This is yet another blow for VA FFs who have access to Singapore's owned lounges but not its partner lounges.  

I trialed it and it works. It was simple.  Just roll it out already.I don't think it saved any time on the ground but it was much easier to do onboard. No digging around in a backpack trying to find a pen that works and then having to lend the pen to an entire row of people who keep getting ...

Tried to book a trip to Auckland for work recently and the flights with a VA code were several hundred dollars more than for just an Air New Zealand code on the same flight. Hard to justify that to your boss.  I booked Qantas. 

I think this says more about the current attractiveness of America for non business flyers than it does about Melbourne. 

I've been considering swapping back to Qantas from Virgin since earning status on mostly international (partner) flying is no longer a thing with Virgin. I've already been dumped from Platinum to Gold and will be lucky to hang onto Silver long term.  Unless Virgin starts flying to Asia and/o...