Travel news in review…
27 Oct
A couple of shorts from the last few weeks:
- Tiger Airways is now flying between Sydney and the Gold Coast, commencing 15 December. Introductory fares start from $39, with daily frequency.
- Virgin Blue and Pacific Blue flights will no longer accept cash for food and entertainment services on their flights – only credit card. Just as well – carrying loose change on international flights is a bit of a drag.
- Singapore Airlines and others are encouraging punters to buck the discount trend and purchase earlybird fares. So far, these fares are largely hot air, being neither particularly cheap (Sydney to London for $2000 with Singapore Airlines) and in the face of a strengthening dollar, not necessarily in short supply.
- Tiger Airways has more than enough material for another season of Airways, with a flight cancellation delaying passengers in Hobart for up to 3 days. Tiger denies that the police were called – that said, if I was stranded in Hobart for 3 days…!
It’s great to be back on the couch. Game on!
If only credit cards are to be accepted for food and drinks on VB and PB flights, will they be charging a fee for this service on each item as they do for their flights? i.e. each leg of the journey and each person booked is charged separately with a huge booking fee on the one single payment transaction! Upon inquiring, I was told it was all the fault of the bank!!! Gracious me! In the age of technology, the spirit of Ned Kelly lives on…..
Not entirely sure, but it is true that the bank is at liberty to charge for any transaction using their cards. I’m not really a card expert, unfortunately, so it will be worth testing this when I fly with VB in a little over a month.