Put a booking through earlier for SYD-MEL and you'll be pleased to know it still works as it did before!
They even got rid of the image-text captcha (and replaced it with the more accessible reCAPTCHA) which is a bonus.
I (used to) book a lot of flights on Rex, Qantas, Virgin, and Air New Zealand.
In order to ensure continuity, I would often use two computers and a phone at the same time, get all to the last point and then press 'go'.
Air New Zealand site is by far the best, closely followed by Rex. Qantas is way behind, and Virgin is still fumbling at the starting gate, - just awful.
I think the Rex new site is based on the old one, because during the run-up, there is a flash of the old site for a second or so. We'll have to wait and see how it works under pressure.
I agree, the old one was 100% reliable. Virgin's was just terrible and I believe may have contributed to the company's failure.
Qantas' site assumes it knows more than me about what I want to do, and is irritating as a result.
Arrogant, a bit like the company.