Recent content by MarkD

Whilst I 100% agree with the sentiment that you arrived late therefor its your problem ( why hold up 180 other people for you tardiness), the total lack of flexibility on VA behalf charging a huge fee and then allowing travel anyway is a bit ridiculous. If the shoe was on the other foot and 180...

That would be fantastic, but sadly, not going to happen. I much prefer the A320NEO to the 737. The max however closes the gap a bit, but still, the A320/21 NEO feel more spacious, quieter and more comfortable generally. They are not going to get a completely different subfleet though.

Yeah business class looked pretty good. The y seats themselves were ok but the space just not good enough. Cannot imagine crammed in there for 6-7 hrs to bali or tokyo. Would be horrendous. Believe the max has less rows at this stage though that will likely change i guess

Flew on VUO today with the extra row and new seats. The new seats themselves are ok. Flew MEL-BNE Which would have been tolerable except for sitting on the tarmac for near two hours because a rain storm was forecast and the ground crew didnt want / werent allowed out. ( legit the tarmac was...

And thats the whole problem, why create a false status? In the whole scheme of things a person that spends $1000 on airfares in a year is not a frequent flyer. Frequent flyer status is eared by flying and the benefits are earned. Im certainly not a snob but this new age "Everybody has to have...

I think its ok. So a business provides bonus loyalty rewards and its poor? The reality is people have become to used to getting all these bonuses. Personally, i make the mark each year well and truly and the bonus sc has just elevated people to status they wouldnt normally meet. Watering down...

Whilst I agree their performance has been terrible, its a bit unfair to pick a flight that always seems to get cancelled when in reality there are many that never get cancelled. It sucks and their response is usually somewhat pathetic ( I am still waiting from september for them to fix their...

I dont believe their safety has been brought into question. I certainly believe they are a safe operation just becoming extremely unreliable which is measured and factual.

Yeah maybe. But it cant be worse. For BNE-SYD I will likely just swap it all to rex anyway next year. I know my walking wont affect them and they wont miss me, but at least i should get where i need to go on time. The unfortunate thing is I am not yet a leisure traveller when my care factor...

So another cancelled flight for wednesday. “ we have rebooked your business seat into economy, too bad so sad, we will refund tge difference”. cough they will. Still waiting for refund of fare difference j to y from september ( and sc) I understand that cough happens and they have to change some...

Pretty sure they cancel light loads and just plonk people wherever. Getting a little frustrating. Ive been bumped off 4 of my last ten flights due to cancellations and on one leg they threw me in row 29 from row 2 after an overnight connection in Mel. Flew DPS-MEL-BNE booked through with...

They wont release this information in advance. If you need to book flights for January I would be doing so now regardless of DSC possibility or not. Being holiday times its going to Go through the roof price wise if it hasnt already

Likely to increase aircraft utilisation

8IA came nonstop as well. Must be right up there range wise. Obviously no weight so range increased

School holidays and crew shortages for them as well. Doubt they could even if they wanted to