A reminder: as of today, Virgin Australia’s new baggage rules — which focus more on the number of items you have than their weight — kick in. Hit our full guide to how they work and how to save money on baggage when flying with Virgin. (If you have a pre-existing booking, the rules that applied when you made it should still be in place.)
We learned back in February that Virgin Australia would be trialling the Samsung Galaxy Tab as an in-flight entertainment option, and that only business class passengers would be in the first round of testing. But it turns out the trial is even more restricted than that: it’s only running for a single week. Fortunately, there’s better news ahead.
Virgin Australia is shifting from a total weight policy to a per-bag charge for checked baggage. Whether that’s good or bad news depends on how you currently use the system. Here’s how the (complicated) new rules work.
Jetstar has had iPads since last year. Qantas is trialling iPads on one plane. Virgin Australia is also getting into the tablets-for-in-flight-entertainment game, but rather than going Apple, it will be using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
Virgin Australia is increasingly promoting itself as a business travel alternative; domestic business trips are a core part of Qantas’ profitability. But how much difference is there really between the two? Road Worrier decided to find out by flying both in a single day.
Individual travellers are often fiercely loyal to their preferred airline, but which one ranks top for customer satisfaction? Research by Roy Morgan suggests that Qantas remains top dog, but it’s a very close race.
A common observation as Tiger Airways lurches towards potential collapse has been to note that anyone getting a super-bargain airfare can’t complain when the whole process goes wrong (“you get what you pay for”). That may be accurate enough, but the less commonly-discussed truth is that the Tiger options on offer aren’t invariably such a bargain anyway.
The future for Tiger Airways in Australia looks anything but certain, but that doesn’t mean that you have to suddenly cough up hundreds of dollars more to fly. Here are our 10 best time-honoured tactics for ensuring you can hit the skies for less.
