The amount of times I’ve been asked who has a better seat/product on the east coast – west coast service is crazy, so very soon I will find out which one is the better product. Both Qantas and Virgin have new products on the services, so I’m very interested to see how they compare. I’ve […]
You may or may not have heard but last week Virgin Australia dropped lounge access for Velocity Gold members in Los Angeles. This was due to the Star Alliance business class lounge no longer agreeing with the amount of passengers that could enter the lounge. Business Class and Platinum guests are exempt from this and are […]
Sorry for the lack of posts today, just arrived home from a family holiday. Anyway, as I arrived home I happy to see my new Virgin Australia Velocity Platinum card and bag tags had arrived. Virgin updated the design on them early last year. I asked VA about them, and they happily sent me a […]
Everyone loves to get things cheaper, and the same applies to flights. Just because one program charges 100,000 miles doesn’t mean that’s the cheapest ticket available, each frequent flyer program is valued differently, and it’s a great thing to learn about. I’ve previously talked about Alaska and AAdvantage miles for cheaper Qantas redemptions, In this post, I’ll explain how […]
I thought this may be a helpful and time-saving tip if you don’t already know this, if not here it is: I’ve just booked an upcoming trip and encountered something I haven’t seen before when booking. I was booking an Etihad redemption (how surprising) through Velocity and all day it showed, and this afternoon it went. […]
Virgin Australia just posted a video on Youtube about their Sydney and Brisbane bound flights from Los Angeles. The flights left LA on Christmas eve and arrived into Australia on boxing day. Here’s the video they made: What was so remarkable is what VA gave to the passengers. Christmas dinner was given to all passengers All […]
On this blog, I rarely talk about Domestic travel as it’s nowhere near as exciting and exotic as International travel, however, I get a lot of questions from travellers overseas wanting to see reviews of Australia’s domestic lounges, so I’ve decided to start reviewing them This morning I was flying out of my home airport Brisbane on […]
Earlier today I talked about Tripit and how I use that a lot, however, my most used program would definitely have to be Expertflyer. Expertflyer show’s award seats for many airlines, seats that are available, flight loads and a whole lot more. Well, now you can search Virgin Australia award availability in business and economy. Premium Economy has […]
About 2 months ago I received an email from the king of miles Randy Petersen inviting me to attend ‘BACON’ for those that don’t know it’s a gathering of bloggers mostly from BoardingArea and some other various blogs. As soon as I saw the email I knew I would definitely love to attend. As I […]
My last post just explained that Virgin Australia has brought back their Melbourne – Los Angeles services. Today must be a day of big changes as they have just announced that they will be starting Perth to Abu Dhabi direct flights. The airline will use their A330 aircraft which features their brilliant new business class product. As my […]
Virgin Australia has just announced that they will bring back their Melbourne to Los Angeles flights from the 4th of April 2017. The route ended in 2014. Virgin Australia Group CEO John Borghetti said: “The United States is a key market for Virgin Australia, and this enables us to service Los Angeles from the three […]
Today Virgin Australia’s new fare structure comes into effect and from what I’ve heard, it’s running quite well. All fares have set in for all Domestic, Trans Tasman, and International flights. When Virgin Australia announced these changes, many elites were worried about added fees and the removal of several benefits for Gold and Platinums. However, […]