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    No economy seats ex ZQN using Future Flight Credit

    Flexibility is key to using the credit. NZ is cactus as far as VA are concerned. Far too price sensitive and small a market for them to make any $$$.
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    No economy seats ex ZQN using Future Flight Credit

    Fly somewhere else or choose another day
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    KrisFlyer Star Alliance Round-the-World Award Planning

    Wish it wasn't so hard! They don't make it easy. Enjoy it! Interesting that there's not a single SQ flight in your itinerary. Presumably SQ need to pay UA, NH, LH, TG for those seats...
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    Turkish Airlines Application Grounded Before Launch

    Agree. How many years have TK been talking about 'intending' to start flights to Oz? 10? 15?
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    New Amex redemption rates for SQ/EK; adding transfers to QR/HA

    I think in 2022 NAB stated that ‘integration will occur over a 2-3 year period. In the meantime Citibank will continue to operate as a seperate standalone business’ Gives people a couple of years of continuous earning and whose to say that NAB would discontinue the arrangement especially now...
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    Qatar denied extra capacity into Australia

    If QF have no meaningful competition and QF can charge what they like to maintain profitability and cover their costs, then I am sure they will fly from ADL again.
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    Qatar denied extra capacity into Australia

    With no clear explanation
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    Qatar denied extra capacity into Australia

    AFR comments are centred around the decision will boost Qantas’ international earnings and that customers will inevitably pay more. It does mention the legal case around strip searching of female passengers that is still pending...
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    Qatar denied extra capacity into Australia

    Maybe you should lobby your MPs to encourage the Australian Airline Qantas to actually fly internationally from ADL? Some want to try to pressure overseas airlines to help subsidise QF? [redacted]
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    Qatar denied extra capacity into Australia

    Good old QF needs all the protection it can get. Everyone knows Qantas sucks and many choose a better alternative when they can. A lot of people seem to be forgetting the female strip search issue too, QR doesn't have a great reputation either.
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    New Amex redemption rates for SQ/EK; adding transfers to QR/HA

    There are a lot of 'business' credit cards these days being endlessly promoted and churning through $thousands all generating a lot of points. Perhaps the devaluation maybe an inevitability of so many points being sold and earned?
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    New Amex redemption rates for SQ/EK; adding transfers to QR/HA

    Amex are dramatically devaluing the MR transfer rates to Silverkris from 3/10. Good news though is they (as a conveniently timed sweetner) are adding HA & QR as partners. Guess this goes to show how valued and expensive SQ points are to some... but it does add a bit of an opportunity with a...
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    Qantas brand badly tarnished

    I saw that a couple of years ago when M&S pay on board was introduced on BA for Y. Guy sat across from me didn't want the Club Europe food and asked for a Bacon sandwich from Y. It was provided, but the cabin crew member whipped out the credit card reader and BA insisted he pay extra for it. A...
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    Qantas brand badly tarnished

    The brand may be tarnished under his watch, but the share price and profitability is still doing very well. So much so that Uncle Alan has recently sold some of his ($17m worth) Alan Joyce sold shares into the Qantas buyback
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    Qantas brand badly tarnished

    Article in the Australian about how QF is now amongst the 20 most distrusted companies and how ratings with Skytrax has fallen dramatically. Interestingly QR & VA have fallen too but SQ remains pretty high. Qantas’ poor showing in Skytrax world’s best airline awards — The Australian
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    Compensation scheme coming to Australia?

    Unfortunately that‘s not been my experience at all. As a VA platinum I was stranded in ZQN and told to come back tomorrow. (As was everyone else including intl connecting passengers despite JQ & NZ checking in & departing within a few hours). A refund of the flight with no alternative to get...
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    Compensation scheme coming to Australia?

    Just like European airlines like Ryanair do? Guess they spread the cost by offering off peak such as €29 and a lot more for other dates/times. It will be bundled into overall fares. Some will still be cheap, some still won’t. Australian airlines will charge what they can get away with. Many...
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    Virgin Australia B737 Max 8

    Looks like the Boeing Renton paint shop but I'm just guessing. There's an AS aircraft behind it.
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    Virgin Australia B737 Max 8

    Looks like they really do exist... Here's a pic that was posted on VFF FB
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