Why does the Qantas website block VPNs?

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Has anyone ever noticed that the Qantas website simply doesn't work if you have a VPN switched on?

I'm genuinely interested in the logic as to why Qantas would do this (assuming it's intentional).
 
I just turned on my VPN...Qf app still works normally.
 
Perhaps Qantas has received a lot of DDoS traffic from customers using your VPN?
Perhaps Qantas has had a large number of fraudulent transactions from customers using your VPN?
Perhaps Qantas sees a lot of automated/bot activity from behind that VPN?

Which VPN service is it?
 
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