Agreed.  Beyond weird that ACCC's coffers swell by $100million and QFF get a relative pittance (token?) of $20 million.  All things being fair and equitable (cough cough), those sums should have been the other way around (with ACCC getting $20 million to cover their legal costs).

Another of life's simple pleasures (it is impressive).  

If the 'goose' at Qantas who said tickets weren't tickets but merely a bundle of rights still has his job, then your viewpoint has added merit.  Not sure if that outburst, said robustly as I recall, helped Qantas or did him any favours, can't think of a bigger PR disaster on a purely commerc...

The sooner VA gets a formal affiliation with Turkish Airlines - the better, as it'll create some competitive tension with Singapore.  Once Turkish unleashes the A350-1000 ULRs in 2026, it'll be no-stop AUS to Istanbul, and from there to anywhere in Europe/UK.  Whether a direct bilateral...

Yours is a perfectly valid and simple question, and this seems to answer it, but if I've missed something  . . .Passengers will be able to earn Velocity points and status credits on AirNZ flights between Australia and New Zealand carrying a VA flight number, and also use their Velocity point...