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End of an era for Virgin Australia business class
Nov 15, 2023, 03:48 PMGreat article and it brings back memories. As someone who flew J every other week MEL > PER from 2007-2018 I had a front row seat (geddit?) to this war, and reaped the benefits. Combined with Platinum status on both airlines and eventually LT Gold with Qantas it was a golden era to...
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Qantas Frequent Flyer Platinum: How to Earn + Benefits [2023]
Oct 06, 2023, 02:41 PMAs a former Platinum and now LT Gold customer l find Gold gives me everything I need except the Business/First lounge access. I actually choose to fly domestic with VA nowadays as I fly out of MEL and the VA lounge is better than the Qantas Club (I'm VA Gold too). The one benefit I mi...
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Hobart set for all-new and much larger Qantas Club lounge
Mar 08, 2023, 02:48 PMOne of the issues with Hobart is that it's overwhelmingly serviced by Jetstar rather than Qantas. So you wind up on a Jetstar flight as that's all that's available, and the Qantas lounge is shut or won't let you in. Often this can be later at night when all the other airport venues ar...
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United Airlines restarts Melbourne-Los Angeles flights
Sep 19, 2022, 05:26 PMWow you're right. I need to fly MEL LAS via SFO end of Jan (business class). $15.5k on UA's site, $21k+ on VA. Same dates and flights. What gives?
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Why I now choose Virgin over Qantas
Apr 13, 2023, 10:13 AMAs a long-time Platinum FF and now Qantas Lifetime Gold member I’ve been rusted-on to the airline for almost 20 years – mostly through work travel. In recent times that’s changed, and while I’ll still happily fly Qantas, I’ll usually choose Virgin nowadays. There&rs...