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ALL of the points you earned during promotions are profits that go directly to Qantas and Jetstar!! lol. The airlines sell the points to banks and credit cards, who then give them to you. And you give them back to the airline, at a profit.

Hot in the heels of Qantas, noticed today that Rex is now offering business class MEL-SYD v.v. for $309 each way. I tried finding out from the call centre how long these fares will be valid, or on what routes, but it seems the call centre may now have been outsourced in anticipation of...

Got invited to an evening on the Virgin Voyager cruise ship while it docks in Syndey on 6 December. 5-11pm. Includes tour of ship, meals, entertainment. Says I’m invited as a member of velocity… Given there’s capacity in the ship for 2-3000 people, I wonder how many they. are inviting? part...

Sixth in line for takeoff at MEL tonight. 28 minutes for 6 aircraft to take off. Between takeoffs we had to wait for each incoming… which of course were miles away. So we sit. And wait. And wait. I can’t help but compare to LHR or JFK where 28 minutes would have seen double the number of...

Just got an email from SQ… early bird fares to Europe (London and Frankfurt), available until end September this year, and from 15 Jan to Sept 2024…. $6679 return business class to FRA, $7300 to London. Finally some downward pressure, and this is sure to bring competition. Economy is is the...

Just got an email from trip(.com). Special promo deal with Rex, looks like $100 off Rex J class each way. The sample date they give is 19 Oct MEL-SYD, with a fare of $248. $30 canx fee (pretty much same same as rex I think?) All other flights around the same price, for example MEL-OOL or...

Heats off to Loyaltylobby for this find… KLM to Europe ex Jakarta for just AUD2989. https://loyaltylobby.com/2023/08/07/airfare-of-the-day-business-class-klm-jakarta-to-milan-from-1973/ Ticket by 31 August, fly by March 2024.

Just came across the above while searching google flights. $4800 return MEL-LHR. 9 hr layover outbound in DEL, 12 hours on the way home. Both layovers are during the day. Available selected dates May and June, and then again in August onwards. From August the fare is $100 more at $4900. Full...

Just received an email, from 15 Feb we’ll now earn 1 Flybuy per $2 spent. Those with a Onepass will earn 1 additional Flybuy per $2, so 1 point per dollar.

Just completed three flights in Vietnam Airlines short haul and thought I would share some notes in case it helps any future travellers. The flights were BKK-HAN, HAN-SGN and SGN-SIN. These were booked as a single ticket via the VN website. Fares were economy classic/lite/lite respectively...

Just had an interesting discussion with the call centre regarding an upcoming booking. It appears QF are now enforcing the change provisions set out in 14.7 - and more specifically 14.7.4 - of the QFFF terms and conditions...

Didn’t want to start a new thread on this… but QFi J headphones are now of a cheap plastic variety that are made to *look* like noise cancelling, but aren’t? Everyone on the cabin had the same ones… so it wasn’t just me getting some weird pair. Anyone know what happened? I was sure QF had NC...

Was just looking for some flights to the USA next year. There's a mixed bag of results using EK, JL and CX. However, it seems with certain mixed class combinations there's a an error in the costing of the awards in that QFFF is charging on a per sector basis rather than the highest class of...

Japan Airlines has joined the list of airlines offering free travel insurance if you test positive with covid while travelling. Thought it might be worth putting a list of these in one place, in case anyone finds them useful. Booking dates vary - for example JAL covers departures to 30 June...

The US CDC has released three reports which seem to confirm, or mark as 'highly probable' that mass infections have occurred on commercial flights: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3299_article https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/11/20-3353_article...

Widely available as far as you can book (currently to June 16 2021), mixed class fares flying one way JAL premium economy and the return from Europe in business class, $3823 return. Covers many popular European destinations with code-shares via Helsinki where necessary on Finnair. Finnair...

It seems like you are conflating two issues here - state border 'closures' and 'lockdowns'. No one, any where, is advocating against lockdowns. Well, except for a few in the USA. In the UK it seems people are asking why the government didn't go further. It would be nice if we could have a...

Noting this earlier article here on AFF: The Cost of Operating a Commercial Flight it was interesting to read SAS's inflight magazine which gives some specifics about fuel burn per seat, per kilometre. This could be matched with the current price of jet fuel (which is what by the way?) Here...

Current sale via Sri Lankan's website, 40% off all business class return bookings except London. 2 pax must fly together. Book by 28 July. Travel 27 July 2019-15 July 2020. Blackout dates 5/12-15/1 This is a completely restricted fare. No changes permitted. No refunds permitted (subject, of...

As reported by The Points Guy: FAA Warns Airlines Not to Fly Over the Persian Gulf, State Dept. Issues Middle East Travel Advisories The advisory is here: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/us_restrictions/media/KICZ_A0015-19_Advisory_NOTAM_Persian_Gulf.pdf Potential issues include...