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    Velocity business model

    Since we are all armchair CEOs here 😆 I'm thinking there must be a few people in this forum who know the economics of how Velocity works, specifically with partners. So Velocity sell billions (trillions?) of points to all the credit card companies and other partners, VA included. This is their...
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    Row 3 rant [Feet on Bulkheads]

    On recent flights between SYD and MEL I have noticed on 2 occassions, people in row 3 putting their feet on the bulkhead dividing J and Y cabins. On the flight to MEL my neighbour in 3C decided to slip off his shoes (left socks on) and put both feet on there. On the flight back to SYD my...
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    Booking "New J" to IBZ

    The Mrs and I are planning a bit of a #yolo trip to IBZ in September. This will be my first time to transfer VFF points to KF for a J reward flying out of SYD. We're keen to fly on the "New J" seats which I see are on SQ's A350s and 773ERs. But it's hard to see on their website which EU...
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    Gru-syd-gru

    Hi all, I need to book a Y return airfare for a work colleague based in Sao Paulo. In terms of travel time it looks like QF and LAN are the most reasonable options. But when it comes to actually book, the price is upwards of $5K vs ~$2K for SYD-GRU-SYD. In comparison EK/EF are around the $2K...
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    VFF ipo

    Speculation in AFR about a VFF IPO next year: Virgin Australia's Velocity in 2017 pitchbooks | afr.com Would be nice if they did a pre-ipo share offering for SGs/WPs :lol:
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    J Reward Seat vs J Flexi Upgrade

    Hi all, I'm planning a US trip and am interested in finding out whether J Reward Seats and J Flexi Upgrades comes out of the same pool of availability? I always thought they did but it made no sense to me because a Y Flexi pax would be parting with upwards of $2,200 to buy the flexi fare...
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    Multi-city VA J upgrade + EY F reward

    Hi all, I'm planning a US holiday for 2pax next year - very keen on trying to book at least one trip in EY F. I'm speculating as to whether the following is possible: Outbound trip: SYD -> AUH (VA29 Y flexi upgrade to J): 90,000 points AUH -> JFK (EY103 F reward): 246,000 points Return...
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