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10:00AM Angus Kidman | It was only last Thursday that we were emphasising the fact that mistakes happen in online commerce, and Virgin Blue came up with a doozy on Friday, emailing everyone on its customer database and mistakenly telling them they’d been upgraded to Velocity Gold. More »
Virgin Blue Snafu Means No Free Gold Membership For You
10:00AM Angus Kidman | It was only last Thursday that we were emphasising the fact that mistakes happen in online commerce, and Virgin Blue came up with a doozy on Friday, emailing everyone on its customer database and mistakenly telling them they’d been upgraded to Velocity Gold. More » 
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Air travel from Australia to the US is more competitive than ever, but that doesn’t mean that it is any more profitable for the carriers. Delta and V Australia have been looking to operate their trans-Pacific flights as a joint venture, and that move is looking more likely with the ACCC giving provisional approval for the deal. More »
Delta/V Australia Tie-Up Gets Provisional ACCC Approval
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Air travel from Australia to the US is more competitive than ever, but that doesn’t mean that it is any more profitable for the carriers. Delta and V Australia have been looking to operate their trans-Pacific flights as a joint venture, and that move is looking more likely with the ACCC giving provisional approval for the deal. More »
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1:04PM Angus Kidman | On a long-distance air journey, you have to balance the need to keep yourself entertained with not crowding out your limited space. What’s on the essential list for stuff to keep at your seat during a flight? More »
What Do You Need At Your Seat?
1:04PM Angus Kidman | On a long-distance air journey, you have to balance the need to keep yourself entertained with not crowding out your limited space. What’s on the essential list for stuff to keep at your seat during a flight? More »
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1:30PM Angus Kidman | Among the tools buried on the Webjet travel search site site is a flight alert system which lets you specify a chosen destination and date range, and then sends you either a daily or weekly email with the best current deals for that destination. It’s a potentially helpful option for budget travel planning, but some caveats apply. There’s a similar service on offer from previously mentionedI Want That Flight as well, and the concerns we raised for it apply here too: flights tend not to get cheaper, so if you know when you want to go, you’re better off committing as soon as possible. And as we’ve also pointed out before, if you do get details of a good deal, you’re almost certainly better off then seeking it directly on the relevant airline site rather than paying Webjet’s high booking fees.
Webjet My Deal Finder [via OzBargain]
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Webjet My Deal Finder Emails You Cheap Flights
1:30PM Angus Kidman | Among the tools buried on the Webjet travel search site site is a flight alert system which lets you specify a chosen destination and date range, and then sends you either a daily or weekly email with the best current deals for that destination. It’s a potentially helpful option for budget travel planning, but some caveats apply. There’s a similar service on offer from previously mentionedI Want That Flight as well, and the concerns we raised for it apply here too: flights tend not to get cheaper, so if you know when you want to go, you’re better off committing as soon as possible. And as we’ve also pointed out before, if you do get details of a good deal, you’re almost certainly better off then seeking it directly on the relevant airline site rather than paying Webjet’s high booking fees.
Webjet My Deal Finder [via OzBargain]
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10:00AM Angus Kidman | Good news for travel bargain hunters — it doesn’t look like discount fares are disappearing any time soon. Jetstar’s latest offer is 2-for-1 tickets for journeys from most of its domestic destinations between October 21 and December 9 this year (a useful reinforcement of the principle that the early travel booker still gets the bargains). Unsurprisingly, availability over public holiday weekends is limited, but if you’re planning to fly at that time (or just looking for a way to make your next general holiday with your other half cheaper), this is worth checking out (before the sale ends on March 4).
Jetstar 2 For 1 [via OzBargain]
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Jetstar Selling 2-For-1 Fares
10:00AM Angus Kidman | Good news for travel bargain hunters — it doesn’t look like discount fares are disappearing any time soon. Jetstar’s latest offer is 2-for-1 tickets for journeys from most of its domestic destinations between October 21 and December 9 this year (a useful reinforcement of the principle that the early travel booker still gets the bargains). Unsurprisingly, availability over public holiday weekends is limited, but if you’re planning to fly at that time (or just looking for a way to make your next general holiday with your other half cheaper), this is worth checking out (before the sale ends on March 4).
Jetstar 2 For 1 [via OzBargain]
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | Planning a trip and feeling cheap? I Want That Flight lets you enter a domestic destination, date and target price, and emails you when it finds a flight matching those specifications. In truth, I’m not convinced that this is particularly useful: if you know you need to fly somewhere on a particular day, you’re better off getting in and searching the relevant airlines as soon as possible, because it’s rare these days for domestic flights to get cheaper closer to the date. However, there’s some potential value in the hot flights list of deals found by other users if you’re scouring for bargains.
I Want That Flight [via OzBargain]
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I Want That Flight Tries To Match Your Price And Date
3:00PM Angus Kidman | Planning a trip and feeling cheap? I Want That Flight lets you enter a domestic destination, date and target price, and emails you when it finds a flight matching those specifications. In truth, I’m not convinced that this is particularly useful: if you know you need to fly somewhere on a particular day, you’re better off getting in and searching the relevant airlines as soon as possible, because it’s rare these days for domestic flights to get cheaper closer to the date. However, there’s some potential value in the hot flights list of deals found by other users if you’re scouring for bargains.
I Want That Flight [via OzBargain]
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