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Every time I try to select an Economy X seat on existing bookings the VA website errors out... how on earth do they let this get through testing???

Can't find this mentioned anywhere else, Velocity website has been updated and VA Gold/Plat/J pax will have access to the Etihad lounge in MEL for LAX flights.

Hi all, have an upcoming MEL-BNE-SIN-DXB trip, MEL-BNE-SIN is VA ticketed with the BNE-SIN leg on SQ metal. SIN-DXB is SQ ticketed on SQ metal. What are my chances of having luggage checked the whole way through from MEL to DXB? If VA can't do that, is my only other option to collect the bag in...

According to VA website this is only available on international flights. They will be directed to premium/silver check-in queue.

I've had nothing but positive experiences with Uber, especially for airport trips. Half the price of a cab, far more pleasant drivers and cars, and they show up quickly. Have had a few work-home trips lately in the middle of the day, only a 10 minute trip and I do feel kind of guilty when the...

re: VA to HKG from mid 2017 [From Where?] They're barely getting away with this for narrowbody flights to the Pacific. I don't think it's a reasonable solution for business and status travellers to LAX and HKG, once both routes commence. SQ lounge is already fairly busy, so perhaps the EY...

Sounds like T1 it is!

I have an upcoming long layover at Changi airport (arrive 6am, depart 3pm), so looking to book a room in one of the transit hotels during this time. Terminal doesn't really matter as I'll arrive in T3 and depart from T2, even the T1 hotel wouldn't be terribly inconvenient. Cost seems about the...

This move definitely seems to have taken VA by surprise. 10k points plus a $40 voucher seems quite reasonable compensation, especially given the new TBIT is fairly decent to begin with.

^I had the same dish on BNE-MEL (VA352) last night. Very tasty. Enjoyed the carrot cake as well. (It looks like you received a far more generous wedge of cheese than I did though!)

Re: Have VA 'enhanced' Agoda? Good on you for getting the right outcome! Given that points were an advertised benefit at the time of booking, they shouldn't be retrospectively removing it without some form of compensation. Looking at it from VA's perspective, 3000 points is hardly a exorbitant...

Re: ORe: Choice targets airlines over failure to provide full refunds It strikes me that it's relatively easy to avoid paying a cancellation fee - just buy the flexi fare. I assume Choice will be going after concert and theatre promoters next, whose "ticketing code of conduct" includes their...

While we're all comparing notes - Freedom fare w/Gold is $45. Bulkheads selectable.

Handful of data points from upcoming trips, minimum bids were: - MEL-OOL $260, Elevate fare - BNE-MEL $150, Elevate fare - MEL-BNE $260, Freedom fare - BNE-LAX $600, Freedom to Premium - LAX-MEL $1400, Premium Saver to Business

Arrived in SIN at 7pm last night (10pm AEDT), points arrived before midday today. If only all of Virgin's partners were as timely as SQ!

This may have changed - yesterday I was able to choose meals for flights in April next year.

I've used Skybus a lot in the past but tried Uber to the airport on my most recent trip. $30 one way, for the convenience it's competitive with the $19 Skybus fare + $3.80 train ticket to get to Southern Cross.

VA MEL lounge to gate 10 always seems like quite the hike! ;)

I'll try to answer some of your questions: - you're definitely eligible for lounge access and priority boarding on a reward booking (this is a known glitch - see this thread) - you can select seats ahead of time, but not on either VA or SQ websites. You need to ask VA for your SQ booking...

Earlier this year I was on 390 SCs, halfway through a VA-ticketed trip to Europe, and a flight I'd already taken worth 60 SCs was yet to credit. They still bumped me back to Silver (and back to Gold a day later when the flight credited).