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I am surprised to hear that there is still an onshore team. It doesn't matter how often I've dealt with "Velocity Premium" and how many escalations I've gone through...I've always very clearly been dealing with the offshore team.

If I wasn't plat with VA I would probably take JQ. Although I think the 787 has largely or totally disappeared from DPS routes?

No I don't think so...international flights are much more protected.

I'm confused...why is SQ sending you this? I guess they are part of the connecting itinerary? Can you manage your booking on the SQ site and check the status of that sector on your eTicket there?

You'd get points in either case...the question was about eligible sectors.

To be really, really clear. Are you saying that YOUR TICKET shows a VA flight number...OR, that the flight in general had a VA flight number (obvs as it was VA operated) in addition to codeshare flight number? A few times I've seen people think that because the flight is also sold as a VA flight...

Not sure about the polar opposite. I'm plat with VA so get 'Velocity Premium' when calling. Most issues I have dealt with over the past year have been very long and drawn out affairs where the vast majority of the staff just can't understand the issue or what is needed to resolve it. I've had...

I have done this too...but I DID have an issue. I was booked in Premium Plus MEL-LAX and EWR-LAX-MEL....earning with Velocity but I successfully upgraded these 3 sectors for 30k miles + USD450 in each direction. I had other flights on my itinerary where I travelled in the originally booked...

I had a whinge (complaint form) to VA about the Queenstown farce. Mainly about the lack of communication and failure to follow the ground services manual with respect to announcements / vouchers. They came back and told me to go away and that the delay occurred despite their 'best efforts'. I...

You know....I never really considered that before...they only look in bags at secondary checking...not on the person...which makes the whole thing even more of a farce. Once when I boarded a JQ flight from HKT-MEL people were just walking past the bag check anyway...security staff didn't say or...

At both of these airports...EVERYONE does primary security screening at the gate (except SIN T4 it seems...which has no flights to LHR). It has nothing to do with the destination.

They waive for US itineraries for 24 hours...because that's a DoT regulation.

I don't think the UK is subjecting anyone to secondary security screening. It has certainly never happened to me in Thailand or UAE, when it does on flights to Australia from those countries.

If domestic terror events had never happened here, I'd maybe agree...but... Instead Australia's domestic liquid regs are a huge international outlier.

This is the most ridiculous aspect of the whole secondary screening rule. Liquids on aircraft are either dangerous or they're not. Not having restrictions on domestic but confiscating post security liquids for inbound international is so ridiculous. 1707704229 Everyone gets 'the check' at...

I wouldn't say so. ANA inventory that VA has access to now quite reliably appears on the website. So you can try booking by phone, but if the space that SQ sees is not available to them then that's really the end of the story.

If you mean very close to Xmas...you'll probably find that with short notice before departure...1-2 weeks, 4 awards will be available in business...this seems to be a fairly repeatable pattern on UA. I flew MEL-LAX on 21 Dec 22...because UA is very transparent re loads and the upgrade list I...

Even if you 'link' the bookings...its basically just a comment in the booking...it doesn't offer any protection against delays / cancellations. You'd still have two ticket numbers for this.

That should require 8 upgrade vouchers...how many did you have??