The "official" Velocity partnership announcement thread

[Travel Guru]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

Nope, not even close, though I did enjoy the Semillon on offer at Coast yesterday :mrgreen:

TG

 

[malmacdowall]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

It does help when your doing so many miles in the air..... and gets extra value for you in the lounge.....

 

[pshepvic]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

Considering many people do status runs just to get to the Flounge for free Champagne I'd say there are a few!

 

[samh004]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

Not everyone, but quite a few like to congregate around the airline lounges bars'

 

[connieguy]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

Every QF WP I have met enjoys a drink or two. Not alcoholics but we do use alcohol as part of the flying experience. Helps to dull the ache in the butt and back from sitting and sleeping in way too many airline seats for far too many years. My first RTW flight was in 1969. Have done at least 50,000 miles a year since then. Once hit 260,000 miles in one year. Was home about 3 days a month that year. My back has never been the same since that year.

QF just sent me a 2006 Wolf Blass Black Label Cab Sav. Guess they know I do like a Red or 2? So what do we do blame QF and DJ for the excellent wines they provide? Going to the Lounge, especially the QF F Lounge is a BIG part of my flying experience at present. Will wait and hope that DJ builds a few F Lounges of their own for the use of their new Platinums and alliance top tier FFers.

 

[Major]

Not everyone, but quite a few like to congregate around the airline lounges bars'

It sounds like it should be the loungers bar.

 

[Misha]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

You mean outside of this forum life is different?!!!

There is life outside of airports, lounges, and FF websites? (checking points - you may have lost or gained 10,000 in the last hour or so!) :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

 

[connieguy]

You mean outside of this forum life is different?!!!

There is life outside of airports, lounges, and FF websites (checking points - you may have lost or gained 10,000 in the last hour or so!) :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

Ah thanks for the heads up. QF does owe me 25,000 points now for about 7 weeks. Gotta chase them up again.

How is DJ for chasing up lost points? Any comments?

 

[samh004]

It sounds like it should be the loungers bar.

Well I don't lounge around when it's an open bar, I get in there

 

[david-au-2000]

It was also pleasing to see that a request to keep the details under wraps was respected by the AFF members who attended, and they also held any comment until after the embargo despite some details leaking from the Amex site, pity such restraint was not shown elsewhere by other sites but then again I am not sure they were under the same conditions given they did not do the lunch?

If you means AUSBT they said on Twitter earlier in the day they were under an embargo until midnight but once somebody discovered the AMEX site was live and posted the information here the embargo no longer applied, I suppose the cat's out of the bag then.

Im happy it wasn't the AFF Five who leaked it but I think it was silly of AMEX to have the site sitting there live for hours instead of somebody flicking the switch at midnight.

 

[david-au-2000]

AFF Five, did you or DJ raise the issue of a gold-to-gold or Platinum-to-Platinum Status Match against QF?

 

[oz_mark]

Im happy it wasn't the AFF Five who leaked it but I think it was silly of AMEX to have the site sitting there live for hours instead of somebody flicking the switch at midnight.

As far as I could tell, the pages that were posted on AFF weren't there for hours before (cause I had checked ). Or if they were there, they hadn't been linked up.

On the other hand, the pages from Velocity Rewards Cards | New from American Express AU were there for some time :shock:

As for the AFF5, well obviously we don't want to jeopardise the chances of such an opportunity coming up again.

 

[Nigelinoz]

The first reference to Amex was on this thread at 11:01PM last night ,post by bunza.on my system it's post #240.there is no time on AusBT's twitter post about it except for "14 hours ago" but I couldn't find anything by anyone else that broke the embargo.
even bunza's post was pure luck as he was browsing the amex site,if anyone is to blame it's Amex for having the site live prior to 12:01.
Cheers
N'oz

 

[StevePER]

AFF Five, did you or DJ raise the issue of a gold-to-gold or Platinum-to-Platinum Status Match against QF?

It was raised, I can't remember by whom. Nothing definite, but Phil from Velocity said it was something they will consider doing from time to time. They recognise the value this gives in making it easy for people to switch from QF to DJ, but at the same time don't want to offer it too frequently because it devalues the status that people have earned from flying DJ.

Thats why I am curious what other feedback was asked of and offered by the AFF Five.

As we've said, there were a whole range of topics discussed. The feedback I offered, which was specific to the announcement, was that I don't see the value in switching from the Platinum Reserve card to the Platinum Velocity card. The benefits are very similar, but I would rather have the option to spend my points with the full group of Ascent partners rather than having the direct sweep to Velocity. Austin, the Amex rep, highlighted the lack of points cap on the Velocity card and the higher earn rate when spending with the Virgin Australia group. Neither of these is a big deal to me, but I can see that it would appeal to some people. He also said that Amex want to have a full range of cards so that there's something for everybody.

By the way, does anyone want to know what we wrote for our 25 words or less???

Frustrated with my inability to come up with something I considered creative, I wrote this without much thought late on the Wednesday night:
"After flying over 80,000 miles of business travel on DJ's hard leather seats, I need something to soften me up."

 

[Misha]

Frustrated with my inability to come up with something I considered creative, I wrote this without much thought late on the Wednesday night:
"After flying over 80,000 miles of business travel on DJ's hard leather seats, I need something to soften me up."

hahaha i would have selected you too with that entry

 

[straitman]

Honestly, is everyone on this forum an alcoholic?

To the best of my knowledge the answer is YES :!:

 

[oz_mark]

It was raised, I can't remember by whom. Nothing definite, but Phil from Velocity said it was something they will consider doing from time to time. They recognise the value this gives in making it easy for people to switch from QF to DJ, but at the same time don't want to offer it too frequently because it devalues the status that people have earned from flying DJ.

Just to add to this, while they are not just matching people that have the status, that does not mean that you couldn't state a case to them for such a thing. But I imagine you'd need to convince them it was worth their while in doing so.

 

[markis10]

Just to add to this, while they are not just matching people that have the status, that does not mean that you couldn't state a case to them for such a thing. But I imagine you'd need to convince them it was worth their while in doing so.

For those AFF community members that did take up the match offer, please use the benefits and have a go at retaining it, the priority lanes, upgrades etc are worthwhile, and the upcoming changes can only make things better, especially if your QLD based with the new lounge locations coming online.

 

[pshepvic]

For those AFF community members that did take up the match offer, please use the benefits and have a go at retaining it, the priority lanes, upgrades etc are worthwhile, and the upcoming changes can only make things better, especially if your QLD based with the new lounge locations coming online.

I'll vouch for that, having taken up the offer last year. I will requalify for gold next week, which is 7 months since they did the match. Considering I was only planning to use it for work flights, they've certainly done a good job in gaining my business, as I now book personal flights with VA as well.

 

[samh004]

The first reference to Amex was on this thread at 11:01PM last night ,post by bunza.on my system it's post #240.there is no time on AusBT's twitter post about it except for "14 hours ago" but I couldn't find anything by anyone else that broke the embargo.
even bunza's post was pure luck as he was browsing the amex site,if anyone is to blame it's Amex for having the site live prior to 12:01.
Cheers
N'oz

Ahem, post #181. Though I was told by a little birdy and couldn't have cared less at the time

I didn't know that was on offer.

I want one too!

I've been told AMEX but not sure why.