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Qantas, Virgin Australia fly alcohol-free in the coronavirus era
Jun 17, 2020, 05:02 PMBYO?
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Virgin restores Velocity Gold, Platinum status for past members
Apr 03, 2020, 06:07 PMIts unclear whether those who have already earned enough to maintain their Platinum membership for the current period will even benefit from an additional year or it will just roll over for additional year as usual for the renewal date
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Virgin Australia's free Silver, Gold, Platinum status extension
Apr 02, 2020, 07:30 AMUpdated email: "Your current Status will be extended for a further year1. Since we weren't planning on reviewing your status until 7 June 2020, you'll get a further 12 months once you reach that date. You don't need to do anything and once your bonus year of Status begins, you'll be able to see t...
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Coronavirus cancellations: should airlines refund your money?
Mar 26, 2020, 08:04 PMYou can but it is a USD$75 fee less the taxes you will receive back.
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Virgin Australia's free Silver, Gold, Platinum status extension
Mar 19, 2020, 01:02 PMWould there be any benefit for those that have already qualified for next year? i.e my platinum status would be extended normally to June 2021, would this now be June 2022?
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Star Alliance benefits when putting points on a card without status
Oct 08, 2019, 06:21 PMWas able to request to credit my Air NZ flight to Asiana (OZ), whilst getting United (UA*G) printed on the boarding pass at Sydney Airport at check-in last week. This meant no problem getting though the express lane and into the lounge, and having the flight credited to a program with no status.H...
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Changes to flight booked during DSC promo
Jul 17, 2019, 06:47 PMI modified a VA flight outside the promotion period and the DSCs still came through. Same flight number as well.
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Is a VPN really necessary for travelling overseas?
Jul 08, 2019, 04:33 PMI just moved back from China and the most commonly ones used there were Astril and Express VPN, both of which have mutliple servers in various countries. Astril definetly has AU servers, but can't remember if Express ended up getting some. You can swap between using either device, but will probab...
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Velocity platinum price
Jul 04, 2019, 06:22 PMYou can get it for under $2k if requalifying and taking advantage of DSC promotions. As to value would depend on how many flights and use the economy X, extra baggage and upgrade freedom fees benefits. Probably the biggest value over gold is to status match to United Platinum and Hilton Honours d...
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QFF upcoming changes, any ideas?
Jun 19, 2019, 07:32 PMOriginally Posted by David Lifetime Bronze. Amen