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Old Jun 15, 2015 | 4:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ozstamps
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We flew this evening ADL-MEL and got seated in row 24. 1 seat empty on the plane. 2nd last row, Business Class was empty. Weird way to inspire Platinums to fly a lot.

And being a 4.10pm flight no glass of wine even despite the HIGHLY misleading ads on TV, airport billboards, and double page ad in Velocity magazine with FA carrying a drink tray with wine on it, and ZERO fine print outlining it. ...
Did you not preallocate seating? If so, did they move you to row 24 even though you are WP?

Also, you needed to be departing an hour later to have received complimentary wine: (http://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en...asses/economy/)
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All Economy guests receive complimentary tea, coffee and water on all Virgin Australia flights. In addition we also offer a selection of complimentary beer, wine and soft drinks on all Australian domestic flights with a scheduled departure time between 5pm and 7pm, Monday to Friday. ...
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