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Virgin Australia to use Etihad lounge for Sydney-Hong Kong flights
Jun 22, 2018, 04:38 PMThe EY lounge at MEL is too good for me and makes me feel uneasy. I'd prefer SQ's lounge where everything is decent and you still have your personal space to relax.
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Virgin Australia expands 'on arrival' lounge access, with a catch
Jun 18, 2018, 10:42 AMWhen I had the chance to decide either upgrade to platinum or pool my scores to my wife for her gold status, I chose the later because, indeed, platinum status gives members not too much from a gold status.Because VA used to be a budget carrier, maybe they don't expect many actual platinum member...
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Virgin Australia expands 'on arrival' lounge access, with a catch
Jun 18, 2018, 10:37 AMThanks!!Sticking to the rules, an int'l or trans-tas flight should count.
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Virgin Australia expands 'on arrival' lounge access, with a catch
Jun 18, 2018, 10:18 AM"after arriving on a Virgin Australia flight"Does it have to be a domestic flight or int'l / trans-tas flights also count?
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Virgin Australia expands frequent flyer perks on Hainan, HK Airlines
Jun 04, 2018, 07:01 PMIt doesn't worry me too much since the "public lounges" at major Chinese airports don't have too much to expect. The only thing I care is the onward lounge at hkg since the hkg airport isn't transit friendly and the gap is usually more than 3 hours because then relatively infrequently flights ope...
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Virgin Australia expands frequent flyer perks on Hainan, HK Airlines
Jun 04, 2018, 06:57 PMThis brings a huge player into the market, esp to the local passengers who don't have a Chinese background. Glad to know.
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Buy Etihad business lounge access at Melbourne Airport
Jan 13, 2018, 02:59 PMI took the first couple of flights of VA to HKG in last July, and used EK's lounge at MEL. The flight was at late night, and there were only VA pax in the lounge. Everyone seemed so unfit -- just like we entered a upper-class party by mistake -- it was much more luxurious than the SQ lounge at M...
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Sydney-Melbourne is now the world's second-busiest airline route
Jan 13, 2018, 02:24 PMMelbourne has been trying to connect the airport with a 10-km railway for 60 years. It will take at least 4000 years for building a 800-km railway to Sydney, or 4500 years if the railway goes through ACT.
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Virgin Australia goes daily on Melbourne-Hong Kong
Sep 12, 2017, 07:35 AMDon't know why VA doesn't sell connected flights beyond VA87 but HX does (as HX3001).
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Melbourne gets pay-to-access Marhaba airport lounge
Sep 10, 2017, 12:54 PMI used to spend > $10,000 extra a year to maintain the access to lounges, until I realized that I can buy booze at a much lower price.
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Earn Velocity points: Hainan, Hong Kong Airlines, Beijing Capital
Jul 06, 2017, 03:56 PMOkay... seems that Q class on HU's int'l flights earns nothing.It makes sense because Q class is extremely cheap ($450 for MEL <=> CSX return) and I guess HU can barely make any money from it.
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Earn Velocity points: Hainan, Hong Kong Airlines, Beijing Capital
Jul 06, 2017, 03:14 PMAnother problem : N class is more expensive than Q class on HU's MEL <=> CSX flights, but it earns less points per mile than Q class does in the table.
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Earn Velocity points: Hainan, Hong Kong Airlines, Beijing Capital
Jul 06, 2017, 02:01 PMYes... Still undetermined.Is it because of the ACCC objection?
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Earn Velocity points: Hainan, Hong Kong Airlines, Beijing Capital
Jul 06, 2017, 01:41 PMAt last! How about lounge access?
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Virgin Australia plans Sydney, Brisbane flights to Hong Kong
Jul 05, 2017, 12:53 PMI'm more concerned with the connecting flights after hkg. When will HK air share some of its destinations?