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Thanks; I guess it could have been. It clearly wasn't Qantas and we thought we could see VA markings on the tailfin but we may have been imagining it. The flightpath and maneuvering would certainly make more sense for a military jet than a passenger one

Strange; a couple of us saw it, and were all going “oh cough”, expecting a crash. Definitely not the usual Adelaide takeoff to the SW, then turn to port until pointing towards Sydney / Brisbane etc.; would have been MUCH higher by the time we saw it heading NE

Don’t know whether it was arriving or departing; hard to tell from the constant NE heading that we saw. Rough time would have been 12:30-ish, flightpath as per the screengrab….

Was also coming in the wrong way - this was to the south of Adelaide airport, heading NE

I was at Brighton (south of Adelaide Airport) today at around lunchtime. We saw what looked like a Virgin plane descending from SW to NE. We initially thought it was coming in low to land to the NW on the secondary runway but it carried on flying straight ahead and descending. For a horrible...

"The price doesn't change from you picking the flight to be on and paying for it." Agreed, but you only know the price, and therefore the SC earn, on the day that you go to purchase the flight, and that's my point...... Historically, VA status has been very useful for the benefits it gives me...

I wrote to Velocity this afternoon via the Contact Us page on their website. I pointed out that despite their claim about the new system being “an inherently simpler way to track and earn status”, it's actually self-evidently more complicated because customers have no idea how many SC's they’ll...

Good point - gives a good clue about the timing of the IPO (with Virgin / Velocity desperately hoping that investors are too short-sighted to realise the longer-term negative impact of the changes).

Make sure you complain to Virgin / Velocity!

Hmmm - I don't see how Nick Rohrlach can claim that a fare-based system is “an inherently simpler way to track and earn status” as that's obviously and self-evidently NOT the case. Previously, even before booking the flight, I would know that a flight would earn me a certain number of SC's in...

My Status Credits from Flybuys for July-October 2023 inclusive have still not been posted to my Velocity account, although the SC's from subsequent months have arrived just a few days after the end of the relevant month. When I called Velocity, they referred me to FlyBuys, on the understandable...

Thanks - that looks to be the case! I've seen "Business" Rewards actually book downwards into Economy for one or more legs, but never an "Economy" Reward book upwards. You learn something new every day......!

Bit of a strange one while doing some flight research. Male (Maldives) > Colombo > Melbourne on Sri Lankan Airlines is 100,000 pts +$247 in Economy or 86,200 points and $341 in Business. Wouldn't be a difficult decision if I was in a position to make a firm booking right now!

The full-body scanners are also part of the problem - they take several times longer than just walking through a metal-detector arch, and they don't seem to work consistently. I've seen false positives on a large percentage of people, which then need checking, but I've never seen a true positive...

We like the small version of the Lojel Cubo; a hard shell case with a front-opening design rather than the usual clamshell set-up. The front panel can also be set up to give you an easy access laptop / documents pocket Cubo Small | LOJEL USA

Fridge magnets are a favourite. Bought this one for the missus during a solo trip via SFO.....

Feedback just sent to KrisFlyer too

Why is there a 15-minute proximity trigger for what is reportedly a highly infectious virus?

I noticed that too; I'm not overly familiar with their scheme (I got that card mainly for zero overseas commission reasons and don't yet have enough non-bonus points to worry), but if I understand their system correctly, it seems a bit bizarre given that the card earns ANZ Rewards Points and...

I cancelled my Velocity Escape Amex card last night. I gather that switching immediately to a different Amex card means I'm not eligible for any of the bonus point / sign-up offers, so I'll probably apply for one of the Qantas Money credit cards initially, then possibly switch back to Amex in...