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Virgin to launch Sydney-Hong Kong flights
Feb 28, 2018, 09:51 AMCathay used up all the allocated capacity for HK carriers to Australia.
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China Eastern chauffeur drive for Aussie flights
Jan 11, 2018, 09:11 AMAre award tickets eligible?
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Novotel takes over Surfers Paradise hotel
Oct 04, 2016, 10:56 AMGood to see Accor expanding on the Gold Coast.I'd probably hold off staying until after the long overdue renovations.
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HNA takes A$159 million stake in Virgin
Jun 01, 2016, 02:10 PMYes, UO is expanding rapidly and seems to be doing quite well. HX on the other hand doesn't really know what it is (like AB). It tends to carry mainlanders to leisure destinations, and could probably spare a daily frequency for VA. Their Chinese network ex-HKG should help a VA HKG flight be viable.
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HNA takes A$159 million stake in Virgin
May 31, 2016, 12:09 PMWell CX has used all the capacity for HK-based carriers to fly to SYD/MEL/BNE/PER. HNA could try using VA to fly to HKG instead, as AU-based carriers have plenty of capacity. HX has slots that it could share..
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Amex Membership Reward to VA via SQ for better ratio?
Jul 26, 2016, 11:13 AMWhy would you bother? You would be losing out. MR to SQ is 1:1, then SQ to VA is 1.35:1. MR to VA directly is 1:1. As an example: 10,000 MR to VA is 10,000 VA points. 10,000 MR to SQ is 10,000 SQ points, 10,000 SQ to VA is 7,407 VA points.
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I'm travelling from MEL-HKG in economy and have a 6 hour layover in Melbourne...
Mar 24, 2016, 12:40 PMYou can pay your way into the Air NZ lounge - $55 for up to 4 hours of lounge time.
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Which route do you recommend Melbourne to Tel Aviv?
Feb 19, 2016, 03:54 PMIf you're not keen on flying El Al, you can fly Royal Jordanian. Their 787 has far better seats than their older A330.MH148 MEL-KUL, RJ185 KUL-AMM, RJ342 AMM-TLV.
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Why did Virgin Australia choose to partner with Delta and not United?
Jan 13, 2016, 10:09 AMVA & DL were the weakest players, being the newest entrants to the market. Both were seeking a partner to improve their offering.The UA-CO merger was on the horizon so UA had other priorities.
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Why does Qantas insist on making it very undesirable to book classic awards?
Nov 24, 2015, 04:05 PMQantas would rather you wasted spent your points on toasters.