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How come Virgin Australia isn't displaying any information about its new baggage allowance and fare types on its website?

How come Virgin Australia isn't displaying any information about its new baggage allowance and fare types on its website? I find this a bit strange but it definitely isn't the first time it has hap...

ASKED ON 9/1/13 1 answer
Flight search site Routehappy helps you pick comfort over price

You've chosen flights by price, you've chosen them by departure time, you've even chosen them by the type of plane used — but US startup Routehappy has a new hook: how happy you'll feel on th...

POSTED ON 14/12/12 28 comments
Quick look: Virgin Australia's new mobile website for smartphones

Virgin Australia has launched a refreshed mobile version of its website today, to complement yesterday's revamp of the main VirginAustralia.com.au site. Here's a quick look at what you'll see on y...

POSTED ON 8/12/11 0 comments
Reviewed: Agoda's new hotel booking app for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

There's a new iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch hotel booking app out for business travellers, which will be especially useful if you're looking to book last-minute hotels on the road. We're big fans of...

POSTED ON 25/7/11 0 comments
Singapore Airlines CEO: "I am truly sorry about our website"

Singapore Airlines has faced up to the many problems of its new website design, with the CEO making a contrite apology to customers. Goh Choon Phong wrote: On behalf of Singapore Airlines, I wo...

POSTED ON 15/7/11 5 comments
New hotel iPhone apps for InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Hotel Indigo and more

Travellers can now book IHG hotels -- including InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Hotel Indigo -- with a full range of iPhone apps from the hotel group that allow you to find a hote...

POSTED ON 24/6/11 0 comments
Qantas introduces $20 fee for choosing your seat

Flying international economy with Qantas and want to choose your seat in advance? That'll be an extra $20 please. The Aussie flag-carrier has added a $20 'advance seat selection' fee to its roster...

POSTED ON 30/3/11 2 comments
How to use Twitter to search for cheap flights in Australia and abroad

Booking flights using an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android smartphone is still a fairly fiddly process. Nobody has yet made a smartphone flight search and booking app that we've found good enough to us...

POSTED ON 25/3/11 0 comments
Skyscanner: amazing new iPhone app for booking flights

A new iPhone app has been released that lets you book "all flights, anywhere" — including Australian domestic routes. We put it to the test to see whether it really found the cheapest fares a...

POSTED ON 7/3/11 1 comment
American Airlines fares removed from Expedia, Orbitz

It's a good job that the season of peace and love is nearly over, because the fight between American Airlines and travel sites Orbitz & Expedia is certainly hotting up even as the US recovers...

POSTED ON 4/1/11 0 comments