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  1. eastwest101

    AFF Member Stock Discussion

    Well looking at the program, it would not be a stretch to narrow it down to Ivanhoe being interested in the presentations for CPO FBM GED COB and maybe QML. Them not being there for Thursday or Friday is definitely weird though, as you imply - a long way to fly for them just to see 1 day out of...
  2. eastwest101

    New Hobart Qantas Club

    Inspired by a Moonah industrial park corporate staff cafeteria by the look of it to me. I've seen more individuality and style in a medical waiting room.....
  3. eastwest101

    Qantas Economy Plus Launching Feb 2026

    Sorry that post is also a little cryptic, did you mean to suggest they will have to remove 2 rows of Y seating and add one row of J? Or add 2 rows of J class seating? Or remove 2 rows of Y and keep existing J seats the same number and redistribute the extra room gained from losing 2 rows of Y...
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    Jetstar launches Newcastle to Bali

    There are also significant numbers of people who now reside in the DPS area but work in the NSW coalfields, both Indonesian and Australian citizens, and some more who live in Thailand and work in the Hunter Valley so a SIN connection might be time efficient for them as well? As well as outbound...
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    Qantas Economy Plus Launching Feb 2026

    So did we get to the bottom of how the physics inside the B738 fleet is going to work? When the refurb happens, will the B738 fleet be losing a row of Y seating, OR gaining another row of J and losing 1 or 2 rows of Y? with the forgone Y seats allowing the extra seat pitch? I'm assuming not an...
  6. eastwest101

    What makes a good airport and what's your favourite?

    Added to the above of all international and domestic under one roof, sufficient staff and space to handle pax loads, sufficient seating at or near gates and decent transportation links to nearby cities. I would also add an efficient and logical pick-up and drop-off zone, and well-designed roads...
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    Article: Is Qantas or Velocity Status Harder to Earn?

    Thats a really good attempt to look into the issue. One thing that would be really interesting would be to compare the status earn and spend of say a domestic economy traveller and run two different case scenarios of a passenger booking flights 4-6 months in advance vs another passenger booking...
  8. eastwest101

    2025 F1 Thread

    Ever since I saw Olly Bearman substituting in 2024 in Saudi Arabia in a Ferrari and Azerbaijan in a Haas, he has looked like something a bit special, this race is confirming why so many people in the F1 paddock were saying good things about him then. Glad I didn't watch the full race, as it...
  9. eastwest101

    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    I don't know if we should be reading the last rites of the Saab 340 quite so soon yet, either, if these selective quotes from the Australian attributed to Air T are in context: Of course, eventually they will be replaced. With the engine renewal plan about the GE CT7-9B turboprop engines...
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    Rex in voluntary administration, ending all 737 services

    If this is real and long lasting, you would have to think that this could be an introduction of the Cessna 408P as well as possibly ATR42 into service story given Mountain Air is a Cessna 408 and ATR42 operator. At least they will get their Saab 340 spares back. The Cessna 408P passenger...
  11. eastwest101

    Earn up to 110 Qantas Status Credits on the ground

    Since Binge lost all its HBO content? No reason at all to have Binge except for the Status Credits and I expect subscription numbers at Binge have crashed, that's why they would be running the promotion.
  12. eastwest101

    Cost of Pet (Dog) Insurance

    Very much a black box industry - the trouble is that when you really need it, because something has gone seriously wrong, usually the pet is too sick to transfer to another vet, so consumers are completely at the mercy of whether the pet insurance company will deal with the vet involved or not...
  13. eastwest101

    Virgin Australia changes to carry on baggage allowance effective 2 Feb 2026

    I expect that the Lite fares and then people trying to take more aboard, plus the volume issue with 6 or 12 more seats in the B738 fleet and no extra overhead bin space, is starting to show up on Virgin's on-time performance statistics, as well as some workplace sprain and strain injuries from...
  14. eastwest101

    2025 F1 Thread

    This has been discussed everywhere, but in my opinion, its not so much the pro-British driver bias of the Sky coverage that is bad, as the decision making in the visual direction, with the latest race being a good example. Sainz went from the back of the grid to score points, and there was...
  15. eastwest101

    Earn up to 110 Qantas Status Credits on the ground

    This is a massive flex by Qantas Loyalty - as the person in this article points out: Earning Qantas SC switches the Pavlovian response from collecting Qantas Frequent Flyer Points to earning Qantas Status on the ground. As others have said - without much behaviour change, many will earn...
  16. eastwest101

    Double and Triple Velocity Status Credit October 2025 - Targeted

    Looks like the work experience kids being let loose inside Velocity again?
  17. eastwest101

    Virgin FY25 results

    I think post administration that metric is definitely skewed because: 1. VA don't have many seats to fill i.e. loss of their entire widebody fleet? 2. Because of the change in the business, they don't fly many kilometers anymore, and a lot of their flying is short haul and a lot of unproductive...
  18. eastwest101

    Major changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer announced 17/10/24

    Funny you should mention that - almost the first question in the survey was along the lines of "Are you aware of ClubJetstar?" So shows their line of thinking, my reply to that was "Yes I am aware of Club Jetstar but I don't partake because 1. I can't stand flying JQ and 2. The "benefits" of...
  19. eastwest101

    Major changes to Velocity Frequent Flyer announced 17/10/24

    Market research ongoing - looks like the market research people have been instructed to find out where all their once-loyal flyers have gone, some interesting thinking going on there but can't help think this might be a case of the stable door after the horse has bolted.... Lots of...
  20. eastwest101

    2025 F1 Thread

    I guess Alpine is possible but surely Christian Horner would want to be the undisputed No 1 in any team and going from having to deal with Helmut Marko to Flavio Briatore probably won't appeal much to him, although I would take Flavio any day of the week over having to deal with Helmut. I...
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