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    Dining experiences on Etihad

    I flew December and didn't have that bedding or crockery.
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    SQ Tips, Trips and Tales

    Do they provide the nutritional information on the menu's? I thought they used to have calories, protein,carbs,fats but I haven't flown them since pre pandemic so I can't recall for sure.
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    Expert flyer - availability

    I have a similar but different question to the original poster: I am trying to determine what fare bucket Virgin Australia uses when booking a Velocity redemption on SQ metal. Correct me if I'm wrong but as i understand in J: SQ awards are fare bucket I VA awards are in fare bucket Z In...
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    Dining experiences on Etihad

    Earlier in December i flew EY450 AUH-SYD and my family flew the same flight the week before. Our experiences were similar. For a point of reference the only premium cabins i have flown post pandemic(ie since Oct 2022) are EK F, RJ J, and JL J. I was dog tired and slept on both RJ flights and...
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    Very few Reward seats to Europe in 2023

    HKG-CDG had more F than J available when I looked earlier today!
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    Philippine Airlines End of Year seat sale

    I did exactly the same strategy. Got two trips in the first half of 2023 coming up and the prices(in PR on J) were cheaper than AirAsia or Scoot let alone SQ or MH in Y. And in terms of lounge access in Sydney my understanding was that J gives access to 'The House'. Picked that up from this...
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    That is not my wish at all. But what was offerred to me (and all Diamonds) was a dedicated space each evening for 2 hours with beer on tap, spirits, and some tasty snacks which is effectively the same thing. If there was nothing at all then i wouldnt be happy. From what i can tell- the Conrad...
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    Rescheduled flight, Etihad cancelled ticket

    Can i ask why you are canning the trip to SEZ? I went there a few years back and thought it was tops, would love to go back. In terms of the rest of the thread and my recent experience- my family have taken EY flights this month which were booked at the start of the year, some through Etihad...
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    Tokyo Haneda slot - how will Virgin Operate it?

    Surely the biggest risk factor is they haven't taken delivery of the aircraft yet. Does anyone know when this is scheduled to occur?
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    Estimating and Billing Clients for Travel and Travel related costs

    As someone sitting on the other side of the desk I will add my two bobs worth in: I am fine paying travel costs and I appreciate post corona they are sometimes silly, but if you add an admin fee or markup on top of them then thats not gunna fly, and neither are you!
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Property: Conrad Osaka, Japan Date: October 2022 for 8 nights Status: Diamond Room booked: Base room Rate: 5 night on points and rest paid at about $AUD400 a night. Received: Premium view room. Comments: Whilst the room upgrade was the bare minimum they could do, i don't believe this property...
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    Promos on buying Etihad Guest miles

    Generally no however you need to check the routes you are planning to redeem on to get a feel for the value. I think there were some sweet spots in the VA network for redeeming EY points such as SYD-CNS(double check that). Buying them with no specific redemption in mind is madness. I dont even...
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    Tokyo Haneda slot - how will Virgin Operate it?

    I booked a flight today and the seat map in J was the standard 2-2 config over two rows for eight seats. Whilst a single aisle isnt my preference for such a long flight, the day flight on the way over is bearable in J. I will find another way back in a widebody with a flat bed. One needs to...
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    Flight Availability/Loadings & Upgrade Probability Help Desk

    Can somebody please advise fare class loadings for EY450 on 10th December 2022? Thanks!
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    Amex "I'm going to cancel my card" - bonus points given thread.

    I did call the next day and they offered 30k points. I took it as I had backed myself into a corner as I had used some of the benefits for the upcoming year in the month since I got charged the annual fee. Next year I won't be so naive. I will be 100% ready to cancel as soon as they charge my...
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    Lounge Access Help Desk

    I flew out of Hamad last week on RJ in J and made it into the Al Moujan lounge. When i checked in the RJ check in person said i had access to the Oryx lounge. I wasnt happy with this as I needed a shower and they said the Oryx lounge had no showers. In the end i didnt use the handwritten Oryx...
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    Article: Has Virgin Australia Had Its Goldilocks Moment?

    Last week I rang the VF call centre and it was in the Phillipines. And just to be clear- the service was excellent. They fixed my problem in less than 12 minutes on the phone. The same issue with Qantas would have resulted in Qantas cancelling my whole booking and not being able to reinstate it...
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    QR withholding award seats from Qantas?

    The best way to think of it is this: QFF points are like the Zimbabwean Dollar. Everybody is a millionaire but they are not worth the paper they are printed on. Joycey got into a c*ck size contest with Al Bakar. He had a lot to lose, he lost, and now he is reaping what he sowed.
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    I'm in the QF Lounge thread

    How do the Qantas First lounge and the Emirates lounge in Sydney stack up against each other?
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    Award booking cancelled due to Qantas Error - AGAIN

    To (hopefully) close the loop on my post #18 in this thread. I contacted the executive at the email address Nitro6333 provided up thread. I got a response the next day from his secretary. They said they had passed the request on to customer service. About two days later the PNR reappeared in...
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