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Rex launches Sydney-Adelaide flights
May 29, 2023, 02:03 PMI am excited about this. Apart from the sugar sweetener launch sale, I'm hoping this brings more competitive pricing on the route longer term too.
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Your guide to Virgin Australia Velocity ‘Fly Ahead’
May 23, 2023, 02:24 PMA wonderful benefit of the Velocity program.
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Adelaide’s Plaza Premium Lounge now open for pre-flight relaxation
Apr 19, 2023, 10:56 PMSingapore Airlines sends its business class passengers + frequent flyers to this lounge now... I got in as a Velocity platinum cardholder back in late Feb, only a few days after the lounge first opened its doors. It's quite a nice space, although it was surprisingly busy.
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Review: Qatar Airways Platinum Frequent Flyer Lounge, Doha
Jan 13, 2023, 12:19 PMThanks for this review. Good to see what we are up for as Velocity / Qantas / Qatar Platinums flying Qatar economy... especially as there is not much info provided on the airline websites.
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Rex’s online auctions let you bid for a business class upgrade
Oct 05, 2022, 10:29 AMA nice little piece of tech innovation which I wouldn't mind seeing on Virgin too. Imagine being able to bid for 2 spare economy Neighbour-free seats on the 6hr overnighter from Bali – would be great.
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Qantas meals
Sep 21, 2022, 02:47 PMIt's been like this for a while already. I fly ADL-SYD, ADL-MEL, MEL-SYD, ADL-BNE and BNE-SYD and regularly unable to eat anything onboard (being vegetarian myself). When I ask about vegetarian options, the FAs are only able to offer a small packet of rice crackers, lol. You cant even choose to b...
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New Virgin Business domestic verdict
May 04, 2021, 12:18 PMFor me, the onboard catering is not as good as it used to be but the lounge experience is much better. I dont drink alcohol, and the range of juices and soft drinks onboard my flight the other day was very poor. They used to serve fresh OJ, for example, now it is the long life processed stuff. I ...
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Virgin Physical Cards and Packs
Dec 07, 2020, 12:37 PM+1. You only receive a letter and a new card. If you need new luggage tags you can just ring up and the Velocity team will organise for you. I've done this many times, as they often break.
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Velocity/Status points on Hong Kong airlines
Mar 20, 2020, 09:19 PMI had the same problem late last year/early this year but got it sorted eventually. At first I tried submitting the missing points claim via the Velocity portal but after a couple of weeks I checked back and it had given an error message. Then I phoned up and was advised to email scanned images o...
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Checking in an extra bag when in transit in London
Dec 06, 2019, 12:22 AMI'm at Beijing airport right now and just observed a customer doing exactly this. Different airport, different airline, but does demonstrate that it is technically possible for the airline/airport IT systems to accommodate.