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First look: Virgin Australia opens new Adelaide Airport lounge
Feb 24, 2021, 03:23 PMI am liking the wine bar idea - something I've enjoyed about AirNZ lounges is the rotating regions with wine selection. It will be interesting to see if this is a one off or if they'll do something similar in each lounge.
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Qatar Airways status match for Virgin, Singapore, Emirates, Turkish
May 18, 2020, 09:20 PMDoes a anyone have any experience with a soft landing for these sort of matches? I'm not sure how much travel I'm likely to have the opportunity to travel in the next year with all the restrictions. However have plans for just after the year of the match would be up.
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Virgin Australia's free Silver, Gold, Platinum status extension
Mar 19, 2020, 03:16 PMFurther developments here: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/virgin-australia-velocity-frequent-flyer-status-extensionVirgin Australia is strengthening its previous status extension offer for Velocity Silver, Gold and Platinum frequent flyers, granting all elite members an extra year of Vel...
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Quickest way to earn 1 Avios
May 11, 2022, 05:06 PMWhile I've left it a bit late i'm looking to redeem my Qcredits from the Qatar status match for an upgrade. I've tried following various guides however you cannot search for award avalibility anymore without 1 Avios in your account. I've signed up to BA Executive Club and made a couple of purchas...
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Access QANTAS BNE Int Bus lounge with One World Emerald
Jun 04, 2021, 07:56 PMThis past weekend I was able to access CBR, MEL & BNE business lounges by showing my Qatar digital card after scanning my boarding pass which had my Qantas FF linked. Just have the physical card or the digital card saved as I've found reception at the entrances to many lounges patchy at best.
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Missing Velocity Points from Westpac American Express
Sep 03, 2020, 11:13 AMThere is this article from April where AMEX paused Velocity transfers. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/amex-anz-hsbc-nab-suspend-credit-card-velocity-points-transfers
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What next for Velocity elites?
Jul 08, 2020, 04:40 PMFor me the key aspects that have me interesting in maintaining Platinum (I currently predominately am booked into economy with my companies policies and upgrade to business with my points adhoc):-Economy X benefit-Lounges staying at current level minimum. Would be willing to pay a small amount fo...
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Qatar Qcredits for upgrades - 2 people, single ticket
Jun 14, 2020, 01:58 PMHi all, Has anyone used their Qatar Qcredits to upgrade themselves and their partner on a single ticket or is it only for the Qcredits holder?I was thinking it could be a nice boost for the last leg of our journey but if its only for the Qcredits holder it might be worth saving for a solo trip.