Virginblue is part of Richard Branson’s Virgin enterprise and only operates domestically within Australia. It is a budget airline offering some great deals all around the country and since the cities in Australia are so far apart it is often drastically cheaper than driving or catching public transport as well. There is a loyalty rewards program however I am not a member of this so can’t really comment on how good it is. I would compare Virginblue to Easyjet in terms of a good comparison of the British or European equivalent.
I have flown with Virginblue about ten times now. Whenever I want to fly anywhere in Australia I always look at the websites of Virginblue, Qantas and Jetstar. Virgin have always been cheaper apart from once. Flights are a lot cheaper mid-week and at ertain parts of the day so bear this in mind if you can be flexible with dates and times of travel. Booking is really simple, you just follow the prompts on their website (ww.virginblue.com.au) by entering your origin and destination places and dates, picking the flights you want and then putting in your credit card details. This will take you to an e-ticket which you print out and take to the airport with you when you go and you will also be sent a confirmation email. If the flight changes for any reason you will be sent these changes by email, this only happened to me once as the flight time changed by 10 minutes.
On the website you can sign up for their newsletter so when they have special deals and sales on they will email you. I have found these specials to be excellent, I got return flights from Sydney to Alice Springs (2.5 hour flight, about the equivalent of London to Spain) for $48 (less than £20) each way including all taxes.
Virgin are often cheaper than Qantas for domestic flights, partly because they do not serve meals, although you can buy food and drinks on the plane. These range from chocolate bars (which cost $2 or about 80p!) to a full breakfast for $12 or about £5). You can also buy some headphones so you can listen to their radio stations hat are broadcast on the plane. These cost $2 and you can use them every time you fly with Virgin. You also get an inflight magazine with some articles, features on the destinations virginblue fly to and some puzzles. I’ve found this keeps me occupied for most of the flight and I usually take a book or something as well. The leg room is pretty standard for economy flights and comparable to all the other airlines I have flown with, I have never had any problems with it and found it to be adequate. The longest I have ever flown with Virginblue is about four hours and I found them comfortable, you can recline your seats as well.
In all the times I have flown with Virginblue I have never been delayed or had any problems with luggage. The check-in process has been really quick and easy, luggage allowance is 20kg and you just need some photo ID (as it is a domestic flight but I usually use my passport anyway). The staff have always been really helpful, friendly and approachable. All in all I would say Virginblue is a great airline to fly with as it is cheap with no frills and it gets you there safely and quickly.
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We used Virgin Blue for our internal flights in Australia and found them excellent - no frills, but no delays or change of schedule, superb. Great review, Caroline xx
Craigshadow12 29.07.2007 00:39
Great Review! I take my hat off to you :D. Craig :♥D
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Advantages: Cheap airline, great deals, excellent customer service Disadvantages: The full range on menu never available, hard seats and have to be quick to pick up deals.
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