VA in J to Bali

[djfuzz]

With all the recent changes, have been considering booking DJ / VA for an upcoming trip to Bali, however am not 100% sure about a couple of things:

- My understanding of the Lounge T&Cs is that there is no Koru Club access on DJ flights to Bali, and this has not changed despite the transition from the PE to J products and the change of Pacific Blue to Virgin Australia. Any word on this from Virgin Australia?

- Is advance seat selection available for these flights? In other words, would it be possible to have a git at preallocating row 3 two weeks out?

Any advice muchly appreciated as usual.

 

[cityloop]

From my understanding you can only access Koru club if you are flying a trans tasman route, regardless of Pac Blue, Virgin or Air NZ.

In terms of seat allocation, sure you can try for row 3 two weeks out but that is not J class.

 

[Major]

The T&C's are still showing Bali as an exclusion from Koru Club lounges


**Excluding flights to the Pacific Islands, Bali, Honiara and Port Moresby. Conditions of entry: Presentation of membership card and boarding pass for same day travel on Air New Zealand or Pacific Blue, when flying on Trans-Tasman or domestic New Zealand sectors.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

- My understanding of the Lounge T&Cs is that there is no Koru Club access on DJ flights to Bali, and this has not changed despite the transition from the PE to J products and the change of Pacific Blue to Virgin Australia. Any word on this from Virgin Australia?

I actually spoke to VA yesterday on this very matter as we are flying to Port Vila Boxing Day.

Bali, NZ and Pacific Islands are short haul international - so no lounge access even if you are Plat or Gold which is total contradiction to info on top of page on VA new you beaut web site.

 

[JRT]

Table on International Lounge Access | Virgin Australia does state access is not available when flying to Bali
+ Air New Zealand lounge access is not permitted when flying on Virgin Australia Short-haul International flights, e.g. Pacific Islands, Bali and Papua New Guinea.

^^ Virgin Australia lounge members must be travelling on a Trans Tasman journey with either Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand, or domestic Air New Zealand flight to access Air New Zealand lounges.

 

[djfuzz]

From my understanding you can only access Koru club if you are flying a trans tasman route, regardless of Pac Blue, Virgin or Air NZ.

In terms of seat allocation, sure you can try for row 3 two weeks out but that is not J class.

Thanks, just what I was looking for - pretty disappointing that this wasn't part of the relaunch. Now they are in the unique position of having a worse on-the-ground product than Jetstar, whose vanilla Business fare may not have lounge access but nevertheless permits access by SG and WP.

The latter query was separate to the former - naturally, if a J lounge is not an option, then the question becomes whether the benefits of a Y ticket can be maximised in the same way as it can domestically, hence row 3.