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American Airlines, Hyatt launch reciprocal rewards partnership
May 14, 2019, 11:42 AMPretty nifty tie-up for any road warriors based in, or spending any significant time in, the United States.There are only a handful of other large hotel loyalty programs so it will be interesting to see if any other parties follow suit. FF and hotel programs have been cutting earn and burn rates ...
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Qantas' Brisbane international lounge just got larger
Apr 17, 2019, 04:54 PMThis is good news - it's got increasingly busy in there from around 9-10am, particularly on Sundays. I couldn't get seating for 2 people the last time I was there.
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Photos: Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street’s new executive lounge
Apr 09, 2019, 06:55 PMIsn't M&L Hospitality the owner of the real estate; not the operator?
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Why BA's new business class has a door, but Virgin Atlantic's doesn't
Apr 09, 2019, 06:29 PMPersonally, I find the A330/B787 QF J suites that have the table/bench on the aisle side sufficiently private already. I wouldn't complain if a door was added but I really don't think it would make a change to the experience.On the other hand, the alternating seats where the table/bench is not ne...
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Singapore Airlines goes big on Burgundy and boutique Grand Cru wines
Mar 21, 2019, 06:30 PM"Small-batch" wine? Enough with the marketing spin.. it needn't apply to wine. Any decent red Burgundy, whether from a big or small producer, will undergo a secondary fermentation in a 228L barrique, so you could argue the entire production of the region is "small-batch" if you wanted to do that.
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20 SC short of Gold. What to do?
May 14, 2019, 04:00 PM20 SCs short with a few months in hand - does this really need a lengthy discussion? The community has solved far greater challenges.
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Changes to Virgin fleet
Mar 26, 2019, 12:47 PMA couple of points to make here.First, Tiger has basically failed in Australia and is nowhere close to being an effective LCC competitor with Jetstar. Hence it's sound business for VA to use ex-Tiger metal for it's mainline brand.Second, equipment swaps from A330s to B737s on East to West coast t...
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Is the Boeing 737 MAX safe?
Mar 14, 2019, 04:10 PMAviation incidents for commercial jets are very rare in this modern epoch. So the fact that 2 brand new aircraft would crash in identical circumstances just months apart would indicate that no, absolutely not, the 737 MAX is not safe.
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P1 upgrade guarantee
Feb 21, 2019, 04:51 PMThe only guarantees in this life are death and taxes.
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Qantas status and loyalty bonus
Feb 19, 2019, 12:46 PMWhat on earth would be the point of the loyalty bonus status credits if they don't count towards status?