Using Silver free entry without flying?
Apr 12, 2016, 3:17 pm
#5
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: BNE
Programs: QF Gold, VA Gold, IHG Spire, Accor Plat, Marriot Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 2,281
22.3 Complimentary Single Entry Lounge Pass
22.3.1 We may provide a Member with complimentary Virgin Australia Lounge entry from time to time (Complimentary Single Entry Lounge Pass).
22.3.2 Provision of Complimentary Single Entry Lounge Passes will be in Our sole discretion.
22.3.3 Complimentary Single Entry Lounge Passes issued will be loaded onto the Member’s Membership Card and will expire twelve months after the date of issue.
22.3.4 For access to a Virgin Australia Lounge, Members must present their Membership Card together with their Itinerary or boarding pass for their onward Virgin Australia Domestic flight on the day of travel.
22.3.5 Complimentary Single Entry Lounge Passes are non-transferable and must be used either:
(a) by the Member; or
(b) where the Member is otherwise entitled to access the Virgin Australia Lounge, by a guest accompanying the Member into the Virgin Australia Lounge.
22.3.6 Access to the Virgin Australia Lounge is only permitted on the day of travel on Virgin Australia and is at the discretion of the Virgin Australia Lounge staff and is subject to any capacity restraints that may be imposed.
Apr 12, 2016, 9:13 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 17
I've used the VA domestic lounge at MEL after being dropped at airport 5 hours before VA codeshare international flight. I went in there with 2 of my friends and we sat in there for about an 90 minutes drinking some beers before we proceeded through immigration/customs where I left them at the bar whilst I proceeded to SQ lounge.
Apr 15, 2016, 8:55 pm
#8
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Lifetime *G (MP), Lifetime PE (Bonvoy)
Posts: 1,465
Apr 15, 2016, 9:48 pm
#9
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: SYD, Australia
Programs: VA Silver, QF FF, Priority Club
Posts: 920
Apr 18, 2016, 7:30 pm
#12
Join Date: May 2006
Location: GA
Programs: VA-PLT, QF-GLD, DL-GM, UA-ex1K, AA-exPLT, HH-DM, IHG-PLT, MR-GLD
Posts: 8,242
You can cancel a flexi ticket after check-in. That isn't an issue, but you'll need to call to have it done. My only experience was still a few hours before the flight though, so I would check the rules carefully if you are going to cut it close.
It's true that VA only has domestic lounges but some, like MEL, are outside security and so you could use them on an international ticket in theory. And since Austrlaia doesn't require a boarding pass check to go through security I guess technically you could access a VA lounge anywhere if you were that inclined.
It's true that VA only has domestic lounges but some, like MEL, are outside security and so you could use them on an international ticket in theory. And since Austrlaia doesn't require a boarding pass check to go through security I guess technically you could access a VA lounge anywhere if you were that inclined.
Apr 24, 2016, 9:12 am
#14
Join Date: May 2006
Location: GA
Programs: VA-PLT, QF-GLD, DL-GM, UA-ex1K, AA-exPLT, HH-DM, IHG-PLT, MR-GLD
Posts: 8,242
Apr 24, 2016, 3:55 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Lifetime *G (MP), Lifetime PE (Bonvoy)
Posts: 1,465
You present your membership card at Reception. I do it all the time. You then toddle off to the service desk if you wish to change your flight (which I do all the time) and collect a boarding pass. The membership card will tell them if you have a flight that day and whether you've checked in for it. It's exactly the same with Qantas. You do realise your membership number (the one that's on your card) is tied to your reservation and they've got these new gizmos now called "computers" that can show them all this electronic data about the passenger without the need for bits of cardboard?