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Disgraceful offer really. Would have been better off sticking with the current setup rather than treat their loyal customers like idiots
Well I guess it's an extra option of top of the current no lounge accessDisgraceful offer really. Would have been better off sticking with the current setup rather than treat their loyal customers like idiots
strange is a good word for it. WPs get lounge access travelling domestically with Virgin, and lounge access travelling internationally with Singapore airlines and Etihad and Qatar. But then when we travel in J with VA to any of their international destinations as a WP, there’s no lounge access apart from a domestic transfer home (for us folks who live in a secondary airport). It’s so inconsistent.More brand damaging offering such a deal.
Probably one of the more stranger parts of Virgin 2.0 is this International lounge arrangement (well non existent arrangement). I assume they fork out significant amounts of cash for each passenger per visit. They could throw and extra $40-$50 on top of each J fare Internationally I don’t think it would make them uncompetitive.
Yes and no...Alliance membership never sounded this appealing.
Was never owned or operated by them, end of the day they'd still have to pay a per person fee which seems to be the issue here.VA did use a 'pop-up' lounge at BNE International when they were VA 1.0, they used MyLounge (at the time owned by No1Lounges), and paid a little extra to put their name at the front door of that pop up lounge.
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You're not alone! I'm sticking to beer or cider!Is it just me, or is the red wine being offered currently in the MEL lounge (and possibly all others?) really cheap and nasty? It seems to be all Hardys brand - I'm guessing VA got a great bulk discount.
It's been Hardy's since post pandemic. Tastes like a bad cleanskinIs it just me, or is the red wine being offered currently in the MEL lounge (and possibly all others?) really cheap and nasty? It seems to be all Hardys brand - I'm guessing VA got a great bulk discount.
You're not alone! I'm sticking to beer or cider!
It's been Hardy's since post pandemic. Tastes like a bad cleanskin
It is cheap and nasty. The so called shiraz tastes like lolly water...Is it just me, or is the red wine being offered currently in the MEL lounge (and possibly all others?) really cheap and nasty? It seems to be all Hardys brand - I'm guessing VA got a great bulk discount.
Likewise.You're not alone! I'm sticking to beer or cider!
Agreed, last Sunday week I tried each of the Reds and ended up having cider.Is it just me, or is the red wine being offered currently in the MEL lounge (and possibly all others?) really cheap and nasty? It seems to be all Hardys brand - I'm guessing VA got a great bulk discount.
I note they’ve changed over the beers in the past few months too. Gone are the easy drinking Asahis and in are Pirate Life and Pure Blonde.You're not alone! I'm sticking to beer or cider!
But ditching Asahi ...