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That's how all VA's current international codeshare arrangement works (or at least they are permitted to do so by ACCC). They have a blanket approval from ACCC dated in 2022 Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd which explained why VA didn't want to sell unilateral codeshare.

Yes and no I think. If you like SQ and mainly fly them to Europe, then yeah it won't work for you because you can't get them on VA code anymore. But if you are fine with QR then I'd say there are more opportunity to get a VA coded flight to Europe at a competitive price. With metal-neutral JV...

No issue to redeem one of my credit for my christmas travel. Checked rewards avaiability, booked the Flex fare and called in and after waiting about 5 minutes on the phone and all processed no drama.

Curious as to what was the sign/indication here?

different scenario in the DPS allocation IMO. they didn’t end up getting the slot because they weren’t willing to operate the domestic tag as international, but I don’t think there’s any concern that VA weren’t genuine about operating those slot and was trying to be a road block to prevent JQ...

Plenty of examples in life where it’s your right to do a thing, doesn’t mean you should do it or won’t be called nasty if you do it.

Usually doesn’t take that long for IASC unless it’s a contested application in which this won’t be. Most recent example is how quickly the HND slot was given to QF after VA announced they would return it. Unless Qantas all of a sudden say they now want to fly to Doha and want to contest the...

Doesn't seem to be a codeshare specific issue? I know I'm being pedantic but it could have happened to any inter-line booking, whether the ticket issuer book the codeshare or just a standard interline. Unfortunately that's just the reality of airline IT systems mostly being lipstics on a pig...

I don't know so I made no comment on any other airline's labour pratices. I'm simply pointing out the irony behind the Qantas letter to ACCC. Though I also think there's a distinction between being able to pay your staff less money with worse condition due to your local labour market or...

I didn't mean that. It's specifically for the aviation sector - pilots, crew or ground handling.

It's madness how Qantas was able to write a letter like this with a straight face. Qantas, under Alan Joyce, poinerred the use of cheap labour in this sector here in Australia, whether that's foreign based crew or through labour hire. The issue raised, it's a valid point, but it's laughable...

It’s only ~80 more than choice now they’ve turned on the “optimization”

Does VA allow you to wait list for these upgrades at the airport for short-haul international? Looking to utilize these for a trip to Fiji but could only find 1 J rewards on those flights. If I lock in one upgrade for the CEO and another one doesn’t get released would I still be able to request...

Also Coldplay concerts in Sydney next week

do we know what’s the right buttons to press to get to the right team for fly ahead request on the phone? Tried to request that on the phone this morning and dialing 136789 and entered my velocity number but still seemed to got to the wrong team. I had to be transferred to the “premium team”...

I’d say it’s still too hard for the average job to identify. It’s all well and good that the crew and instruction manual in the seat pocket tells you to go to a particular website, but if you got taken somewhere by a captive portal it’s hard to tell whether it’s the right one used by that...

It’s not an ACCC concern. ACCC deals with business engaging in “cartel” behavior, in this case two airlines coordinating fare, schedule, routes. Wet-lease vs dry-lease is an IASC concern. Why would JH do that publicly now? Doesn’t make sense to lock yourselves into a commitment if you can get...

Agreed. I think with the fundamental changes in the system whether people are better or worse off in the new system is now highly depends on individual circumstances now - a quick example for one particular route for one partiuclar fare isn't quite enough sample to say "it's a big problem" or...

I think she’s playing by the book to not check you in. The system locks out the check in at T-30min and requires a manual override which seems like it’s what you got at the end. I think what went wrong was she tried to send you back out of security and have someone else deal with you. She would...

Once they roll out the Flex fare change this year before April that might be a window where you can maximize your SC with cheaper flex fare but more significantly more SC.