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  1. brissyflyer

    Strange Pricing for Flight Changes

    I'm looking at the option of changing a SYD-BNE flight which is part of a BNE-SYD-BNE booking however the fare difference calculations appear to be totally warped. It's a getaway fare so I know there is the $80 change fee, I accept that. However when changing just the SYD-BNE sector it's...
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    Booking PE from BNE via SYD - Is it possible?

    I'm researching a trip to Europe for mid year and Premium Y would be a nice change from my normal Y travel. I realise that SQ don't have PE out of Brisbane so looking at the possibility of via SYD. When doing a schedule search it shows BNE-SYD-SIN options after the direct flights however these...
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    Alliance Operated Flights - What to Expect?

    I decided to book BNE-NTL due to the new Alliance F100 services and am curious as to what sort of service is offered on the Alliance operated flights?
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    Redeeming for Virgin Australia Flights Operated by Alliance Not Possible?

    I was looking at doing a redemption booking through the citibank travel program / take flight and it seems you cannot book on Virgin Australia flights operated by Alliance (and also the ATR72 flights which are operated by Skywest). This seems strange as the flights are marketed by DJ and are...
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    Adding Velocity Number to Air NZ Booking

    I have two domestic Air NZ Flights next week and it looks like they are eligible for Velocity Points and Status Credits, they are in G & P Class. Is it possible to add my Velocity number to the booking online as they were booked before the Velocity partnership was announced or do I need to call...
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    Virgin Blue Launches Mobile Checkin & Bookings

    from virginblue.com.au Sounds good! http://www.virginblue.com.au/AboutUs/Media/NewsandPressReleases/P_012114.htm
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    Citibank Online - Velocity Redemptions Not Working?

    I'm wanting to do a velocity transfer from citibank and when I go to the page to do so it just comes up blank, I've tried in both Firefox and IE but no luck. Anyone else have the same problem or is it just me?
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    Jetstar & V Australia get Fiji Capacity

    From Travel Weekly Jetstar, V Australia granted Fiji capacity
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    Will CBA match card type from Citibank?

    I currently have a Citibank Platinum Visa that was automatically upgraded from Gold with the Gold annual fee, I would like to change to CBA Platinum as I can then transfer Velocity points 1:1 instead of the 1.5:1 rate that Citibank offers. Does anyone know if CBA would automatically give me a...
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    ASX : Virgin Blue in Trading Halt

    Just saw on the ASX that Virgin Blue has been placed in a trading halt pending the release of an announcement no later than Wednesday. No clues as to what the announcement is about, obviously something big.
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    Pacific Blue add direct BNE-DUD,SYD-ZQN & SYD-WLG

    http://www.flypacificblue.com/AboutUs/Media/NewsandPressReleases/P_008885.htm Great to see more new routes to NZ and some competition to Queenstown.
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    Pacific Blue adds services to Hamilton from BNE & SYD

    PACIFIC BLUE ANNOUNCES DIRECT FLIGHTS FROM HAMILTON TO BRISBANE AND SYDNEY Maybe they will use the new Pacific Blue liveried E190
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    Ryanair ask Boeing for credit card operated toilets

    Ryanair considers in-flight credit card toilets | Travel | News.com.au I wonder what extra charge they will come up with next.......
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    New Virgin Blue Routes

    From the Virgin Blue website: Wednesday 11 February 2009: Virgin Blue Airlines has announced it will launch five brand new services between a number of ports on its network including daily return flights between Canberra – Hobart, Canberra – Townsville, Townsville-Gold Coast, Townsville...
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    MH Crediting of points to Velocity Question

    Hi Does anyone know how FF numbers are recorded with MH as one the two trips I have taken this year (each 4 sectors) I have only had some legs credited automatically and the rest I have had to follow up on. In every case the ones that have not credited automatically have been flights that have...
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    Velocity now a Citibank Redemption Partner

    I noticed by chance on the Velocity site that Velocity points can now be redeemed through Citibank. Redemption rate is same as for KrisFlyer - 15000 Citibank Points = 10000 Velocity Points. Peter
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    Virgin Blue New Baggage Fees & Fare Reductions

    An announcement has just been posted to the ASX detailing the fuel price iniatives. http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20080718/pdf/31b7g4371vb601.pdf A baggage fee of $8 will be introduced with an increased allowance of 23kg, there will be no baggage fees on flexibile fares. Silver Velocity members...
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    Why is there security screening for transit passengers

    Its annoying and I am curious as to why it is that transit passengers have to go through security screening. Fair enough in airports such as KUL where screening is at the gate but why when for example transit through Sydney on the way to Brisbane when all you are doing is hopping off the plane...
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    Europe with MH,BA,EI,AP,LX

    Welcome to my first trip report. During May/June I spent nearly 5 weeks travelling in Europe. I had 14 flight sectors with 5 different airlines travelling on 7 different aircraft types. My itinerary was as follows: 11MAY BNE-KUL MH140 747-400 13MAY KUL-LHR MH004 747-400 16MAY...
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    Airfare Refund - They want my bank account details?

    I had a flight booked with Vueling Airlines (A spanish based LCC) and the flight was cancelled so they have agreed to refund my 57EUR. Initially they said it would be refunded to my credit card within 30 days. Now over 60 days later I follow it up and am advised that due to IT problems they...
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