Author: Matt Graham
Qantas Mulls New Benefits to Reward Long-Term Loyalty
Qantas is considering introducing new lifetime benefits to reward customers that are loyal over a long period of time. Ideas being floated include banked years of Platinum or Platinum One status, and even a status credit “superannuation” fund. The new benefits would be designed to reward frequent flyers that remain loyal to Qantas over many … Continued
Finnair A321 Business Class Review
Finnair, a member of the Oneworld alliance, operates a solid short-haul network all over Europe from its Helsinki hub. The vast majority of these flights are on the Airbus A320 family of aircraft. In this review, we test the Finnair short-haul Business Class experience on a flight from Helsinki to Vienna. Flight Details Flight number … Continued
Qantas A380 Reconfiguration Adds 7% Revenue
Qantas recently upgraded the first of its twelve Airbus A380s with new Business and Premium Economy seats, and refreshed Economy and First Class cabins. The mid-life refresh is a win for passengers, especially Business class passengers who can now enjoy much better seats with direct aisle access and a new upper-deck lounge. But it’s also … Continued
Earn Qantas Points for All Uber Rides + Uber Eats Orders
You can now earn Qantas points for all Uber rides, as well as Uber Eats orders. But, at the same time, Qantas is reducing the number of points that Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members can earn when booking an Uber to or from the airport. The changes are related to the new Uber … Continued
LATAM Exit Leaves Huge Hole for Oneworld
LATAM Airlines has confirmed it will exit the Oneworld alliance on 1 October 2020 on 1 May 2020 (five months earlier than previously announced). Instead of Oneworld membership, LATAM will create a new strategic partnership with Delta Air Lines in the USA. This will leave the Oneworld alliance with no member airlines based in South America. After … Continued
Qantas Vows to Fix Priority Boarding
EXCLUSIVE | Qantas will “enhance” its domestic priority boarding process, implementing changes to make it work better for frequent flyers. The changes will come into effect at major Australian airports from next Monday, 25 November 2019. As an airline, Qantas does many things well. But since introducing priority boarding for domestic flights in 2011, Qantas … Continued
ANA, Japan Airlines Add Sydney-Haneda Flights
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines will each use their new Haneda slot allocations to add flights from Sydney to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from 29 March 2020. ANA goes double daily to Sydney ANA, which will soon partner with Virgin Australia, will increase its service on the Sydney-Haneda route to double-daily from 29 March … Continued
Double Status Credits with Virgin Australia – November 2019
Virgin Australia has released a brand new, public Double Status Credits offer today! You can earn double Velocity status credits on all new Virgin Australia flight bookings made until the end of this week, for travel until 13 October 2020. All Virgin Australia marketed and operated flights to all destinations are eligible for double Velocity … Continued
How to Get Expired Velocity Points Back
Velocity Frequent Flyer points will expire if there is no activity in your account for 24 months. This means your Velocity points will be safe as long as you earn or redeem at least one point every two years. But if your Velocity points do happen to expire, is there anything you can do … Continued