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Hm is it better to earn Velocity points or Agoda reward points? Obviously the latter are restricted in their usefulness. Agoda says they're worth 4-7%, so if you value a Velocity point at 1-2%, earning 3x puts you in a similar ballpark.

Hm I quite like Agoda, for many destinations they were usually the cheapest on HotelsCombined (but now not indexed there?). Hope they stay competitive after the tie-up - I've never seen HotelClub come out cheapest.

Both are from Cubic, who also run London's Oyster card. And yes I think it's a massive shame that the systems aren't interoperable.

I also can't use POLi due to being with ING Direct. Wish BPay or direct deposit options were available.

My Sunday one is now there.

Seems to be, I'm waiting on a flight from Sunday.

Indeed the very tall colleague I had in mind would certainly have no qualms about the width ;) For such people squishing from the sides much more tolerable than knees wedged into the seat in front. Another reason that 3B might be taken is that people below gold seem to be able to get further...

A very tall person would almost surely consider 3B and 3E two of the most comfortable seats on the plane.

A colleague was recently able to choose row 3 at OLCI as a Silver on a route with business class. It was within T-24, not sure if that makes a difference as compared to T-48.

Yes you can fly ahead after checking in without luggage. I've also flown ahead after checking in online (intending to check baggage) and then asking at bag drop if I could move to an earlier flight. Have never tried with an already-checked-in bag (I suppose this might be desirable if you've...

I too am wary of the boards but have not yet been let down by the announcements. If I'm worried that they aren't updating properly I often google the flight number - the online tracking sites seem to be quicker to show updated departure times.

Try mobile check-in at T-48 h (I've been able to select seats in row 4 this way), or based on recent posts above online check-in might now also allow you into those seats. Failing that yes ask at the airport, or even try kiosk check-in (last I heard this even lets reds and silvers move forward).

Any possibility that people with relatively-difficult-to-pronounce surnames get fewer welcomes? Maybe they feel it's more polite to not try unless they're 100% sure of the pronunciation. And from my experience I'd say there was a period of a few months last year where personalised welcomes...

Annoyingly it interferes with the Go Card readers in Brisbane. No longer can I tap my wallet, alas.

Heh so they fixed the mixed-status-handling code but broke seat selection more generally. One step forward many steps back...

Maybe we've fallen through the cracks while they're patching something (ever the optimist). I'm not too fussed, I expect to use mobile check-in to move forward later anyway.

Just made a booking for gold+red, was able to select from the gold allocation, but after payment "Seat selection cannot be confirmed for some/all guests. Seats will be assigned upon check in." Haven't seen that one before. Seats listed as N/A. Hmm.

I've seen feverish grabbing of mini wine bottles from the cart on a QF flight, squirreled away along their row and put into bags. The flight attendants were bemused by the eagerness.

Very interesting, for tonight's flight, OLCI still showed nothing forward of row 7. But mobile check-in showed several seats available in rows 4-6! So at the moment it looks like golds should use their mobile if they want a wider range of seats without having to ask at the airport.

Mine didn't improve at T-24, so maybe the front 24 seats really were all full at T-48, or choosing at time of booking limits your later choices, or the increased availability mentioned above is only for bookings made more recently than mine.