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Singapore Airlines unveils significant boost to Australian flights
Aug 09, 2023, 03:27 PMSee today's (9 Aug) ABC news feed about how QR is getting around this by listing Adelaide as its departure and destination location on some flights, and flying into and out of the country via Melbourne.
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Qantas brings back vegetarian meals, snacks on short flights
Sep 23, 2022, 03:24 PMBTW, Qantas, vegetarians don't eat dead animal, which includes dead fish and dead chicken. (If they do, they're not vegetarian, duh.) The fact that you are pursuing "plant-based meat" shows how limited your world-view is and how nothing is to interfere with the bottom line, not even a "full-servi...
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Singapore Airlines’ new First Class lounge, The Private Room at Changi
Sep 14, 2022, 09:17 PMThe new Private Room is cold and charmless. Visited twice recently on a European trip. The endless browns and grey-on-greys and curved walls and boundless marble make for a drab and rather oppressive environment. The lighting design did not, as was claimed, make up for the absence of extern...
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Virgin Atlantic super-sized ‘The Retreat’ suite taking off in October
Jul 13, 2022, 03:16 PMI would pay the extra money for the Retreat seats across the Atlantic. Have never flown this route with Virgin Atlantic before. Fed up with BA First.
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Singapore Airlines’ new First Class lounge, The Private Room at Changi
May 13, 2022, 05:58 PMI'm a regular SIA A380 Suites flyer and SIA has seriously miscalculated by not having natural light in the new Private Room and First Lounge. I hope this replacement is worthy.
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What next for Velocity elites?
Jul 01, 2020, 04:47 PMI am a Velocity Plat flier. (1) Keep the points transfer and earning arrangement with SIA. (2) Retain business class. Loss of the second is a deal breaker.
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Would Qantas devalue its frequent flyer points?
May 20, 2020, 05:01 PMGood luck trying to redeem QFF points for actual seats, domestic or otherwise. Redemption seats always in limited supply before the pandemic and probably moreso as they resume flying. A hobbled Virgin will provide less incentive for Qantas to play fair with points.
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SQ322 Singapore to London new First suites not available for points redemption
Jun 27, 2019, 05:34 PMCan no longer book this flight from Australia in First on points for travel in 2020. (Although I did just that last year and it was wonderful.) It is the best of the choices because it arrives LHR early in the morning AND has the new First fit-out.SIA Call Centre today confirmed that to be the c...
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AMEX Centurion Card invitation
May 20, 2019, 01:16 PMI had a Centurion card about 6 years ago, and eventually gave it up. Pros:- relationship manager to do all travel, restaurant, special bookings, gift-getting, etc- you can get into some events, and have special tables at restaurants, that others can't access- social and business prestige (valuab...
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Stick with Velocity Gold or chase Platinum?
Nov 23, 2018, 08:59 PMI use the four upgrades year in and year out. However, they are not guaranteed to be available on every flight. What I do is check online the flights I want to take and then ring the Service Centre to see whether they will apply the upgrade on these flights and, if yes, we go ahead and book Fre...
