When VA went into administration all ticket holders unfortunately became unsecured creditors and so ended any, and all, consumer rights.  If Bain is consistent, international tickets may get a refund offer at the same rate as bondholders, that is around 10c in the dollar as an option in...

Crunch the numbers: assume 14 day return quarantine and even if 20% of the usual volume of Australians (19M in 2019) opted to travel over the next year that equates to 150,000 return pax in quarantine on a given day ( It was about 30K in April/May). Typical quarantine non-compliance is reportedl...

As one of my favourite airlines. I'd like to see them rebrand to their callsign of Dynasty and retain the plum blossom logo. This would remove the existing stigma and confusion with Air China, yet remain ambiguous enough to be non-confrontational, and most importantly provide a distinctive neutra...

As far back as March, China required inbound pax to pay A$200/day for their quarantine. One blog I read then was of a student who bailed out of the USA having booked an abstruse 7 sector flight to avoid crowded aircraft and was finally, frustratingly, quarantined in a hotel within sight of his h...

The biggest limitation of the old Velocity program (as a recurring Platinum) was the total scarcity of redemption capacity for trans Pacfic business seats. Without improving that, or the retaining the ability to move points to Krisflyer, then I'll see lttle value from Velocity.As a sidenote, th...