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Leumas - I don't know, but i do believe this would be an expremely poor time for QF to devalue its programme because 1) VAA's new attack on the business market 2) The possibility of a huge cost to Qantas under a carbon tax will mean that it will need to defend its position, as the overall...

I supspect that there will be no devaluation of the tiers going on, RedRoo has already released some of the bad news - increased surcharges on award bookings, so perhaps we can take this on face value? Again, I believe QFF is trying to bolster its position against VAA, and hence will not do...

I agree with Febs, there is too much whining going on here. QFF has finally made some progress along the lines that we have been asking them too, and announcing any bad news later will place them at a disadvantage when compared with Virgin Australia's new service. I believe Qantas is trying to...

It's great to see Qantas making these changes, even though the highest status that I am looking at is Silver... It shall knock some of the wind out of the claims floating around that Qantas is constantly downgrading service.

Well done VAA and congtrats on the new brand, peticuarly being able to use it overseas!

Just showing off a competitive nature

My only thoughts on the issue are that while Virgin Australia must be an attractive name for the company, neither Virgin Australia or V Australia would appeal to the Samoans (Who own 51%) of Polyneasian Blue Thus I would expect a likely outcome to be the domestic brand to be Virgin Australia...

Thats very true, I completely forgot the effects of the higher currency

I am no analysist either, but I would expect that the rise in QF's costs due to increased jet fuel prices would be of a larger percentage then the rise in revenue that will be collected due to the additional fares. Put simply, QF's costs have risen more then their revenue, and thus the fare...

The problem that I see TT facing is an oil price of $112 (Commonly quoted WTI rate), an even higher Tapis rate, which is what Australia uses, and yet still higher jet fuel prices due to jet fuel being refined primarily from very high grades of oil, which have been off the market due to the...

Frequent Flyers, Due to prolonged university holidays which have left me bored and seperated from my friends (Currently in Melbourne) i decided to tally up the jobs that we all had, for those who fly as part of their profession. Of course, no jobs are identical, but overall, this is what I have...

Welcome to the forums from a fellow, part-time Canberran. The QF lounge in Canberra is amazing, from what I hear

Positively - i'm studying comm/eco However as to Canberra not being a pleasant place to live - I understand it can be quiet and cold during nighttime, other then that I don't really see any other major flaws, it has everything that I need from a city.

Well in my case I am also a uni student - however I live and attend uni in different states, and my flying is when I choose to go home on a weekend or for a university holliday. Currently I am making a return trip about once every one and a half months. Then there is leisure travel, which is...

One day I hope I'm enough of a frequent flyer to get in :)

I'm sorry i dont follow... I'm not a heavy drinker

I find those short flights extremely painful on the ears :(

I have not been on the Dash-8's yet, but not being a large wine drinker I am quite happy on the 737's. However the last 737 I was on was unsually loud - but perhaps it was because I was seated right behind the engine of an old plane.

Thank you guys, Will, I am studying Commerce/Economics, and my main route is Melbourne-Canberra (Between family and uni) however I am also an occasional leisure traveller to Queensland - mainly far north

Greetings, I am a first year student in Canberra, having moved up from Melbourne to study. I look forward to the advice on flying and hopefully contributing my bit :)