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    1 day to spend in any city in the USA - Which city and why?

    Hi all. Got an unusual request (although perhaps not so unusual, seeing how much most people have travelled here!). I'm travelling to South America next month via LAX and MIA. Will be arriving in LAX at 8am, and have a flight leaving MIA at 4:30 the day after EDIT: Will actually be leaving MIA...
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    AFF Gathering #7 at HBA on 29 November - 1 December

    Taxi is about $40. Will take aroudn 20 minutes. (Alternatively can take the "Hobart Airporter" bus for $15... but it'll prob take about 40 minutes) NB: Cash is good coz there's a 10% surcharge for card
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    New options to upgrade with Virgin Australia & Velocity Frequent Flyer

    Re: UpgradeMe? (Rebranding, bidding) Still waiting for a reply to this comment!! If, say, I buy a Saver, but upgrade to Business, would that give me business SCs or saver SCs??
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    J one way Y return

    Try booking with a non-Virgin site e.g. International Flights, Cheap International Flights | Vayama - No booking fee and often cheaper than the VA website. Only problem is it's in USD. Alternatively, even book through Flight Centre - they usually beat the website's price for me, waive booking...
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    AFF Gathering #7 at HBA on 29 November - 1 December

    Can't really go wrong with the ones near the waterfront (e.g. grand chancellor, Quest, henry jones, somerset on the pier). MONA pavilions would probably be spectacularly good to stay at, but MONA is about 30 minutes drive from the city (or a cruise from the wharf), Somerset Wrest Point is...
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    AFF Gathering #7 at HBA on 29 November - 1 December

    Only just noticed this thread! I'm based in Hobart, and would love to join in the fun. As for places to eat - best in Hobart = The Source (at MONA), Garagistes (city), Piccolo (north hobart)
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    $7.70 credit charge surcharge vs free POLi - whats your tipping point?

    Ok. More specifically. Search for your flight on an engine like Adioso - The best flights to anywhere. The engine will show you the prices of either booking via Cheapair, Vayama,or the airline website. As an example. Melbourne to Sydney flight on August 12 Virgin website: $85 plus $7.70...
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    $7.70 credit charge surcharge vs free POLi - whats your tipping point?

    Do what I do. Buy all Virgin flights off a foreign website e.g. Vayama.com - the price is generally about $10 cheaper than buying off the virgin australia website, there's no booking fee, and you can pay with AMEX:)
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    Virgin Lounge Food

    The Melbourne lounge pancake machine's been broken for about 1.5 months + :S
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    Virgin Lounge Food

    On the weekend Mini Quiches at Sydney were good (although perhaps that's because I was starving), and they had Peroni on tap. Meanwhile, the automatic pancake machine in Melbourne is still out of commission!:(
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    Hoping to get more involved here!

    Hi all, I've been a lurker in the AFF Community for a while. Anyway I figured it was abuot time to introduce myself / give a general hello. So hi everyone! Of course the main side effect of being on this site include me getting obsessed with credit card points and status credits! I often travel...
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    Which ff program is best for using miles in Y?

    It's that you can get a lot more bang for your buck/points when you book with J or F - particularly when using Singapore or Malaysia airlines internationally. (which is making me regret transferring so many points into Velocity with its current comparatively shocking international availability...
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    Virgin gets Tiger Approval

    Just need Tiger to start giving VA status credits!
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    VA Global Wallet

    Curious what kind of points earning there will be. If it's rubbish, I'd really rather just keep my current VA Gold card...
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    Velocity Redemptions on Etihad - No business class availability from Europe for 2013?

    Re: Velocity Redemptions on Etihad - No business class availability from Europe for 2 As far as I'm aware, you can only upgrade VA flights (And only if flexi or premium) - although this might include some Etihad flights if there's a VA codeshare Terms & Conditions | Velocity Frequent Flyer
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    Velocity Redemptions on Etihad - No business class availability from Europe for 2013?

    Re: Velocity Redemptions on Etihad - No business class availability from Europe for 2 Ugh that's a real bugger! I've been saving my points for that as well (before Sabre, there were business class reward flights from London to Melbourne for some ridiculously low price like 120,000+$250...
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    Virgin Lounge to open in Hobart! [No longer "Mid 2014" - maybe never!]

    re: Virgin Lounge to open in Hobart! [No longer "Mid 2014"] Asked about this at the checkin yesterday - they told me that the lounge is going to be in the vicinity of the Qantas Arrivals part of the airport (although if i remember correctly, Qantas Club is in that area!). According to them, the...
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    Amex Complimentary flight - No indirect flights?

    Called American Express today to book a Hobart to Sydney flight. Have been told that I can't book Hobart --> Melbourne --> Sydney, and that I only have the choice of flying directly (HBA-Syd) Was hoping to fly indirect, as it would mean I don't have to take time off work to fly earlier. In...
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    Famous people seen (or even met) whilst flying or lounging

    Had Bob Brown sitting right in front of me, in row 3 of the VA Melbourne to Hobart flight a few weeks back!
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    Virgin Lounge to open in Hobart! [No longer "Mid 2014" - maybe never!]

    re: Virgin Lounge to open in Hobart! [Now "Mid 2014"] :(:(:(:(:(
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