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QANTAS: International WiFi, App improvements and automatic COVID refunds. About time.
As part of their most recent financial reporting, Qantas has released information about a number of digital improvements. Everything from international WiFi and improvements to its phone app, to automated refunds that patrons can receive without even asking. Well, that’s a turnaround. What happened to the ‘we can’t do that...
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QANTAS: Aircraft update including A220s interiors
Along with the financials, showing a drop in profitability for the half year of 13% from the record post-pandemic profits of last year, Qantas has revealed the interior of its new A220 jets. No real surprises here. New A220 for QantasLink The first two of a total of 29 Airbus...
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QANTAS: The Board – changes at the top – new Chair, John Mullen
Qantas has announced today, that Richard Goyder will be replaced as Board Chair by John Mullen at the October AGM. He is currently the chair of Treasury Wine Estates and Brambles. He has already said he will need to slim down his responsibilities so he can give Qantas appropriate attention....
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QANTAS: Double Status Credits or Points promo 2024 on now! Yippeee!
If I had a dollar for every time someone posted on social media Qantas forums ‘When is the next Qantas double status credits promotion?‘, I would be a very rich man. UPDATE: It’s happening! Qantas announced their Double Status Credits or Double Points promotion today, and you have until a...
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: CEO Jayne Hrdlicka to go – IPO further delayed!
After four years at the top Virgin Australia’s chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka is leaving the airline. That almost certainly will delay the companies’ relisting on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company’s release is vague on when she will actually step away from the role, although it does use the word...
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: Double points promotion
If you are a regular Virgin Australia customer, here is your opportunity to rack up some significant Velocity loyalty points. The current Velocity Double Points promotion will give you twice as many points for any flights booked until the end of June 2024. The first stop is to visit the...
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TRIP REPORT: Introduction – my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand flying Emirates First Class on an A380
As a travel blogger, I was determined to experience the shower-in-the-sky on Emirates. I had the time and the Qantas points to redeem. I hadn’t been to Christchurch since before the earthquake, so why not? Introduction I booked this trip specifically so I could travel in First Class on the...
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QANTAS: Looks like the Double Status Credits promotion is getting closer
If I had a dollar for every time someone posted on social media Qantas forums ‘When is the next Qantas double status credits promotion?‘, I would be a very rich man. UPDATE: Devotees of gaining Qantas double status credits (DSC) to retain or boost their status will probably be aware...
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QANTAS: A runway, brakes, fire trucks and a cancelled flight
Cancelled flights are like spilt milk – not worth losing sleep over. I can say that now, since my recent experience of a delayed and then cancelled flight. I was trying to head off to Singapore and Malaysia for a couple of weeks., and then brakes and fire trucks. Introduction...
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FLIGHT REVIEW: Brisbane to Sydney on Qantas Business Class in a Boeing 737-800
This is the last leg of our Double Status Credit trip in Business Class from Sydney to Auckland via Melbourne and Brisbane. I have already reviewed two flights in this series, travelling in Business Class on a Qantas Boeing 737-800. The first was Sydney to Melbourne, and then Melbourne to...
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OMAN AIR: Joining OneWorld later this year but when?
One of the major airline alliances is OneWorld, consisting of airlines such as American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, JAL, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and Royal Jordanian, plus associate airlines like Fiji Airways. Oman Air has been slated to join the alliance in 2024 for some time. But,...
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REX: Business Class between Adelaide and Sydney – first impressions
I have just completed my first Business Class flight with REX (Regional Express) Airlines on a capital city to capital city service. Before I write full reviews of the Pro Hart Lounge experience in Adelaide and the service in the air, I thought I would share some of my first...
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QANTAS: Cuts routes and frequencies, because – no aircraft.
Some will see this as the chickens coming home to roost after two, now disastrous decisions. One to only bring back into their fleet, 10 of the 12 super jumbo A380s they had, and the second mistake is to have cancelled their order for additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Parts and...
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ETIHAD: Cheap business class fares from mid-February to end April 2024
Etihad Airlines is offering some pretty attractive fares to some European capital cities for under AU$6,000 as long as you can travel between 15 February and 30 April 2024. The offer is only for the next two days and ends on Thursday, 8 February. OK, they are ‘secondary’ capitals, but...
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GARUDA: Increased frequencies between Australia and Bali
The Indonesian airline Garuda is upping its services to Australia. Starting in April, Services between both Sydney and Melbourne will be increased. And then, in June, services to the leisure destination Bali will move to 5 days a week, and then daily from 6 July. This represents a return to...
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AMERICAN AIRLINES: Daily seasonal flights between Brisbane and Dallas Fort Worth – October ’24 to March ’25
American Airlines has just announced this new daily seasonal route for the northern hemisphere winter using the brand new Boeing 787 Flagship Suite® Business Class. When it will fly The seasonal route will run from 27 October 2024 until late March 2025. It will represent the airline’s longest distance route...