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Oh didn't realize, largely because the only time I'm interested in changing my seats is at check-in.

Yep looks like seat selection is back, no longer confined to booking and check-in.

Not sure if it's still the case, but at BNE, QF requests umbrellas to be put in the tray, while JQ and VA do not. Seems dumb having inconsistencies when they lead to the same secure area...

I rather like the range of films, it's just a shame that my usual flights are too short to watch in one sitting. Fortunately it's simple and fast to seek to where I left off - much better than most in-seat systems where you have to fast-forward and guess when to press play. The TV shows interest...

Gone up to $150 :(

If "everyone" is booked on the later flight then that flight will no longer be cheap. It's naturally self-limiting. And I would think that a substantial portion of the savings they may be seeking will be offset by increased time spent in the lounges, and increased numbers of passengers needing...

Interesting move pricing it higher than the train, sure there's no competition after 10pm but during the day? I guess they're banking on the hotel delivery being the selling point. I see from their price list that Roma St is still $15, but "selected stops" is $20.

Actually once online check in opens you can select seats repeatedly without finalizing the check in. As a gold, at booking I usually select in row 7. Then at T-48 I move as far forward as I can (row 4 or 5, depending how busy the flight is). Then at T-24 or later, seats in rows 3 or 4 might open...

I find it almost always works at BNE domestic, almost never at SYD domestic. The wildly differing experiences here suggest the dominant factor is something other than which airport.

Re: Macy parade, Black Friday, Virgin America Carry on and checked baggage sizes\weig I was underwhelmed by the Macy parade, but it's culturally significant so I suppose worth seeing once. I viewed it at Times Square from the same street as my hotel. I gather people also watch the balloon...

Oh sure for managing shadows some hands-on intervention is probably required. But I'm talking about the front rows more broadly - optimal packing of frequent flyers to the exclusion of the rest should be possible largely without moving people around by hand. And to be clear, I wouldn't choose...

Suppose the plane turns out to be full. Who would a platinum in row 3 prefer to sit next to - the random last person to check in, or a seasoned gold who was given access at online check-in 48 h earlier? For flights at busy times, locking out lower-tier-but-still-frequent flyers until the very...

Re: Virgin Australia Discount Code - up to 35% off Domestic Fares Perhaps the point is that 2 separate bookings incurs 2 credit card fees for those unable/unwilling to use POLi.

Happy to tip in restaurants. Hotels, not so much.

I've done it at a Hilton in the US, addressed as others have said above. There was no fee, I didn't tip, and I didn't forewarn them (it arrived 1 day before me - I'd tried to time it for just after my arrival but the estimated delivery time was generous).

I would say good chance also.

My recent flights Australia to/from Singapore posted 1 day after the activity date, Singapore to/from Europe posted 2 days after the activity date (1 day after landing).

Interesting, in my experience Agoda has tended to be consistently the best for mid-range rooms in Asia (if only by a few cents - seemed to me they were gaming the comparison sites), but I've not tried since the Velocity tie up. Are the rates higher through the Virgin portal? I remember the old...

Not sure when it was implemented, someone else might know. I think I first did it when Sabre was fairly new and there were discrepancies in seat availability between the web and mobile check-in pages.

Not quite, as Fruitcake said above, if you select your seats at online (or mobile) check-in then don't proceed beyond that, they will stick. So you can choose at T-48, leave the page, then if the situation improves at T-24 you can choose again. Only finish the check-in when you're satisfied.