• Tried them last week ADL-MEL return;Pros - cheap; about $640 return in business after fees etc. VA would have been double, QF would have been triple (short notice trip) in biz. Food on board was pretty good, certainly no worse than on the competition. Service was very friendly and attentive. Depa...

  • Adelaide as well (if you don't consider that East Coast)!

  • Lucky for Perth.Hope they return to Adelaide. It's painful that most cities have 2 or 3 business class options (even in a 737) to Denpasar while Adelaide has only Jetstar... 

  • You can book with Asia Miles as an option (easy transfer if you use AMEX). I just got a flight ADL-AKL in June for 30k Asia Miles + $217 in taxes.

  • Don't think they are ready yet? If you go through the status match system it only allows country of residence US or GB.Also VA doesn't show in the loyalty program partners yet for me; only VA Atlantic.I've reach out to them already so if they reply they'll have my first booking in May; keen to gi...

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  • I think some of the Meriton suites around Mascot, the Adina at Mascot and a whole group of properties in that area are also. I stayed at the Holiday Inn recently (opposite Qantas offices) and they said they were basically the only property in the area there that were NOT being used for quarantine...

  • Pullman Hyde Park and Pullman Mascot Sydney Airport are also used for quarantine.

  • What next for Velocity elites?

    Jul 01, 2020, 09:59 PM

    For me from Adelaide the stuff that'll keep me with VA are/is:- retaining business class (737s are fine for domestic)- retaining the lounges to more or less the same standard- at least 1 or 2 flights from Adelaide to Sydney and Melbourne per day- fly-ahead benefit- similar redemption availability...

  • Singapore Airlines on Qantas website

    Feb 24, 2020, 11:33 PM

    That is interesting, but considering how well Perth is served by SQ in the first place and the I believe higher quality service you'd receive with them it's probably better to just book the whole thing with SQ. :-)

  • Singapore Airport Hotel

    Nov 06, 2019, 06:12 PM

    Crowne Plaza will be far better - it's a proper hotel... Yotel is just miniroom things and quite expensive. That said either option is expensive for the very short time you'd actually have in there.To be honest if you actually want to sleep as well you would be better off staying airside and go t...

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