All photographs courtesy Caroline Rothstein Update: Virgin Australia has discontinued the Airpass.One of the many designs that American used for AAirpass. Try researching air passes for Australia and South Pacific and what little information you find will be hopelessly out of date and/or too general to be practical. Such as my futile pursuit for the old Qantas Boomerang Pass.Ī couple weeks ago my business trip was approved late the night prior to departure and I had an all-night booking frenzy to put together my business trip and add on a week of vacation. Qantas has an airpass, which I will cover in a future post, but it requires inclusion of the international airfare to Australia on Qantas. Qantas was double the price of Korean Air so my company never would have paid for it. The fine print only shows up when you search for a sample itinerary, look under “fare rules”: The Virgin Australia Airpass is simple, extremely simple by air pass standards. You must not be a tax resident of Australia or New Zealand.You must be outside of Australia and New Zealand at the time of purchase of Virgin Australia Airpass.Your residential address must be outside of Australia or New Zealand.The credit card used to purchase the Airpass must not be an Australian or New Zealand card.You may be required to provide International flight details in support of the above.In practice, I was never asked to verify international flight details. Changes before you arrive Australia or New Zealand: date, time or routing changes allowed at least 24 hours prior to the flight, fare difference will be applied.Changes after you arrive Australia or New Zealand: date or time changes allowed at least 24 hours prior to the flight, fare difference will be applied no routing changes.No refunds, no cancellations in case of change, no refunds on fare difference. May be used for open-jaw or multi-city services.Valid for twelve months from the date of your first flight on your Virgin Australia Airpass.Airpass fares are fixed, GST free fares.7kg carry-on baggage and a checked baggage allowance of 1 piece (up to 23kgs per piece).Not available for travel on Virgin Samoa flights. The baggage allowance is interesting because typical Virgin Australia fares do not include a checked baggage allowance. Additional baggage, however, must be paid at the airport, much higher than the online price open to non-Airpass tickets. Note that for my international departure from Brisbane, airport security were strictly enforcing 7kg carry-on of all passengers and sent me back to Virgin to check my backpack. A Virgin agent said Brisbane is very strict on international carry-ons.Įnough with the minutiae, cut to the chase: This did not happen on any domestic flights and was airport-specific, not airline-specific. If you are an international traveler to Australia or New Zealand, and plan to book at least 3 flights, give this a try. Not every flight for which a regular ticket is available has an Airpass fare available, see the below comments for examples. I booked a 3-segment Airpass of a one-way and a separate open-jaw (Port Arthur-Melbourne, Brisbane-Honiara, Port Moresby-Brisbane).
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