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Author: BrianBrian Date: Jul 4, 2008 19:27
I've just booked tickets on the V Australia web site for travel from
Sydney to LA in March and there are limited tickets available for $580 - I
couldn't believe it! No wonder Qantas are so anxious to get the 777.
That's cheaper than visiting the fam in Perth. The best deal I could get
with Qantas was $1380 for the same date. Is anybody else planning travel
with V? I do Sydney to LA fairly regularly, and picking between available
airlines up until now is a case of choosing the crappier of a crappy
bunch. And yes, it is a full service airline with inflight entertainment
in every seat.
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Author: BrianBrian Date: Jul 5, 2008 01:57
GB wrote:
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> nospam@usenet.fake (Brian) wrote in news:g4mm66$auj$1@ aioe.org: >> I've just booked tickets on the V Australia web site for travel from
>> Sydney to LA in March and there are limited tickets available for $580
>
> How long have you been a Virgin employee?
>
Ha :) You'll have to excuse my enthusiasm. But really, $580? That's almost
like a weekend-away type airfare. I would love to be a virgin employee,
GB. Do you think they'll employ a 50-something PPL into the flight deck of
a 777?
The purpose of my trip is to go "airplane" hunting. I know it's aeroplane
or aircraft or whatever on the underside of the hula-hoop but everybody
I've contacted over the last few weeks insists otherwise.
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Author: PitsPits Date: Jul 6, 2008 23:57
On Jul 5, 10:27Â am, nos...@usenet.fake (Brian) wrote:
> I've just booked tickets on the V Australia web site for travel from
> Sydney to LA in March and there are limited tickets available for $580 - I
> couldn't believe it! No wonder Qantas are so anxious to get the 777.
> That's cheaper than visiting the fam in Perth. The best deal I could get
> with Qantas was $1380 for the same date. Is anybody else planning travel
> with V? I do Sydney to LA fairly regularly, and picking between available
> airlines up until now is a case of choosing the crappier of a crappy
> bunch. And yes, it is a full service airline with inflight entertainment
> in every seat.
>
> --
> Posted atwww.Usenet.com.au
bUT WHAT IS THE RETURN LEG GOING TO COST ? :-)
Just had a sniff and all the cheapie fares appear to have already been
booked
That is a very **** CHEAP*** fare indeed.
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Author: MobyMoby Date: Jul 7, 2008 02:41
On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 23:57:11 -0700 (PDT), Pits gmail.com>
wrote:
>On Jul 5, 10:27Â am, nos...@usenet.fake (Brian) wrote:
>> I've just booked tickets on the V Australia web site for travel from
>> Sydney to LA in March and there are limited tickets available for $580...
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Author: GlennGlenn Date: Aug 23, 2008 03:30
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> Yep,
>
> They went quick. I got the email they were available, tried some dumby
> bookings, but by the time ya got to confirming, the seats were no
> longer available at that price.
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> Tried 2 or 3 times, same result...
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Doesn't matter.
Even at their regular price, it's still cheaper than Qantas. and the
aircraft is less likely to explode or run out of battery juice ;-)
maybe qantas can use some of that hard to come by profit of nearly 1 Billion
dollars to invest in some secure aircraft ;-) Or maybe they can stop
colludin with other airlines to fix prices.
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Author: PitsPits Date: Aug 26, 2008 06:04
On Aug 26, 7:46Â pm, GB threefiddy.com> wrote:>> Even at their regular price, it's still cheaper than Qantas. and the
>> aircraft is less likely to explode or run out of battery juice ;-)
>
> Â Have the V Australia aircraft even flown yet?
>
> GB
YES -------- test flights at the factory and previous owners :)
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Author: Jonathan WilsonJonathan Wilson Date: Aug 26, 2008 07:12
Anything that gives QF competition on flights to America has to be a good
thing.
Me, I just wish governments would stop protecting dinosaur airlines,
implement full deregulation (i.e. any airline can fly from any airport to
any other airport, domestic or international as long as they meet safety,
technical etc rules) and let the chips fall where they may. If that means
that some airlines go out of business so what. Any airline (or any company
for that matter) that cant survive in a free market shouldn't exist.
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Date: Aug 26, 2008 07:14
GB wrote:
> Have the V Australia aircraft even flown yet?
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Author: veritasveritas Date: Aug 26, 2008 16:48
Brian wrote:
> The purpose of my trip is to go "airplane" hunting. I know it's aeroplane
> or aircraft or whatever on the underside of the hula-hoop but everybody
> I've contacted over the last few weeks insists otherwise.
>
That's allowed - since you are looking for an airplane to bring back to
convert to an aeroplane at home.
** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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Author: veritasveritas Date: Aug 26, 2008 17:12
Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> Anything that gives QF competition on flights to America has to be a
> good thing.
> Me, I just wish governments would stop protecting dinosaur airlines,
> implement full deregulation (i.e. any airline can fly from any airport
> to any other airport, domestic or international as long as they meet
> safety, technical etc rules) and let the chips fall where they may. If
> that means that some airlines go out of business so what. Any airline
> (or any company for that matter) that cant survive in a free market
> shouldn't exist.
I am a free market system supporter too BUT a problem exists when; it is
impossible to compete with someone who is running at a loss (going broke) - I
believe that would be/is the case. I have experienced...
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