In late March of this year, Virgin Australia announced ‘Economy X’. Economy X isn’t a new seating product but more an enhancement for their Economy cabin across the Virgin Australia fleet. The enhancement in seating is very similar to ‘main cabin extra’ or extra space seats which are found in the United States. Initially Virgin […]
Time is quickly passing and in 2 months, Virgin Australia will commence their new service from Melbourne to Hong Kong. The route is quite significant for the airline as it’s their first ‘medium-haul’ for their A330. The service is great competition for Cathay and Qantas who also operate services on that route. As the service is […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means Points From The Pacific may receive a commission if you make a purchase using this link. Thank you for supporting Points From The Pacific! Every year, our major Australian airlines Qantas and Virgin Australia run a pretty generous companion sale. This year’s one is more focused on Premium […]
If you haven’t heard, various airlines in Los Angeles are currently undergoing a major terminal swap. The biggest changes will be Delta moving to Terminal 2 and 3 and American Airlines will be taking Terminal 5 which is one of the terminals Delta used. For Australian airlines, there’s only 1 change that will affect passengers. […]
In April of 2015, Virgin Australia and BP (service stations) created a unique partnership to which you earn points when you buy fuel and other items in the store. The earning rate currently is 2 points per litre of fuel and 2 points per $ on any other item bought. There are no minimum spend […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means Points From The Pacific may receive a commission if you make a purchase using this link. Thank you for supporting Points From The Pacific! I thought this would be a good opportunity to share a promo code for people wanting cheaper Virgin Australia International flights. The destinations that […]
Virgin Australia is currently running a promotion which allows you to transfer your points from participating banks and card issuers to Velocity and receive a 15% bonus on points transferred. Some banks are even offering bonuses of up to 50%. The offer ends on the 31st of May 2017. For more information on the promotion click here. […]
Every year, the Freddie Awards ceremony is held in the United States and it awards airlines and hotel groups based on the popularity of their loyalty programs from frequent flyers. The Freddies was introduced in 1988 by miles and points legend Randy Petersen. If you’re not aware, Randy is the incredible man behind websites like […]
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which means Points From The Pacific may receive a commission if you make a purchase using certain links. It’s been a big day at Virgin Australia with 2 big things happening for the airline. An introduction of a brand new service and the official announcement of testing new onboard technology. Canberra – […]
Good morning everyone! I’m currently flying to Canberra from Brisbane onboard Virgin Australia’s first wifi fitted aircraft and let’s just say, the results are pretty damn impressive. I’ve talked a little bit about VA’s wifi in previous posts and it’s fantastic to try it first hand and put the wifi through its paces. Virgin Australia […]
A few weeks ago Virgin Australia announced services to and from Melbourne and Hong Kong. The service will be operated by their A330-200 aircraft and it features’s their brilliant Business Class product. If you’ve not seen what the product is like on the A330, I’ve reviewed it here. The flight has been on sale for a few […]
Virgin Australia has just been awarded the best onboard beverages at the Onboard Hospitality Awards ceremony which was held at the Raddison Blu in Hamburg. The award was actually given to the airline especially for their brand new red wine offering. The Barossa Valley winery and Virgin Australia introduced the wine last month, the unique thing about […]