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It’s the problem but it’s not going away. VA can’t change people’s habit overnight so they have to be practical and do what they can in speeding up the boarding process.

Except the bottleneck is that people need to put their stuff away and get seats to clear the aisle not the number of lanes or scanners. VA does restrict the front half of regular economy to FF or charge you a fee. Plus business and economy X already uses the priority lane. That does mean the...

My hot take is that if you don't fly enough to earn VA Gold then you don't fly enough to make a membership worthwhile. You need 500 SC to qualify and 400 to retain VA Gold, and the shortest domestic routes gives a minimum of 15 SC for a choice fare. That translates to at most 34 sectors to...

Pretty well enforced priority boarding from a few flights I took this month. The staff even stopped non-status pax trying to use the priority lane and sent him back to the back of the general lane.

Hainan often offers round trip J to various cities in China from MEL/SYD via HAK for ~2k AUD. +100 AUD for the visa if you need one its still very attractive for a mileage run that will yield close to 400 SC.

It’s not a surprise. UA’s load factor on flights to AU/NZ are low according to this source: United Struggles to Fill All Those Seats Down Under – Cranky Flier There’s a bit of a capacity war going on in this market, possibly because China demand is still weak so those long haul wide-bodies have...

That’s not possible I’m afraid. VA stopped displaying its code on EY flight since QR became a partner. It’s no longer possible to pay cash to fly EY via AUH using a VA ticket stock, one way or round trip.

Why would anyone be successful? It’s pretty clear those bookings aren’t eligible for the bonus.

The ACCC doesn’t care though. Feel free to write to the transport minister Katherine King or her New Zealand counterparts if you think Australia’s airlines shouldn’t be owned by foreigners but this is absolutely not within ACCC’s jurisdiction. The way this is raised is amateur or unprofessional...

Canberra airport submission - I was surprised to see this. Did they not read ACCC’s draft determinations carefully? CBR is just restating things they’ve already said without responding to ACCC’s reason in allowing a 5 year authorization period. Jumpjet airlines limited - what is this? Are we...

Not necessarily as you've mentioned exactly: And the ACCC has addressed that point specifically in 4.66 (emphasis mine) The ACCC took a look at VA's book, decided the margin VA gets from reselling NZ tickets would be substantially less than if it were to operate its own metal on this route in...

Unpopular opinion: I can’t sleep wearing eye mask so I actually prefer the windows to be locked so nobody opens it up to full in the middle of a 15 hour flight and it’s bright daylight outside. A big advantage for the 787 is that it’s dimmable so you can get a reasonable view without having to...

It is based on sector flown. I’ve got 2 round trip with 4 flights in total and that got me the 85 SC I expected. You either got allocated incorrect number of SC or some of your flights weren’t eligible for a different reason. I’ve also got flights ticketed before the promotion started and they...

Happened to me multiple times - just because I got off an international flight going to a CBD hotel doesn’t mean I don’t know my way around Sydney. Work used to insist I use taxi and they were paying so I didn’t care but it still felt wrong even though there was no loss for me personally...

you’d usually get more points and SCs if you book the VA codeshare as that’s usually a more favorable earning chart versus the partner earning chart. Also OP seems to be using VA metal on the way out and only opting for the codeshare on the way back. It’s possible that the round trip fare is...

Unlikely, knowing who stand to gain the most involves additional (and quite sophisticated) computation that goes beyond just calculating how many SC you are eligible for. And Bain is never going to pay a developer extra money to have that functionalitiy. It's probably just a simple script that...

I’ve seen people use it. The crew has a POS terminal and it all just work like it’s on the ground.

Yes, quite a few that was ticketed in early Jan but flown in Feb. Also had 2 Economy Lite fare in the eligible flights, didn’t affect the status credit’s posting at all.

Yes, the last flight that’s ticketed during the promotion was on the 14th. I had 4 flights that were eligible and the 85 bonus SC arrived on Tuesday.

Last flight taken was 14th and the bonus point arrived yesterday.