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The big change coming to Qantas domestic economy
May 10, 2024, 07:30 AMDoes need an overhaul, but what value can you place on a snack if the fare is double the other carriers ? Is that sausage roll worth $400 for example.
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ANA locks in seasonal return of Perth-Tokyo flights
Apr 26, 2024, 01:16 PMExcellent result for WA Velocity members when combines with return of SAA. The J fares on ANA @ 78000 points seem great value.
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Fast, free WiFi on Qantas flights to Asia
Apr 22, 2024, 10:00 PMTypical glacial pace, only in reluctance to match competitors.
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Cairns Airport opens lounge for Singapore Airlines flights
Apr 12, 2024, 10:23 AMTravelled out of Cairns 6 months ago to TKO - and the terminal was very very tired. A shade of the hay day in 1980’s with 4 747’s and 2 767’s lines up, thousands for tourists entering a day, with a 200 seater Marina Mirage Hovercraft parked up for transfers to Port Douglas...
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Qantas reveals big change in ‘extra legroom seat’ pricing
Apr 09, 2024, 11:55 AMOuch - loyalty clearly costs you +with tickets originally significantly higher than competitors.
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Qantas says it won’t let dogs, cats fly in the cabin
Mar 07, 2024, 05:15 PMSo the current service dogs are totally different are they ?
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UK lifts business class ‘flight tax’ to $430
Mar 07, 2024, 05:14 PMOuch makes the direct 787 to Perth sting - and is say people will now look at other options now.
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Review: Qantas vs Virgin Australia business class, Sydney-Melbourne
Oct 13, 2023, 11:05 AMVirgin Australia - all of the above and the clincher is generally Virgin is 1/2 the price of Qantas - on price alone for the same experience it’s unbeatable.
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Qantas to replace A330s with Airbus A350s, Boeing 787s
Aug 24, 2023, 05:32 PMIf Joyce has said the 330 is too over spec’ed for transcon and the 787-10 or A350-1000 are even bigger / heavier for 12000-17500km missions - they won’t feature on transcon - maybe the odd tag flight for international that’s it - A321 for QF transcon it is.
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Review: Virgin Australia’s new business, economy class seats
Jul 16, 2023, 02:11 PMThis slimmed down Virgin holds about a 34 per cent share of the domestic market. In the 2022 financial year, the last results it filed to the corporate regulator,Straight from the AFR 👌 April 2023Market share - Virgin 34%, Qantas 31 and Jetstar 31%
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Review: Virgin Australia’s new business, economy class seats
Jul 13, 2023, 07:57 AMNot really it’s relevant to the travellers who sit in the seats and fly Virgin, and by the last market share figures VAA has the greatest share of the market, larger than Qantas, larger than Jetstar. So yes plenty of people are keen to read this article I would suspect.
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Review: Virgin Australia’s new business, economy class seats
Jul 10, 2023, 03:02 PMJetstar -has no lounge -no priority boarding -no business class on domestic -29in seat pitch through the ENTIRE cabin-no FF scheme - just a tag into parent companies that can be severed at any stage Virgin with one less row of Econ X - reflects Jetstar at 0%
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Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights
Dec 15, 2022, 05:29 PMAll that is irrelevant if the QF tickets are 2-3 times the price, and or the redemptions take 2-3 times the amount of points for a seat, and 3 times the $$ to earn the points in the first place.
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Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights
Dec 15, 2022, 05:26 PMNothing wrong with you booking QF at 3 times the price.
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Are Velocity points Australia’s strongest frequent flyer currency?
Sep 28, 2022, 03:08 PMSo good - happy with my Velocity point and all the options, another win for VA members. Bonus is call the call centre and no 7 hr waits either.