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Virgin Australia unleashes new Double Status Credits promo
Jul 25, 2023, 11:23 AMYes, you can still family pool with double status offers.
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LATAM Airlines locks in Melbourne to Santiago return from September
Apr 03, 2023, 04:46 PMOh, this is concerning to me as I am flying to Brasil via Santiago with LATAM and only booked via the Qantas site as LATAM (AU) only book in US dollars, which I didn't want to do. So to clarify, can I check on the Qantas app departing Brasil or do I need the LATAM app and to get the correct...
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Review: Virgin Australia WiFi inflight Internet [2023]
Mar 21, 2023, 08:00 AMThe good thing is that is that most people on the plane will need to pay for it, this means it's should been speedier for those that really want it/want to pay as it's leaving more bandwidth.
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Virgin Australia launches Cairns–Tokyo flights
Dec 14, 2022, 10:44 AMI'll be booking flights with VA to Toyko this week now this is live.No issues with the stop in Cairns, nice to break up the travel time a little (I will depart Melbourne).
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Virgin, Qatar hint at fresh business travel play
Sep 27, 2022, 09:27 AMYou can also use either the Air NZ or Qantas international lounge and enter with your Gold or Platinum Velocity card when flying Qatar :)
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VA Status benefits 14 day "hold"
Mar 09, 2023, 12:56 PMThis is normal, your upgrades do drop off on your review date, automatically, from what I've seen over the years. Quick question though, did you have enough status points to retain Platinum by the 28th of Feb, as in, were enough (800 + 8 sectors) actually sitting in your Velocity account (not wa...
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Virgin Double Status Credits - 2023 ???
Jan 03, 2023, 09:05 AMMany of the previous ones been either in February or March, when sales start to taper off.Of course it's impossible to know for sure, but around March is my hunch.
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VA arbitrarily bumping business class pax to economy
Nov 23, 2022, 03:45 PMThe 737-700's and the A320's are all for VARA from February as I understand it. The new 737-700's are to replace the Fokker 100's in Perth. For now they are using them on some other routes until then.
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How to book Virgin Australia international travel on Qatar Airways
Jul 20, 2022, 11:00 AMThe ACCC gave an interim approval on their code sharing last week, to sell and ticket Qatar flights with VA flight numbers, so I'd imagine booking via the VA website is imminent.
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VA experience more demand now than prepandemic?
Jul 20, 2022, 10:56 AMMost Airlines have increased passenger numbers now, there is so much pent-up demand that a lot of people are flying now they can travel freely again.I'm sure Qantas and Jetstar also have increased passenger numbers right now.No doubt it'll be back to pre-covid numbers next year.