If you have never flown First I would say definitely go for it, for the experience. Who knows when the next opportunity will arise, especially the chance to fly First in the nose of a 747 before they are all gone. The service and F&B will be great, you’ll feel like a minor royal in BKK ...

Climbing the St Peters church is an experience not to be missed. You can get there by walking from your hotel to Karlsplatz then down the main shopping street to Marienplatz which is a great walk. From there over to Odeonsplatz and check out the Theatine church. The Hofbrauhaus is on the way and ...

What a great stopover - agree with David you should plan to be in City for about 5 hours max on a 8 hour layover. My itinerary would be something like this:- train to Central and then a taxi up to the Peak for the sunset (the Peak Tram is great but given the short time, I'd just take a taxi direc...

Great news!Now VA just need to sort out lounge provision on the return and we’re all set

Unfortunately it’s a one-off for the life of your account regardless of how many times you drop / regain Platinum. The person you spoke to at Virgin gave you the wrong guidance..

As others have said, it really isn’t noticeable except for the few minutes of the flight where you are taking off/landing or taxiing. The trade off to get seats as good as the Q-Suites and Etihad Biz Suites is more than worth it. For the safety conscious, it’s safer facing backwards i...

As VA Platinum I convert points to SQ and then redeem for SQ F to Europe. The price has gone up slightly but still reasonable at something like 127k one way SYD-LHR in F - and surcharges very reasonable at about $85 SYD-LHR. SQ F availability seems generally good - you need to waitlist but you ca...

I like the comms around this - hopefully the promotion lives up to the hype

Just to add a slight nuance - the QF HKG lounge is great but the experience drops off a little outside QF flights, eg the char sui bar is closed, fair amount of cleaning going on when I was there and the buffet didn’t seem to be replenished as often. Still may be worth trying both if time p...

Funny, you didn’t mention the airline in the thread title, but I knew you meant SQ even before clicking. It’s one of the standout drawbacks of the SQ J bed (the other being the little footwell)... and given the refurbed biz product is still pretty much the same, it’s a little in...

Hmmm... I always wear dress shorts and a polo or shirt when travelling longhaul.. and often flip flops in the warmer countries. Would hate to be in transit, looking for a shower, and be told no deal due to a dress code...

I thought it was just me... but yeah I find SQ really uncomfortable for sleeping. the fold down bed is hard as a board, and you always seem to be rubbing against exposed bits of velcro. Unrelated, but the SQ SilverKris lounge in Singapore T3 has been an absolute zoo when I've been through, nicer ...

I think I know what you mean... my recommendation would be to rent a car and drive out to Noojee (about 90 minutes away, very scenic and totally off the beaten track) there is a great pub / hotel there called the Toolshed Bar / Outpost Retreat, spend the afternoon / evening meeting the locals (bu...

I did the reverse of this flight (MEL-SIN midnight supper service) in paid First and remember thinking what a waste of money: supper was really poor. IIRC there were 2 options, the only one approximating a main was lobster noodles. All the regular trappings of an F meal were missing. Rebook if yo...

Sorry this was in response to: Originally Posted by worldweary :I'd like to know too. It *annoys* me that they do this. I'm a very loyal customer trying to get to Platinum One level and could use this promotion. I'm wondering if I'm too loyal - Qantas maybe ignores good customers as they ass...