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Virgin Now Offering Free Food On Australian East Coast Flights
10One of the key distinctions between Qantas and Virgin Australia has been that Qantas offers a free meal or refreshment to all passengers, while on Virgin you had to pay for anything other than tea, coffee or water. But that distinction is beginning to blur, with Virgin now offering “complimentary refreshments” on flights between Sydney,…
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Virgin Australia’s Frequent Flyer Points For Pets Are Bad Value
Virgin Australia has launched a scheme which lets pets flying on its domestic services earn Velocity points for their owners. While every point helps, we have to say this is a relatively expensive way of earning them.
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Virgin Can Buy Tiger Because Tiger Would Die Otherwise
Virgin Australia has finally received the tick of approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to buy a 60 per cent stake in Tiger Australia, a plan that Virgin first announced in October last year. While the ACCC was originally opposed to the deal on competition grounds, it has concluded that if Virgin…
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Why Did Virgin Australia Decide To Use Flash?
Virgin Australia shifted its back-end systems over the weekend, migrating from Navitaire to Sabre in a shift that was always expected to cause disruption to customers. As expected, the process has experienced the occasional glitch and lots of elements of the site aren’t working right now. Those bugs will surely get ironed out over time,…