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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    Can you share your research with us please? Until then, I'd suggest it is more like 85% do NOT want them on a plane. I have always owned cats and dogs, and love them all, and despite travelling many millions of miles have never taken one into a cabin. Virgin will charge what - $50 an animal...
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    Jayne Hrdlicka to resign as CEO

    Virgin owes Bain zero, and that has been the case for a while now. They have all their outlay back already, in cash, plus some. Whatever they get is all total gravy now. If they see Pilot strikes ahead etc, and other industrial unrest, and the need to pump in mega bucks of THEIR money to...
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    Virgin Australian "Trade Sale" - who would be best?

    They were in front about a year back. i. e. they have more than their TOTAL investment back already. In real money in the bank. All just gravy from now on.
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    Virgin Australian "Trade Sale" - who would be best?

    Remember VA owes Bain precisely zero at this point, as I recall. WHATEVER they get is all gravy.
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    Failed beg for platinum status consideration

    I've used it 100 times - the only way to sort issues IME. If every Ma and Pa Kettle start using it for all sorts of lame routine queries, they'll just cancel the system in this age of Virgin cutting everything possible. Seen that before. They get swamped with nonsense queries. If you cannot...
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    Failed beg for platinum status consideration

    I'd be emailing the platinum email BEFORE you expire. The Drones offshore read off script sheets generally And I strongly disagree that elite contact emails should be publicity posted, hopefully Mods can disguise it or remove it. Anyone entitled to access it can readily get it.
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    Virgin Australia - Promo Codes (ongoing)

    Tried CKS59 to Queenstown in early June and made almost zero discount.
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    Velocity members can now only access Etihad J/F reward seats 30 days out

    Yes the divorce is well underway. :D Booked revenue Biz tickets on Etihad website to Europe for May .. just pray the Decree Nisi does not occur before then. A lot of SC. TRIED to book them direct on Virgin website and get the 4% CashRewards discount, but no dice, no option whatever to do it...
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    Velocity Platinum Complimentary Upgrades

    United's Lifetime Star Alliance Gold is a million flown miles. I got that very easily, on the cusp of 2 million really, and you can nominate a companion to get one too for life, which I did. PLUS Marriott/Bonvoy Gold Membership forever too...
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    Velocity Platinum Complimentary Upgrades

    With a new incoming CEO at some point, and with the IPO clearly delayed, and with today's announced unexpected QANTAS loss (and the chaos and massive bad press that has gone on in there for the past year) keeping a few juicy bennies for top flyers would be savvy tactics. Adding a lifetime...
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    Velocity Platinum Complimentary Upgrades

    'I think most of us expect for this promotion to be changed so it's actually part of the offering going forward.' I sadly cannot see it changing after March 31 to be valid for all Choice Fares going forward. Does anyone else?
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    Bonus VA status credits offer - March 2024

    My review date is March 14. Booked 4 short flights between March 15 and March 28. With pooling, 170 handy bonus SC towards next year, along with the normal = 310 extra towards the 800 I need for Plat. 10% off too using the current AFL Promo code. Happy to eat the crumbs off the table. Not...
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    Platinums can now use complimentary upgrade from a Choice fare

    So Virgin DOES fly 737 to Kalgoorlie - gotcha. And last year I used free Platinum upgrades to Broome, in 737s. Did not seem too 'hopeless' to me, I must admit. A $600 saving each way is not too shabby...
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    Platinums can now use complimentary upgrade from a Choice fare

    So Virgin do not fly from Perth anymore to Kalgoorlie and Broome etc within the state. How sad. Virgin website shows PER-KGI on 737s each day with Business ¬$300-$400 more than choice each way...
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    Transit thru Changi

    I have no exact figure, but my GUESS would be about 5% of all of all flights out of Australia go via Singapore. 1705925884 WHAT ??? Has April 1 come early? Cancellations and refunds You may cancel your Singapore Airlines ticket online for a refund if you’ve purchased a ticket directly from...
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    Transit thru Changi

    I have no exact figure, but my GUESS would be about 5% of all flights out of Australia go via Singapore, so this is an absurd statement.
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    Transit thru Changi

    Last time I heard, SQ sells fully refundable airline tickets. Expensive yes, but if cancelled same day, no cost. Change your mind on the day and you get a full refund. Even a few hours before a flight. That is why they are called 'fully refundable tickets'. I bought a First Class MEL-SIN...
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    United lounge access as VA platinum

    I'm amazed a SYD-SFO ticket on QF stock would EVER have offered a UA leg when AA is married to QF! Last week I desperately tried to book $12,000 in Biz tickets SYD-LHR on Virgin site using Etihad. The ONLY choices I as given were Qatar and SQ .. despite Etihad and Virgin still allegedly being a...
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    Transit thru Changi

    Great info thanks. :D OK, him getting air side will be a hassle anyway. Had already booked that capsule Hotel at over $A300 which I assumed was air side and now find it is not! Seems like it is at 'JEWEL' which near T1, but apparently all dining options closes there at 10pm, and we arrive...
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    Transit thru Changi

    Thinking more about it -- is there a 'length of time cap' for visiting the Silver Kris lounge there? They have those 2 rooms of sleeping recliners there at back. If we arrive at 9pm on SQ with carry on only, and go to lounge to say we are going to doze ahead of our 9am SQ Biz class flight to...
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