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I like your optimism but I don't share it. The fact that they are surveying members about it means their financial and behavioural analysts are running their numbers over it. If there's even one favourable comment about it, they'll be able to truthfully state "we've made these changes based on...

As sure as the sun rises in the east, this is coming for QFF, it's only a question of timing. Airline valuations are driven by the FF programs and that's aided the more they can tie the program to inventory which is unlimited in capacity (overall economic spend) rather than fixed (available...

That doesn't specifically mention Australia and I suspect given the large HK/China expat community here, it would not be high on the chopping block. Still, in the last couple of years they have exited retail banking in much of Latin America, New Zealand, France, the US (now limited to Premier...

To be realistic (I've been Premier since the late 2000's), Premier really just gives you a decent fee free card and if you have HSBC accounts in another country, the ability to transfer funds easily online.

Air China only acquired their stake in CX in 2006, while Cathay was already a founding member of OW since 1998 - if CX had been unaligned in 2006, Air China would likely have pushed for them to be in *A. Qatar also owns 9.61% of CX! Ultimately it will be what makes sense to VA and I don't think...

If QR didn't have the right to block it (which I doubt), that would quite a VA board meeting to be a fly on the wall at: Bain: "Thanks for paying $xx_ for 25%, we're now going to sign VA up to an alliance which isn't aligned to your broader interests" Qatar: "😧"

That would be a surprise, they have no stakes in any *A airlines, their incentive would be to get people onto airlines they have a stake in.

The Qatar investment probably doesn't help with the joining of an alliance. As well as QR being in OW, within OW they own 25% of IAG (BA and IB), 10% of Cathay an 49% of Rwandair (rumoured as a potential OW member). They'd have to either Be happy for VA to join one of the other alliances...

Even less incentive to credit anything to Velocity now: If most flights are international, it makes sense to credit to a OW / ST / *A program where they count for more Zero interest in getting a direct earn credit card which locks you into any one airline given they all continually tweak their...

I'm not sure what the definition of 'ego' flights is, but as a regular on SYD-SCL it is always packed to the rafters. To a mere passenger who is not in QF's scheduling or fleet department, abandoning that to add one or two weekly frequencies to somewhere like JNB would make no sense.

Yeah I was thinking more of rail companies that connect to multiple alliance hubs like DB does for Star (FRA and MUC) and Eurostar will for SkyTeam (AMS, CDG, LHR). The only ones I could think of that would achieve that for OW would be Japan Rail Group for the JL hubs or Amtrak in the US. Does...

Star has had Deutsche Bahn as an intermodal partner for some years now, natural given where the LH group hubs are all located (https://www.staralliance.com/en/intermodal-travel) Eurostar makes sense for Skyteam given the LHR-CDG-AMS hub triangle which VS, AF and KL form. OW's European hubs are...

There are hundreds of people on every flight and your loyalty status is only one factor an airline can use to determine their priority of service (cabin class and fare class being the main ones) when flights run to schedule, let alone in IRROPS. Making assumptions about the value of your status...

Statute of limitations = until it's convenient / necessary to fly them again. For me, that's United. Every time I now fly them - because they are the cheapest / most direct / not operating a 737MAX - they reinforce their "Only When There's No Other Option" status.

The cash for me: 1. QFF points are not a 'currency', they are a loyalty counter whose value, use and availability is at the discretion of people within QFF Loyalty looking to maximise the value to Qantas Group of their most profitable division 2. Related to the above, the $4 million in cash...

I can understand your frustration but yes it often happens on codeshares. Recent examples here of BA not crediting anything for BA codeshares operated by oneworld partners...

To the OP, codeshare flights are often pot luck, even in the FF program of the ticketing carrier. TK's own site says "Accrual Miles from codeshare flights depend on the accrual Miles ratio of the operating carriers." They may not even credit for your fare bucket on MH codeshares. Given the...

These are just the same as the regular ones available on the public Amex website? https://www.americanexpress.com/en-au/business/charteredaccountants/?AFFID=MS_CA&sourcecode=A0000FXN0Y&cpid=100486689&pid=partnerize&veid=1100lzxj7xWG_1011l83143

QF555 BNE-SYD on Tuesday night was operated by an A330, when I booked a few weeks ago and put in for a points upgrade, it was instantly granted and the points deducted. It was nice to be able to turn left on a short domestic flight.

Thanks for this. This might explain why the AFF site now seems to have so many ads / cookies / trackers that it sends my laptop into fan overdrive if I spend more than a few minutes on it, unlike any other website I visit...