Natalie Williamson and her husband were boarding a Virgin Blue flight from Fiji to Sydney recently, when a flight attendant picked up their 17-month old son, put him in the overhead bin, and locked it. It was 10 seconds before the boy was released. It goes on record as the worst-ever game of peek-a-boo. More »
Last Friday, I was minding my own business when an email from Virgin’s frequent flyer program, Velocity, landed in my inbox. I’d been upgraded to Gold status because I was so close to making the grade. “Kinda weird” I thought to myself, considering I haven’t flown Virgin for over 12 months, “but a free upgrade is a free upgrade”. Except it wasn’t, as the follow up email I got four hours later was so quick to point out. More »
Oh God yes. Remember the otherweek when we told you that Virgin Blue were teasing the idea that they were giving away a trip on Virgin Galactic? Well they are. Or, to be more precise, they’re giving away 25 million Velocity frequent flyer points, which is enough to claim your place on a trip to space. More »
I bounced down to Melbourne last week, and it was the first time I’d flown Virgin Blue since the introduction of their new in-flight entertainment system. Called Live2Air, it is pretty much as advertised – a live feed of 24 Foxtel channels. Sadly, it isn’t free. But that made it perfect review material. Is it worth the $5 / $10 price?
Pretty much, yes. Certainly better than expected, and particularly hot if you like to catch some trashy TV now and then. Like Maury! If you can’t make out that caption, it reads “My child was the victim of a peeping tom… caught on tape!” I know, I know… I prefer Maury’s paternity test episodes too.
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