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Indeed, and I can corroborate that first-hand. A contact of mine was recently flying EY through AUH with VA Gold and I asked them to confirm the lounge situation for me, given I've also now dropped down to Gold. They had no issues accessing the EY business lounge with VA Gold flying EY economy. 😊

It's an old rule that they haven't updated on paper, but Velocity Gold works for access to the 'real' Etihad business class lounge in the new terminal. I don't know how you would even be able to get over to that old terminal if flying Etihad from the new terminal. VA should probably update its...

Speaking of offers coming through, has anyone had any recent experience with the Aussie dining credit on Amex Platinum? Went to an eligible restaurant last weekend (so 9 days ago now) but no sign of anything happening with the credit as yet (hadn't moved to 'recently redeemed', no email, no...

The miniscule Shop Small promo was a good reminder that I hadn't yet used this year's Aussie $200 Plat dining credit. Fortunately, the restaurant that I wanted to go to was both on the list for the credit and also on the list for Shop Small. The restaurant bill more than took care of the SS...

To be honest, I'm actually using my Amex cards less than before. I now book Qantas flights using my HSBC QF Visa because the earn rate is better (2 QFF/$1, versus 1.75/$1 on QF Discovery or 1.125/$1 on Amex Plat). I now use CBA Ultimate overseas because the earn rate is higher (3 CBA/$1, equal...

On my Edge and Reserve but not my Discovery, Platinum Charge or Platinum AC.

I have an AC business reward seat booked via Velocity for YYZ-YYC and when retrieving the booking on the Air Canada website, it shows 1st and 2nd bag complimentary, max weight per bag 32kg, max dimensions per bag 158cm. Velocity status doesn't give any baggage benefit with AC, but the business...

In other words, depending on demand, we're still happy to charge you a price for a ticket that would have previously sold as Flex (eg a Y fare), but only give you the benefits and inclusions of a Choice fare. In other words, Lite fares don't sell out as demand starts to pick up, they just keep...

People didn't want to fly from Australia to Japan via a regional port, on a narrow body jet, without flatbeds in business, without seatback IFE in any cabin, without international lounges, without any service in economy aside from tea/coffee/water, where onward connections on the local partner...

Yeah, I downgraded from Ultimate to Discovery for exactly this, and told them why. It's not much of a 'benefit' when the flights are more expensive through Amex to begin with, or when you have to deliberately buy a more expensive ticket just to get over the $450 threshold. Amex customer service...

Working again now for me.

Yep, same.

Emirates' cabin procedure is to make all announcements in Arabic first where possible, followed by English, followed by another language if warranted by the destination. It's probably safe to assume that they'd play the demo in Arabic and then English, but we shall see!

Hmm, I used to think that safety videos had too much fluff, but then this video is so basic and routine that I just found myself tuning out. After the intro comments about being different from the rest, the spoken words throughout are just a basic copy-paste of what I've already heard hundreds...

Needed a seat home from North America during a peak school holiday time, when not even economy rewards were available online. Figuring it'd be tough and I wouldn't get exactly what I wanted, I put through a batch request. Turns out, I could have just asked for my first preference and been...

I see that VA Biz Flyer members get discounted VA lounge membership. How does one actually go about getting the discounted rate? With Qantas Business Rewards, it's easily done online by logging into the QBR account as an admin and doing it on behalf of the member. Can't see a similar option in...

When trying for one seat to North America later this year: MEL-SYD-YVR, I7, Business, denied (well, MEL-SYD got approved 🤣, but kind of wanted to go to Canada...) MEL-DFW, I3, Business, denied MEL-SYD-LAX, I6, Business, approved MEL-LAX, A8, First, approved 👀 With two approvals, now comes the...

As good as those programs are, the conversion rates from CBA aren't flash. You could consider Velocity which uses a more generous 2:1 transfer rate, as you can use those points to redeem on both Air Canada and Qatar, along with other partners. The best option would depend on how you travel, though.

You know, it's funny. I have no issue with pilots being fed at work, or with airline staff getting lounge memberships etc... but it always strikes me as odd to see uniformed airline staff hanging out in the 'passenger' space like that. I've noticed pilots in the VA lounges on previous visits...

QF4025 is also SIN-HND, not SYD-SIN. Definitely stick to QF metal for these seat requests 😉