I'm in the VA Lounge thread

[jase05]

Life going back to normal perhaps...?

ADL VA lounge was quiet but flight was absolutely chocka’s. Made the decision yesterday morning to come over and got the last J seat

 

[MooTime]

ADL VA lounge was quiet but flight was absolutely chocka’s. Made the decision yesterday morning to come over and got the last J seat

What did the last J seat cost, only interested cos I remember discussion on Max prices etc.

Great they opened the MEL premium exit, bloody needed to this week.

 

[jase05]

What did the last J seat cost, only interested cos I remember discussion on Max prices etc.

Great they opened the MEL premium exit, bloody needed to this week.

$599 but as it was pretty much last minute decision I jumped on it. Going back tomorrow I was still able to get tomorrows flight home for $399 but am now seeing the same flight for $599.
Wasn’t a spare seat even in Y last night so much so that we were delayed for another 5 minutes (was already nearly an hour late) whilst they moved a bloke in Y that was seated next to two unaccompanied minor girls

 

[MooTime]

whilst they moved a bloke in Y that was seated next to two unaccompanied minor girls

Wow that's interesting.

Will be in BNE VA lounge Wednesday, see how busy it is & check in / security area.
Long weekend over so Shirley less busy.

 

[Notyourbag]

Any lounge food updates? I've heard breakfast has been pretty ordinary (at least friends visiting SYD recently)

 

[jase05]

Any lounge food updates? I've heard breakfast has been pretty ordinary (at least friends visiting SYD recently)

ADL has had the superb Thai beef salad and some decent wraps and sandwiches along with soup, pies and sausage rolls but haven’t been there during breakfast hours for a couple of weeks so don’t know what they have.
MEL today had a small assortment of wraps and sandwiches but didn’t look like much else there this arvo. Was a bit disappointed with the offerings in MEL TBH

 

[alexczarn]

Wow that's interesting.

Will be in BNE VA lounge Wednesday, see how busy it is & check in / security area.
Long weekend over so Shirley less busy.

$599 but as it was pretty much last minute decision I jumped on it. Going back tomorrow I was still able to get tomorrows flight home for $399 but am now seeing the same flight for $599.
Wasn’t a spare seat even in Y last night so much so that we were delayed for another 5 minutes (was already nearly an hour late) whilst they moved a bloke in Y that was seated next to two unaccompanied minor girls

heard once upon a time that was a VA policy?:

 

[jase05]

heard once upon a time that was a VA policy?:

Think it still is. I overheard staff chatting to the CSM who replied that it was unacceptable and needed to be fixed before they were allowed to depart. He then mentioned a swap of passengers but I couldn’t see what was going on behind us but evidently it was sorted quickly

 

[HeavyElectricity]

Any lounge food updates? I've heard breakfast has been pretty ordinary (at least friends visiting SYD recently)

Hot breakfast options in Perth on Friday were a ham and egg croissant, or a waffle with maple syrup.

 

[serfty]

Hot breakfast options in Perth on Friday were a ham and egg croissant, or a waffle with maple syrup.

On Saturday, BNE had the waffles as well as hot ham and cheese croissants.

 

[Actos]

SYD options around 4pm last Saturday


The falafel were quite dry, but hummus and tabbouli quite nice.

MEL had the same sandwiches, a roast cauliflower/lentil salad and pumpkin soup. Karaage chicken brought out at approx 1800 but it was rather on the salty side. Didn't manage to catch any photos in Melbourne... it was quite chaotic.

 

[Astro]

SYD options around 4pm last Saturday

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The falafel were quite dry, but hummus and tabbouli quite nice.

MEL had the same sandwiches, a roast cauliflower/lentil salad and pumpkin soup. Karaage chicken brought out at approx 1800 but it was rather on the salty side. Didn't manage to catch any photos in Melbourne... it was quite chaotic.

Great photo. Certainly sells the product!

 

[TMP]

Will be in MEL VA lounge tomorrow Thu 7/4 from 1330-1500 and can guest +1 if anyone needs

 

[MooTime]

Will be in ADL VA lounge later today 7/4 from 1730-1830 and can guest +3 if anyone needs.

 

[Ausbt]

Back in the SYD lounge this morning, it's been a while. I really miss the newspapers and mags. Ham & egg croissant was pretty good. Wow - SYD T2 is out of control this morning. The queues for everything were crazy. Announcements are saying "this is the busiest day of the year so far". Interesting, I wonder why? I'm off to MEL for the F1. VA Premium Entry was not open at 5:15 am, unsure if it opened up later, considered hanging around but just ended up queuing anyway.

 

[TMP]

Announcements are saying "this is the busiest day of the year so far". Interesting, I wonder why?

School holidays

 

[Ausbt]

Ugh. When you don’t have kids at home you forget. But I’ll be remembering soon enough …GF is about to qualify as a teacher. Double-ugh: I’ll probably have to travel like this all the time now

 

[henrus]

Are any of the premium entries/exits open?

VA says no (both social media team and website) but there are some reports of MEL being open.

 

[TMP]

Are any of the premium entries/exits open?

VA says no (both social media team and website) but there are some reports of MEL being open.

It wasn't yesterday afternoon

 

[alexczarn]

Are any of the premium entries/exits open?

VA says no (both social media team and website) but there are some reports of MEL being open.

MEL seems to be in peak hours