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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    As a Diamond, Hilton Sydney was my go-to and standing in line waiting for drinks in the old Exec Lounge, my guess was that a significant number of my fellow guests were American (judging by their accents) with status from the Hilton Amex (rather than through stays). Given the current exchange...
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    Credit Card Offers Refreshed Amex Velocity Platinum Card Benefits & Offers

    Mine showed up in my Virgin account (Web not app).
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    My impression was that he was passing the baton to the team running it. https://travelweekly.com.au/article/broken-glass-luke-mangan-and-glass-brasserie-at-hilton-sydney-end-20-year-partnership/
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    Major changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer announced 17/10/24

    Dang, someone guested Mrs Bingham. Again.
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    At least VA2.0 removed the lie-flat beds or...
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    Velocity review date mechanism

    I think you'll need 142 to reach Gold based on this so depending on your travel dates and time of review it might be granted during the trip (given you said up thread that you'll be earning 250 for the trip).
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    Velocity review date mechanism

    Do you have the Velocity app? That provides a good summary of how many SCs and sectors you need, and you've accounted for your existing earn to expire...
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    IHG "Hush Trips" with an easy 50,000 points up for grabs

    I see a follow-up article in the Daily Fail.
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    Wife's Velocity name on ticket as 'Mr' instead of Mrs - changing with QR

    I'm Dr and I always get the challenge "Can't check in, must select gender". I selected Female on one occasion bc I was walking and phoning like an idiot. I was prepared to use my PhD (semantics, very useful), but wasn't questioned on boarding. Maybe it's the walk?
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    IHG Hotels that recognise status

    Classic case of your mileage might vary. We've stayed at both in the last 6 months. Bargain of a deal at the IC and upgraded well. Paid close to rack rate ($750/night is the figure that springs to mind) at the Margot due to a last-minute unavoidable in-person meeting, rationalised it by assuming...
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    Bonus VA status credits offer - March 2024

    Flew 8 and 10 Mar, 45 bonus SC landed 22 Apr dated 29 Mar.
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    This is the only Conrad we've stayed at and our first Hilton (I received Diamond status as a Virgin Plat) and Mrs Ryan always compares every Hilton with the Conrad HK as the benchmark. We received a modest upgrade (pre-Covid), but bc we stayed 10 days I wasn't expecting anything huge. The...
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    **Insert Month here** Coles status credits Late?

    Mine were processed 19 April.
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    New Kimpton Secret Password

    Yep, that's what I found online. I was hoping for the unhopeable. We'll probably bail to the CP. We stayed at the Margot in Feb w our dog. It was a last-minute, mid-week thing and so I had to pay for the most expensive room that wasn't a suite. We received a bottle of sunblock as our password...
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    New Kimpton Secret Password

    Being hitting Google but to no effect. Guessing no-one here knows the new password? Please and thank you...
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    New Hilton acquisition

    Unlikely I'll ever stay, but kinda interesting... https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Hotel-News/Hilton-acquires-the-NoMad-brand
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    Me too. I copy and pasted the link to this thread :)
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    Actually you can (What You Should Know about COVID-19 and Pets | Healthy Pets, Healthy People | CDC). Particularly if you kiss them. But, yeah, unlikely.
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    In the absence of evidence or good policy, make $h!t up and hope it sticks. #auspol Also, was this the new big announcement?
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    Pets in the Cabin - Coming soon on Virgin Australia

    Sorry, bad form replying to your post. Can I bring my dog into the lounge? Is she counted as a guest BC I'm a very important Platinum and need my full allocation? Jane?
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