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Finnair debuts new business, premium economy class to Singapore in May
Feb 11, 2022, 05:18 PMbeing a leisure airline.. I do wish Finnair could make the jump down to AU...The stopovers in Helsinki & Tokyo are welcome breaks from other usual hubs from AU.Seats look great.. I already enjoyed their J class in the past
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Virgin Australia travel credits to be honoured in full
Aug 06, 2020, 09:06 AMI'm happy to be wrong on this. Honouring travel credits is good will on the new owners part. My understanding effectively this is a new business. The new owners could choose to ignore travel credits in preference to other creditors to get the sale approved. In doing so they would obliterate their...
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Class action could target Qantas, travel agents for cash refunds
May 08, 2020, 04:46 PMMost airlines terms of carriage say that they will offer alternative flights or if that is not suitable a refund or flight credit if they cancel.. this is irrespective of the level of ticket. I argued this successfully with a couple of airlines recently. Asiana i found the easiest.The Australian ...
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Class action could target Qantas, travel agents for cash refunds
May 08, 2020, 04:42 PMMy experience with chargebacks was that the airlines have exercised a force majeure situation citing Government intervention. This was enacted with VISA/Mastercard not sure but presume with AMEX and others as well. The bank informed me that they could not even start the chargeback process because...
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Finding a buyer for Virgin Australia is a job worth $30 million
Apr 27, 2020, 06:18 PMI'm sure that government tenders would have not been the silver bullet for the situation. But if you do not have the network frequency and product, then you can't be competitive in the business/government sector.So what remains, price pressure leisure where you have a well financed Jetstar to com...
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PPS credit and points earn Velocity
Mar 23, 2022, 04:52 PMSo Pre-Covid I think I was able to earn PPS credit with SQ and then pool my points and status to velocity.Can this still be done, if so any pointers how to do it.. ive forgotten.
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UK under EU regulations
Apr 21, 2020, 06:44 PMOk so I have an update.I had an email from Etihad telling my flight credit was my only option - they cited their terms of carriage.I responded drew their attention to their terms of carriage which set out what happens in the event of a flight cancellation which stated they had to offer a comparab...
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UK under EU regulations
Apr 08, 2020, 08:48 AMHi All,Like many, i'm locked in a dispute on refunds with Etihad on a cancelled flight. The flights originate in the UK. I gather since Brexit, flights that originate in the UK are no longer covered by the EU rules?On another note, my view is that Etihad is simply playing the game i'm bigger than...
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What to do during an 8 hour layover in Hong Kong?
Oct 08, 2019, 09:28 AMGiven the current tensions and protests is it still possible to do this 8 hour stopover? I have one in HKG arriving at 8am morning then leaving at 4pm
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QF or Finnair Plus
Oct 04, 2019, 08:04 PMSo I'm free travelling to Europe a it coming up and going Finnair. I'm a velocity member but I'm already platinum until April 2021 so I'm not worried about maintaining status. I had a response for a status challenge on QF but started looking into finnair plus. From my math I should be able to ge...