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Qantas Schedules Daytime Los Angeles-Brisbane Flights

Qantas is scheduling daily flights from Los Angeles to Brisbane departing at 10.20am in the morning from next May, offering customers a unique daylight option when travelling westbound from the United States to Australia. The flights will be operated by Airbus A330-200s, which will have to be weight-restricted due to the length of these flights. … Continued

30 Jan 2022 Qantas

Qantas Delays Santiago Relaunch

Qantas has delayed the restart of its flights to Chile, with all Sydney-Santiago flights now removed from sale until 31 October 2022. Earlier this month, Qantas had been selling seats on its QF27/28 services between Sydney and Santiago from late March 2022. But all Qantas flights on this route have now been “zeroed out” until … Continued

30 Jan 2022 Qantas

How to Fly to South America on Points in 2022

Redeeming frequent flyer points to get from Australia to South America has always been a bit of a challenge. But with all direct flights from Australia suspended since April 2020 due to COVID-19, getting to South America is now especially difficult. Direct flights from Australia to all other continents have now resumed, including Qantas flights … Continued

27 Jan 2022 Planning & Booking Points Inspiration

7 Partner Airline Rewards You Can’t Book with Qantas Points

Qantas Frequent Flyer members can redeem their points to fly with a total of 26 airlines including Qantas, Jetstar, all Oneworld airlines and a host of other unaffiliated partners such as Emirates, WestJet and El Al. This gives frequent flyers lots of ways to spend Qantas points in the air. But not every seat is available … Continued

27 Jan 2022 Qantas

Qantas Refunds Incorrect Carrier Charges

Qantas will refund customers who were mistakenly overcharged when booking Classic Flight Rewards prior to October 2021 – possibly without even realising. This error, caused by carrier charges being filed in the wrong currency, affected some Classic Flight Reward bookings from Australia to the United States and Hong Kong. Qantas last updated its carrier charges … Continued

26 Jan 2022 Qantas

Qantas Redemptions on Bangkok Airways Still Coming

In June 2019, as part of its major frequent flyer program overhaul, Qantas Frequent Flyer announced it would soon be possible to redeem points to fly with four new partner airlines – Air France, KLM, Air New Zealand and Bangkok Airways. In the months that followed, Qantas did indeed make Classic Flight Reward seats available … Continued

23 Jan 2022 Qantas

Podcast #76: Is Overseas Travel in 2022 Really That Scary?

Australia’s international border officially reopened in November 2021. But with COVID-19 still sweeping across the world, overseas travel is still risky. It’s also a lot more expensive than normal with fewer flights available, more cancellations and multiple COVID tests required to cross borders. And that was before Omicron. Even though many Australians are keen to … Continued

22 Jan 2022 AFF on Air Podcast

Is Overseas Travel in 2022 Really That Scary? – AIR076

  Although many Australians would like to travel overseas over the coming year, many are holding off for now. That’s totally understandable – there are still so many unknowns and risks involved with overseas travel in 2022. But is it really that scary out there? For those who’ve been stuck inside Australia for the past two … Continued

22 Jan 2022 AFF on Air (blubrry)

Qantas to Drop Medical Clearance Form for Past COVID Cases

Qantas will remove the requirement for passengers with a previous COVID-19 infection who are still testing positive on their pre-departure PCR test to submit a medical clearance form 7 days before flying. This policy is expected to change as soon as next week, which will come as a huge relief to the many Australians who’ve … Continued

21 Jan 2022 Qantas

World of Hyatt Didn’t Extend Status Into 2022

Update: After we published this story, World of Hyatt has emailed “selected” members to offer them a status extension for another year with status now valid until February 2023. It is not clear which members are being offered this extension and it is not available to everyone. Over the past few months, almost every major … Continued

21 Jan 2022 World of Hyatt

Europe Doesn’t Recognise Australian Vaccination Certificates

In October 2021, the Australian government started issuing International COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates. The government’s Smartraveller website describes these as a “free and secure way to prove your COVID-19 vaccination history when you travel across borders overseas”. There’s just one problem – many other countries don’t recognise it. Generally, most other countries will accept an Australian … Continued

20 Jan 2022 Coronavirus and Travel

Resolved: British Airways Flights Not Crediting to Partner Programs

A widespread problem causing frequent flyers of multiple airlines to miss out on points & status credits for British Airways flights taken over the past two months has now been resolved. Many Qantas Frequent Flyer members had complained that they had not received any points or status credits for British Airways flights taken since November … Continued

19 Jan 2022 British Airways