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Virgin Australia travel credits to be honoured in full
Aug 06, 2020, 02:09 PMhttps://theconversation.com/amp/cutbacks-may-keep-virgin-australia-alive-for-now-but-its-long-term-prospects-are-bleak-141876A really good write up of the VA Bain situation. Will be interesting to see how the future looks for VA.
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Boeing pulls the plug on the 747 jumbo jet
Jul 03, 2020, 09:22 AMIt's much more saddening to miss the A380 than an old 747.Good riddance.
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American Airlines pushes Sydney flights back to mid-2021
Jul 02, 2020, 05:34 PMI see VA are still flying LAX to Brisbane which surprises me.
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Qatar's A380s to remain grounded until late 2022
May 13, 2020, 05:00 PMI don't understand why Qatar is sending both an A350 and an 777 to Sydney and out of Sydney at the same time together each day now. It would have to be cheaper to send the single A380 instead wouldn't it?
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Qantas and Virgin to continue flights to London, Los Angeles
May 09, 2020, 05:10 PMWhat i don't understand is how QF are handling using only the 787 for all their flights at the moment. Their pilots for the remaining A380, 747 that QF still owns will lose their rating after not flying for more than 3 months unless they're hitting the simulators regularly. I know that the bigger...
Madhatter49
Member since 11 Dec 2016
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Frequent flyer programs
- Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
- Qantas - Qantas Frequent Flyer
- Cathay Pacific - Asia Miles
- Etihad - Etihad Guest
Hotel loyalty programs
- Accor A|Club
- Hilton HHonors
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Velocity - cash out points?
Mar 24, 2020, 04:49 PMVA will be fine. The media are beating it up more to get headlines like they always do.
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QF2 new route
Mar 24, 2020, 04:45 PMWould be logical that BA16 would stop in BKK instead which isn't locked out is it?? Seems the best choice as the 777 wouldn't have the range to get from Darwin I expect.
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Frequent Flyer points when an airline goes bust
Mar 10, 2020, 12:55 AMVA isn't going anywhere. Their primary owners aren't going to throw away their investment, and don't need to. They're now getting into a substantially better financial position than they have been in for a while/ever. The key is that the private shareholders have majority ownership whereas the pu...
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It's called Oneworld Alliance... but is it actually one?
Feb 26, 2020, 11:27 PMOriginally Posted by modog I was to fly SYD-LAX on QF17 in first class and I woke up the morning on the flight to see that the incoming flight was delayed 24 hours due to tech issues. I proactively called Qantas who offered me a business class alternative on AA or to fly out the following morning...
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Virgin Australia complimentary drink policy change
Jan 05, 2020, 12:22 AMVA are generally substantially cheaper and better for biz class flights domestically than Qantas. Overall Virgin has a much better value for money service than qf I find.