Last month, the Hong Kong government ended its regulation of fuel and airline-imposed surcharges. This made it once again possible for airlines to add on their own surcharges to the cost of flights, including award tickets. A month later, some Qantas partner airlines have indeed increased their carrier charges on award bookings departing from Hong … Continued
Qantas has announced that it will commence flights to Bendigo – of all places – from 31 March 2019. The flights will be operated by QantasLink using 50-seater Dash 8 Q300 aircraft. The Qantas flights to Bendigo are timed so that Bendigonians can get to Sydney early in the morning, and return in the evening. … Continued
In recent weeks, several AFF members have reported being involuntarily downgraded on Qantas tickets. In each case, the flight was operated by a Qantas partner airline. LATAM Airlines downgrade In one recent example, ozflier had paid for a full-price Business Class flight to South America with Qantas. The trip included a flight from Auckland to Santiago … Continued
Qantas is considering an overhaul to its Classic Flight Rewards to “better address the needs of customers”. The enhancements would involve increasing the number of points required for some Qantas award flights. But award availability on some routes would increase to compensate for this. There would also be changes to the Qantas-imposed carrier charges that … Continued
The Qantas Oneworld Award is one of the best uses of Qantas Frequent Flyer points. For a fixed amount of Qantas points, it’s possible to fly around the world with up to five stopovers! Qantas’ Oneworld Classic Flight Reward, as it’s officially known, can be used to fly up to 35,000 miles on any Oneworld airlines. … Continued