Ticket sellers, Virgin flight credits and a 25-hour laundry cycle: meet Choice’s 2026 Shonky award winners
Australia’s worst products and services for the year have been named by consumer advocacy group Choice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Concert tickets that surge to $1,650, an airline pocketing $75m of unused flight credits and a washer/dryer cycle that takes 25 hours have all made the…
Covered by 2 sources from 2 countries. First reported by The Guardian ·
How 2 newspapers cover this story
Ticket sellers, Virgin flight credits and a 25-hour laundry cycle: meet Choice’s 2026 Shonky award winners
Australia’s worst products and services for the year have been named by consumer advocacy group Choice Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Concert tickets that surge to $1,650, an airline pocketing $75m of unused flight credits and a washer/dryer cycle that takes 25 hours have all made the…
Choice crowns 2026 Shonky Award winners
A number of products have been called out in Choice’s 21st annual Shonky Awards, which name and shame the products and services deemed the worst of the year.
Coverage details
2 outlets from 2 countries are covering this story: The Guardian and The Sydney Morning Herald. The Guardian published it first, on November 3, 2026; the last outlet to join was The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 hours later.
Key names in the coverage: Shonky Award, Choice, Shonky Awards, Virgin and Concert.
By country: United Kingdom (1), Australia (1).
