Search results

Wow what a joke! We really will have no one to blame but ourselves. All this nonsense about social distancing and isolating when all we had to do was close our borders effectively and immediately.

Seeing how cases/deaths are doubling every few days in many parts of the EU like Italy, Spain, France I'm surprised we are allowing Australians returning home from Europe to be responsible enough to "self isolate" I know it's way OT but if we want to be serious about protecting Australia from...

Because it's the standard procedure. We heard plenty about 750 axed virgin jobs late last year. If ever there was a time for layoffs it would be right now. This situation is not just gonna blow over. And even by some miracle it did sort itself out in the next few months, the airlines in...

I'm shocked that Virgin haven't announced any staff being stood down. Maybe not to the extent of Qantas given they have a much smaller international footprint but I would have thought 1/3 would be excess to current needs. One thing is for certain though, they sure as hell have not put them on...

That would normally be the case. But that means nothing right now. At the moment good luck even getting through to speak with an agent. And in the meantime the airline itself may or may not even be around much longer.

Looks to have stabalised in Japan as well, maybe some light at the end of the tunnel!

Haha very true! "She's made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can... and she will"

Yup only if they are being processed and sent out. I suspect that they haven't suspended the ability to transfer points to KF purely because if they did it would be almost an admission they are going down and that would only speed up the process. With gift cards they can stall without it being...

The only thing I can assume is that we (the customers) are the ones over reacting with panic and the airline owners are actually more informed than us and the companies more robust than we are giving them credit?

The only people really that won't benefit at all (aside from reds) are platinums who had already requalified for their next year and whose review date is after the beginning of June 2020. Oh well lol <Edit> Assuming the additional SC received before their review don't help them in being able...

Yup it will be a long while before the industry bounces back, to think both airlines will survive is very optimistic indeed. Is there any possibility that Qantas crumbles first? I mean I know it's unlikely but I wonder what kind of odds an informed bookie would set.

I'd say hold tight. Calling now would be like getting the fire department to help rescue a cat stuck in a tree while the bushfires are still raging.

True. I should have said *unless explicitly advised otherwise* Neither offer will affect me directly, but I'll be happy if it keeps them fighting a while longer.

I'd say they absolutely would pool. The only thing which doesn't pool across is flight sectors. Even monthly flybuys SCs pool if you have it set up.

Well I can tell you that since yesterday I can't even get through. Maybe it's a lottery system where a tiny fraction of calls get through and all the rest have to try again. Who knows!

Nope u only get SC, points, sectors for flights you actually complete.

I'm guessing u got in just before the call centre went down then.

I'd agree except that it is only starting in April. Like as if the first 3 months of the year never happened? Also there is no mention of scope for it being continued if the current situation persists. Might seem like a small detail but to some I am sure it would be meaningful to hear that...

Sadly I wouldnt be booking any flights that required $$$ outlay. No confidence that: A) The flight won't be cancelled B) That they have the ability to refund me C) That they even have the ability to answer my phone call should an issue arise I'm not interested in having my flight changed for...

In other words you are caught in the cross fires. Good luck!