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Also no mention of the MAX 10 orders on the book. I suspect those won’t be joining the VA fleet until last least late 2027 even if Boeing manages to certify them in 2026.

Hmmm how do you fly Virgin when you give them no MONEY? I would love to know this one simple trick airlines hate. I mean you should know even velocity points earning and redemptions incur real money movements behind the scene right?

Absolutely illegal and not to be recommended. But of the 80ish domestic flight I took last year without a checked bag my ID was verified exactly 0 time by anyone at the airport.

Ok turns out my previous assumption was not entirely correct. I was unable to book a VA approved connection combination (one that VA sells as codeshare on both leg with cash fare) when both leg’s underlying SQ flight had availability. It just didn’t show up at all on the online booking portal...

If that means a 10:90 split on the VA code vs QR code I think that’s reasonable. As the IPO prospectus suggested these wet lease operations are not expected to have material impact to VA’s balance sheet so I take it as that VA’s getting a commission from QR on ticket it sales plus some money...

Not much unless you happen to be ~100SC from Plat Plus. Which is why I won’t be participating in this promo. Had they offered a QF style promotion I would have maxed out my forward booking and easily make plat plus.

Except plenty of airlines survive for ages without being in a major alliance or have extensive partner lounge networks. And not all of them are LCC. Clearly it’s annoying and a weakness for Velocity the FFP, but I can’t see it being a big problem for the airline business itself, especially one...

There’s no way to earn VA status credit when you book NZ flight number. It’s only possible when you book them as VA flight number.

As the post above mentioned VA gets rather limited inventory of to offer as Choice fare (which SQ brand as Economy Lite) on VA code. So often once they are exhausted on a particular segment the entire trip has to be priced using the more expensive Flex fare. Even Flex is not unlimited and I’ve...

I self fund all my travel so I certainly won’t be paying the Qantas premium. I used to fly JQ a lot and don’t particularly mind the lack of amenities, but I do hate their IRROPS handling. While it’s a reality of air travel there’s too many times I had the spend the night at an airport hotel and...

Foxtel geoblocked you. VA’s onboard WiFi used to land on an Optus IP in Australia. That has since changed last year and now lands on a Intelsat IP in the UK which caused some apps with geographical restrictions to no longer work. For example you can no longer sign up for a new velocity account...

Just checking in for my flight online and realised the baggage allowance displayed is incorrect. See screenshot below - plat should be entitled to 3x 23kg baggage. Haven’t actually needed to check in 3 pieces of luggage and expect very few people to actually max out the 3 pieces allowance but...

No, it’s always been just a bilateral codeshare, not extended to FFP.

Have been on one last month, looks weird. It's got a slightly purpleish color on the mesh which gives it the world famous temu feel. Having been on an AA US domestic flight recently I'll say it should look slightly less awkward once they put in the sky divider (or whatever they call that piece...

I’d assume most people manages their children and partners account so naturally they would be in the same address. If you manage your cousins account then it might have been easier to do the transfer the other way when you need to redeem. There’s the account hacking, and there’s also the...

Can you set up family pooling instead? At least that’s what I do and I don’t have to worry about transferring points at all. I understand they disabled this due to the rampant black market mileage dealer and VA points being quite valuable (at least it used to be) in the black market due to...

Perhaps not any real decision making power but seems enough to sway some partnership discussions. AA pirchased 2.6% of of CZ back in the days (have since been diluted I think) and that was enough to fuel CZ to depart from SkyTeam after a decade of membership. Circumstances are not too different...

Not really surprising. QF’s preferred partner is MU as it view Shanghai the “premium business” market and Guangzhou is a tier below as an OD market, despite CZ has always been more successful in Australia than MU. I’m sure CZ would have preferred QF as a partner but it’s clear QF wanted MU so CZ...

That's just suisidal. Have you seen how much capcity has been dumped onto the China-Australia market this summer? 28x weekly SYD-CAN, 21x MEL-CAN, 38x SYD-HKG, 31x MEL-HKG, 25x SYD-PVG, 24x MEL-PVG just to name a few major hubs, there a cough ton more to other smaller cities on both end which has...

Easy enough if you are like me which prefer the exit row Economy X. Simply see them turn around down the stairs to board from the back or follow them and see them take a seat that’s not the front economy X section. I don’t make those kind of allegation unless I’m 100% sure