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Qantas' next Points Plane will land in Perth just after the WA border reopens

Qantas Points Plane Will Land As Perth Reopens

Western Australia will finally reopen its border to the rest of Australia and the world next week, with quarantine-free travel once again permitted from just after midnight on Thursday, 3 March 2022. A lot of flights into Perth next Thursday are already looking quite full. Clearly, a lot of people have been waiting a long … Continued

24 Feb 2022 Qantas
Qantas 787

Sneaky Change to Qantas Flight Credits

Qantas has come under fire after customers discovered they were being charged significantly more when booking with a flight credit. Over recent weeks, both A Current Affair and ABC News have accused Qantas of price gouging, with some customers claiming they had to pay triple the regular price to redeem their flight credit for a … Continued

17 Feb 2022 Qantas
Broken Hill, NSW

Qantas Bound for Broken Hill

Qantas will launch flights from Sydney to Broken Hill in far west NSW from April, challenging Rex on a route where the regional airline has held a monopoly for the past 18 years. Starting on 8 April 2022, Qantas will operate two weekly flights from Sydney to Broken Hill on Mondays and Fridays. The services … Continued

9 Feb 2022 Qantas
Earn 50 Qantas Status Credits at BP

New Qantas Reward Code Enables BP Redemptions

Observant Qantas Frequent Flyer members may have noticed that a 4-digit “Reward Code” was added to their digital membership cards on Monday. This new Reward Code facilitates in-store purchases using your Qantas Frequent Flyer points, starting with BP petrol stations. Redeeming Qantas points at BP Since March 2020, you can already earn Qantas points at … Continued

2 Feb 2022 Qantas
How Qantas Plans to Fly A330s to LA, SFO

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
Santiago, Chile

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
Air France Premium Economy

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 787 Dreamliner

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
Bangkok Airways Airbus A319

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
Qantas flight attendant

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
Qantas Boeing 787 Economy Class

Free Qantas Seat Selection (With a Catch)

All Qantas Frequent Flyer members can now select a seat for free when booking any Qantas domestic or international flight departing from Australia – but only when booking directly on Qantas.com. Until recently, Qantas charged a fee for standard seat selection when booking an international Economy Sale fare. This charge ranged from $15 for a … Continued

19 Jan 2022 Qantas
Qantas A380 lands at Sydney Airport

Qantas A380 Returns to Service

Qantas has brought its double-decker Airbus A380 back into service earlier than anticipated, with the first Qantas A380 passenger flight in almost two years jetting off from Sydney to Los Angeles on Tuesday night. But there have been some teething issues, with the in-flight entertainment not working on the very first flight. The first aircraft … Continued

13 Jan 2022 Qantas