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Am I the only person made dizzy trying to understand the Woolworths Everyday Rewards links with other programs? I have all my Everyday Rewards points set to transfer to Qantas. I generally buy fuel based on price, and in my area that's often a BP, so yay, more Qantas points (direct, not through...

Does anyone have the text of this article on yheir website today? Call me cheap...

So Qatar have a good economy class fare from Sydney to Dublin, via Adelaide in both directions. The flight between Sydney and Adelaide is Virgin of course. What's the prospect of upgrading those legs to business class using Velocity points, to start and end the trip in comfort?

We all know that for unknown reasons, Business Class from Manila is a fraction of the price of J from Australia. But has anyone actually done it? Is there a catch? I'm currently looking at $2800 return from Manila to Dublin. It will cost another thousand for direct (economy class) flights from...

Currently on the return leg of the Melbourne to Dublin trip. Economy Class, no Virgin or Etihad status after four years of almost no flying. Experience with online check-in and seat selection and other extras were again deeply unsatisfactory. Basically no extras were available to us, and it...

So: seat selection isn't available, even for a fee, but this seems to be an IT glitch at Eithad, and they are looking into it and will call me back. However, online check-in also isn't available for my tickets, apparently, so I can't choose seats by checking in either. And with the flight...

I've found some stories online about the new First and Business lounge in Terminal A, but nothing about other lounges. Does anyone have any intel on this? I'm hoping to be able to access some form of lounge when transiting in late November (and returning in December). Travelling Economy with no...

AKA "Mistake" Air Fares. I've no experience of mistake air fares https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/the-secret-to-finding-and-booking-those-dirt-cheap-mistake-airfares-20231009-p5eaos.html but a few years back I used Etihad points to upgrade an Economy flight for myself and...

A little tip that hopefully others can find useful. I don't have many Qantas points, as all my credit cards and Flybuys are linked to Virgin Velocity. Need to get from near Canberra to Melbourne on Saturday 25 November to catch and Etihad flight to Dublin (thank you Virgin Velocity, although...

So, looking for a car for two weeks starting near the end of November, and am finding that adding a second driver is almost doubling the cost of the rental. Anyone know of a rental company that is nore ressonable? We also need to drive into Northern Ireland, so if they charge excessively for...

I posted questions about this the other day, and got no response. Does nobody have any experience of how this works?

So, I have just booked flights to Dublin from Melbourne in late November, using Virgin Velocity points, which cost about $1000 for two people, return. About half what it used to cost without points, pre-Covid-19! Purpose of the trip is to visit my mother for her 90th birthday. As it's my first...

Hi everyone so we have a flight from Sydney to Armidale and back booked with Rex, but plans have changed and travel will be on different dates. The fare class is Community which is described as absolutely no changes or refunds. Any tips on how I might extract anything out of Rex, or is the...

The booking page for this doesn't seem to be working. Any thoughts, folks? (Relevant thoughts, please, or at least interesting ones.) http://compflight.virginaustralia.com/

I'm looking for a redemption on Air Canada, Vancouver to Sydney or Brisbane next week. There's no availability shown until well into February, and that's on United Airlines and not Air Canada Am I wasting my time keeping checking, or do they sometimes release flights as the date gets closer? on...

A case of wine for $120 with a free bottle of French champagne and free delivery and 3000 Velocity points. But is anyone else finding that they get an error message when they try to order this?

Why would this be? Brisbane to Canberra on Friday evening. Not a cheap ticket.

So, are you sitting comfortably? Now we shall begin. The partner and kids are in Canada. Flew there on Air Canada booked with my (okay, probably our) Velocity points. She developed Covid-19 instantly she arrived, so has lost several days of the trip to being isolated and sick (even if she...

I have found an answer to this question on the internet, but from a few years ago so would like to know if it's still the case. The partner airline would be Air Canada, Sydney to Vancouver. Using my Velocity points. Partner and her two children. I have to ask rather than try to book, as I...

A very specific question, I know, but you folk are so smart and we'll informed. I'm looking at flights from Sydney to Vancouver on Air Canada using Virgin points. If buying from Air Canada, a child ticket seems to be 75% of the cost of an adult. Is there a difference when using Virgin points...