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Virgin Australia increases lounge membership, reinstates joining fee
May 18, 2024, 06:48 PMI am baffled by this.The annual cost is $450, the same as the annual fee for an HSBC Star Alliance credit card, which gives one a Star Alliance Gold status on several Virgin’s partner airlines, and consequently free access to Virgin’s lounges… And the first year is free.Why wou...
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Could the new Virgin Australia be more like Virgin America?
Jun 15, 2020, 07:33 PM>> If Virgin Australia 2.0 is modelled on Virgin America 1.0, what should Australian travellers expect?Merger with Alaska Airlines in a few years?
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Why Qantas is now running non-stop Darwin-London Airbus A380 flights
Mar 26, 2020, 02:26 PMDarwin is not a particularly slot constrained airport (and neither is Heathrow nowadays, I guess).Considering that all passengers are already on board, Qantas should be able to take off from Darwin as soon as they are ready to, without waiting for the full 90 minutes.
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Why Qantas is now running non-stop Darwin-London Airbus A380 flights
Mar 25, 2020, 12:52 AMAnd why would a sane government ever want to do that???They already have more than enough on their plates dealing with the friggin coronavirus.Why not leave flying to airlines, especially now it appears that Qantas seems to have found a reasonable alternative to Singapore as a refuelling point???
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Why Qantas is now running non-stop Darwin-London Airbus A380 flights
Mar 24, 2020, 10:01 PMThat pretty much applies to any international flight to any destination that Qantas (or any airline) may want to operate.
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Virgin Australia to axe Melbourne-Hong Kong flights
Nov 06, 2019, 01:24 PMVA offers it business class passengers excellent international lounges in both Sydney and Melbourne. These are much better than QF business.BA, for instance, dumped terrible QF business lounges in favour of The House.
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British Airways buys Air Europa, which will now exit SkyTeam
Nov 05, 2019, 01:04 PMIndeed. It is going to become a part of the Iberian empire, rather than British one...
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LATAM will leave Oneworld in May 2020, but will it join SkyTeam?
Sep 28, 2019, 11:48 AMAA sleeping at the wheel: It sounds like Delta has got its revenge on AA's snatching China Southern out of SkyTeam.SkyTeam/Oneworld departures: China Southern exited SkyTeam very quickly (a little over a month after the announcement). However there is a year-long transition period when China Sout...
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Review: Delta One Boeing 767 business class (Los Angeles-New York JFK)
Sep 19, 2019, 03:57 PMOuch sorry... Yes they are downgrading all NYC-LAX services to 767-300 :(
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Review: Delta One Boeing 767 business class (Los Angeles-New York JFK)
Sep 19, 2019, 03:46 PM"The airline currently uses a mix of different aircraft types between the two cities, but from November 4 2019, every Delta flight between Los Angeles and JFK will be served by the Boeing 767, fitted with this type of business class."If I am not mistaken, your statement is incorrect.Your review s...
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Review: Review: Thai Airways Boeing 747 Royal First Class, Sydney-Bangkok
Sep 02, 2019, 01:24 PMIt is great to enjoy first class on Thai 747.However it means that Thai business class passengers between SYD and BKK have severely outdated business seats.Any timeline on when 747 (with its awesome first class) is finally going to be removed from Sydney route?
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Virgin Australia launches "Operation Rightsize"
Aug 31, 2019, 03:26 PMI would not be so categorical about that.Their business class on flights to LAX is probably the most comfortable on offer, with likely the best service available.
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Qantas non-stop San Francisco Brisbane flights
Jul 24, 2019, 03:56 PMI thought all international flights from SFO depart from their International Terminal???
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Qantas non-stop Brisbane Chicago flights under American Airlines JV
Jun 04, 2019, 06:02 PMNot sure why Charlotte would be voted down.Charlotte, Miami, NYC, Philadelphia and Washington are equally AA hubs (and Charlotte is probably a more important one than LAX).
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Review: China Eastern business class VIP lounge 36, Shanghai Pudong T1
Jun 01, 2019, 12:59 PMThe lounge does have massage chairs. However the two times that I have been to that lounge a half of the these chairs were broken, and the remaining ones permanently occupied.I can’t say that I was overly impressed by the showers either, I tend to think QF Sydney lounge is better in that s...