The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Monday, 22 April 2019
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| First Review: Virgin Wellington Lounge |
Virgin Australia opened its first international lounge at Wellington Airport last Wednesday, 17 April.
As it happens, AFF member scubabe was the first customer to use the new lounge. This member's experience was so poor that they've vowed never to fly with Virgin Australia out of Wellington again. |
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| Qantas Launches Sapporo Flights |
| Qantas will launch non-stop seasonal flights from Sydney to Sapporo, just in time for the Christmas holidays and Japanese ski season. The 3x weekly Qantas flights will run from 16 December 2019 until 28 March 2020. The flights will operate to Sapporo's New Chitose Airport, the largest airport on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Hokkaido has become extremely popular with more... |
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| Jet Airways Suspends All Flights |
| Jet Airways, one of India's largest airlines and a Qantas Frequent Flyer partner, has suspended all flights. At this stage, the debt-ridden airline believes it may be able to secure new investors - a process which could take three to four weeks - and eventually resume operations. However, at this stage it's unclear if the airline will ever fly again. The writing has been on the wall for Jet more... |
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| Virgin Expands Hawaiian Codeshares |
| Virgin Australia has expanded its codeshare partnership with Hawaiian Airlines. Virgin has added its "VA" code to Hawaiian's Brisbane-Honolulu route, meaning Velocity Gold and Platinum members finally have lounge access in Brisbane when flying to Hawaii. However, booking the Virgin Australia codeshare comes at a cost... literally. Hawaiian Airlines flies three more... |
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| Up to 50% Bonus Alaska Airlines Miles |
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