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“Facing bankruptcy”: Air Vanuatu to be liquidated
May 09, 2024, 03:31 PMI feel so sorry for their excellent pilots and cabin crew. The ground staff and management were infected with inappropriate leadership and woeful inexperience with airline operations, which we witnessed on all four occasions we flew with them. Their reaction to non-standard operations, sadly comm...
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Qantas upgrades Sydney-Honolulu to 787 on March 31
Mar 14, 2024, 11:51 AMSuch a shame that this frame can't do the BNE-LAX run, but I'm sure the schedule precludes it. The A333 is a shocker for that type of journey I'm sure.
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First look: Oneworld opens new Amsterdam Lounge
Feb 14, 2024, 01:52 PMAMS is a disgrace from a lounge point of view if travelling Oneworld or EK. As a regular I can honestly say it's a joke to go from MEL to DXB with amazing lounges, to then depart from AMS and be given a cheap voucher to spend with the great unwashed! The sooner this hole is plugged the better. I ...
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Brazil introduces mandatory $120 e-visa for Australians
Dec 15, 2023, 09:01 AMThat country is now off my list. Don't mind the $120, that's fair, but the "Printed bank statement showing transactions for the last 30 days and at least US$2,000 for travel purposes (for families, a signed sponsorship letter and bank statement from the main applicant is required). Business ...
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United upgrades business class with Therabody, Saks Fifth Avenue
Oct 04, 2023, 07:18 AMIf only the USA legacy airlines could have happy staff, both on the ground and in the air, I would actually consider travelling with them. Management have made them so sad that they are both lazy and rude for the most part. That needs to change before I'd consider them a good option for TransPac ...
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Gold to Platinum - currently 1330 SC credits
Apr 05, 2020, 04:48 PMThis is about 1% on the scale of what is happening in the world right now but.... I believe Qantas have been very generous with what they have done for their frequent flyers, but I can relate to the OP is saying, as I'm in exactly the same position. I have enough SCs and had enough travel booked ...