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Why would that be the case? Is there specific requirement about wet lease or is it just because of the “public interest” thing? At one point Bonza even wet leased from Canada and the government didn’t seem to blink. It’s hard to see why just wet leasing would make VA ineligible for a DOH slot.

Do you mean the ACCC? It’s unlikely QF would contest VA’s allocation for Qatari slots and any uncontested application IASC basically wave it through. ACCC review will be required for any potential alliance / joint venture where schedules and fares are coordinated. Without that the best VA and...

Maybe they shouldn’t have given back the HND slot that early. Though it’s hard to imagine VA management weren’t aware of this and there’s probably reason to not hold on to it for a few more months.

UA seems to be doing better with selling J and upgrades on the US departure compared to AUS departure. Make sense if UA wants to hold inventory for upgrade and cash fares

But in this case it’s VA’s award inventory for SYD-MEL and UA’s award inventory for MEL-LAX. I have not seen rewards ticket applying married segment to multi carrier trips before. I guess it’s a way for VFF to force people to burn more points on the domestic J? Say for OP’s trying to find...

SQ's in a different position than EY when compared to QR though. EY's network is largley is subset of QR and their role is largely the same in their optimal onward destinations where as SQ is an important partnet for VA in Asia and China, especially without the HNA Group as redemption partner...

Then I'd say this trump all other options. Credit to VFF for the SC and gift. VFF is good because you also get acccess to EY and QR going to Europe and possibly even North America east coast cities. KF and *A in general is weaker in this market for AU based traveller. If you compare SQ via KF...

If you have someone you can gift the membership to and he/she can effectively utilise (trvavels enough but not enough to earn status) it then it's great. If you only need the 20kg extra luggage on top of the 40kg already came with the J ticket then you can put in your VFF membership for...

No. The MAX 9 would have the same range as the MAX 8, and the MAX 10 actually have less range than the MAX 8 / 9. The A321neo wins hands down in terms of spec that’s pretty clear. Although in terms of capacity the MAX 9 is about 2 rows shorter than then MAX 10. I guess VA is still hesitant in...

These are reputable journalists in the sector publishing in reputable publications. They have their sources from inside and certainly won't just make things out of thin air and risk their reputations.

Why not the MAX 9 I guess? It's what UA did and it's only a 10 seat difference compared to the MAX 10.

Posted on VA’s instagram a “secret announcement” is coming tomorrow… 🤔

yes and no. If I just doesn’t turn up to the airport then the plane has an extra empty seat which could be used by VA to fly someone else ahead. Seems fair to charge me a fee to rebook in this case. If I request to fly behind X hour before departure then the seat could be sold/given to someone...

Small sidetrack - have anyone tried to “Fly Behind”? If flying ahead is a benefit then it feels to me volunteering to take a later flight is beneficial to VA as well?😅

Perhaps even more surprisingly that’s a 60W PD USB-C, plenty capable of charging a lightweight laptop in the absence of an AC socket. Very nice.

It’s only LAX-PVG and only 4 flights per week initially until December which will increase to daily. On the grand scheme of things it’s still just a fraction of capacity compared to pre pandemic UA so the extra 1.5 787 this route will take is relatively minor compared to the overall 787 fleet...

If you call the agent can process it over the phone to refund the points immediately, though I would make sure to mention that you need the points back now so the agent does it on the spot. If you use the web form it generally takes 3-5 business days for someone to action the request.

Thanks. Wasn't aware this system exists for even rewards booking - it won't be the end of the world if I have to book them separately or do a stop-over.

Was trying to find J rewards booking to LHR in the next 1-2 month so have started watching seats.aero - particualrly EY as they seem to release good amount of availability to AUH then onwards to various EU cities. I was able to find avaibility when searching individual legs on the website, say...

As I've recenly discovered and discussed in another thread it is currenly not possible to book business class rewards seats on SQ's North America routes with Velocity points. One option for you is to transfer your points to SQ's KrisFlyer program at 1.55 Velocity Points to 1 KrisFlyer points and...