector Second Sector LHR-KUL-MEL BA33 Daily From 9 Jan 27 21:10-18:05 +1...

17 April VA268 CBR VA Lounge 1230 +1 17 April VA237 MEL VA Lounge 1515 +3 18 April VA212 ADL VA Lounge 0745 +3 18 April VA267 MEL VA Lounge 1045 +3 19 April VA1211 CBR VA Lounge 0745 +2 23 April QF1573 OOL Qantas Club 0900 +1 29 April QF454 MEL Qantas J lounge 1400 +1 30 April QF23 SYD QF F...

I agree that it's now way too hard to work out what you're going to earn, especially on multi-sector/return trips where the ticket just shows the total price. When you book on the main VA website, it does show you the expected SC earn for each trip. But if you book on the VA Business Flyer...

It's time for another AFF dinner in Adelaide! I'll be in town on Friday, 17 April 2026. Let's meet at 7pm at T-Chow, an iconic Chinese restaurant at Adelaide's Central Market. I believe this restaurant also allows BYO at a reasonable price. Please RSVP if you would like to join, so that I can...

If available through QFF, the Oman Air flights departing from Italy should appear on Qantas.com (you might need to use the multi-city tool if a one-way search yields no results). However, if these are not “regular” award seats (Alaska has access to extra inventory at a higher price on some...

I’ll be on QF156. Might pass you in the air…

Bugger, I'm flying out of Auckland the day before this! 🤦‍♂️

I'm assuming the "select" is because you have to travel between 15 April - 16 December, and only VA domestic/intl short haul flights count. Indeed, I've found some very good deals using this promo. The best I've seen so far is SYD-MEL-HBA return in J (with a 1 night stay in Hobart).

Ah, I missed that. Do you know when the wording changed? It was originally rounded up.

My understanding is that under the new system, the number of status credits you earn is rounded up to the nearest $12. So, shouldn't the Flex fare earn 27 SCs? What am I missing? Also, does anyone know a definitive way to see what SC you're going to earn for an upcoming flight you have booked?

It wasn't, I had a checked bag with a mix of summer and heavy winter gear! Indeed! For those unfamiliar, you can see the Southern Cross plane that Charles Kingsford-Smith flew on the first ever trans-Pacific flight in a memorial just outside Brisbane Airport.