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    Qantas Frequent Flyer changes coming in early 2024

    Nope, 500% is not a bargain. The current points plus pay situation is a joke; I live in the US now and it’s 900,000+ to get a return LA-Mel booking.
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    Qantas Frequent Flyer changes coming in early 2024

    I’m platinum and LTG, for a good few years now, and the things I’d like to see are Upgrade on booking for international flights, not this nonsense about waiting till a few days before the flight. Simplicity. Don’t complicate the program. Really all I want is to know that if I have loads of...
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    Article: What I Value Most About Qantas Platinum Status

    I live in the US and access to AA flagship check-in and lounges is nice.
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    Qantas apologises to frequent flyers with status extensions, lounge passes, points & more reward seats

    I booked business LAX-MEL-LAX in November using points yesterday, processed very quickly and points deducted. Must say I was very pleasantly surprised.
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    New AirNZ Cabins

    Business class still faces in. What are they thinking??
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    Qantas Call Centre Long Wait Times

    We had made a reward booking for flights in December for our daughter, mysteriously the points reappeared in my FF account so she needed to ring Qantas to find out why. 2 hrs on hold, to finally find out that the booking had been cancelled (an issue in itself but not relevant here). Crazy.
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    Australia to Reduce Incoming Int. Passenger Capacity from July 2021

    This 'just like prisoners' argument is one of those false arguments thrown out by the likes of Tucker Carlson looking for ratings and airtime. Quarantine is no more prison than spending 14 days in a camp ground in Albury is. But yes, the inconsistencies between international arrivals and...
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    Australia to Reduce Incoming Int. Passenger Capacity from July 2021

    Not at all, that's my point.
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    Australia to Reduce Incoming Int. Passenger Capacity from July 2021

    Either way, Australia will not be on their priority list of destinations for some time now.
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    Australia to Reduce Incoming Int. Passenger Capacity from July 2021

    No way American will start again in October. More like 2022, they’ve got real staffing issues across the US as travel gets back to normal plus Europe and Canada aren’t far away.
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Good response to the endless conspiracy theorists coming out of the woodwork these days. Thanks for sharing.
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    China is starting to re-open it's borders, resident visa holders from 36 European countries and 13 Asian countries as of August 27th. Restrictions still apply of course, like 14-day quarantine, but the point is steps are being made.
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    Predictions of when international flights may resume/bans lifted

    Pretty much mirrors our experience; we're Melburnians living in Newport Beach so just up the road from you. It's a bit surreal watching the case numbers around here and comparing them to Australia and New Zealand (where I am originally from) but at the same time going about our lives here in a...
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    Have you had to change/cancel travel due to COVID-19 (involuntarily or voluntarily)?

    For others info, I have cancelled two trips with American this year due to Covid-19, one LA to Prague (the conference was cancelled) and one Orange County/John Wayne to Frankfurt (travel restrictions + AA cancelled one leg). In both cases AA fully refunded the fares, which were 2x business...
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    Qantas extends current status Until at least March 2021

    This is a good thing, there will unfortunately always be winners and losers in all such things. The winners here are people who's status runs out between now and Feb 2021 and will be short SC's and 4 QF flights to re-qualify.
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