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Singapore Airlines partners with Starlink for free superfast Wi-Fi
May 06, 2026, 05:13 AMJoining Krisflyer is free, so not a huge ask for accessing free wifi access. There are a number of airlines that follow a similar approach. The only drawback from my experience is that if reward flights are booked using another airlines points, then that airlines frequent flyer details are saved ...
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Etihad unbundles business class, removes lounge access
Mar 21, 2025, 10:21 PMI’m pretty sure the gap between the base level fare, and next level up will increase substantially over time. The value of the additional points alone are $100 - $200 (plus probably more status credits), then there is the value of items that may possibly not be used, such as additional lugg...
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More airlines ban power banks being used in-flight
Feb 28, 2025, 03:45 PMThere are still a number of planes without charging ports, some that only have 2 ports for 3 seats, and others that are simply out of action. Believe it or not, Scoot charge to use the power ports (in economy class). Cebu Pacific only have USB-C on their newer planes, so one needs to have t...
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How Emirates plans to reinvent the economy seat
Jan 30, 2025, 02:58 AMCebu Pacific solve the reclining concern in economy. On their A330 (NOT A380), they fit 450 pax into economy. There is no premium economy or business class. All seats are identical, apart from Exit rows, and bulkhead that have more legroom. To deal with their 3x3x3 layout and compact spaces, the ...
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Australia-Singapore travel returns but it's not the bubble we wanted
Oct 01, 2020, 01:31 AMIf Victoria didn't have a lockdown, and infections grew exponentially (as has happened in a number of countries with low infection rates prior to a second wave), I would expect the whole of Australia would be excluded from any international travel bubble for a very long time. Personally (and I've...
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Unavailability of Virgin Reward Seats
Aug 24, 2019, 04:47 AMI was able to book tickets from LAX to Vancouver on Delta, at fairly short notice (less than a month), without much difficulty using Velocity. If I'm not mistaken, only economy class tickets were available.