QantasLink will launch new flights from Melbourne to Burnie in north-west Tasmania from next month, as it also adds more frequencies on other regional routes. The Melbourne-Burnie route will be served daily by 50-seat QantasLink Q300s, commencing 21 June 2021. The schedule is as follows: QF2087 Melbourne (MEL) 08:05 – Burnie (BWT) 09:20 QF2088 Burnie … Continued
Qantas is giving double status credits, plus 5,000 bonus Qantas points, when booking a flight between Australia and New Zealand by 15 May 2021! This promotion is valid for travel between 17 May 2021 and 28 February 2022. It’s open to Australian and New Zealand residents who register for the offer on the Qantas website. … Continued
Qantas will add new direct flights from Adelaide to Gold Coast, and Darwin to Canberra, as it adds an extra five Embraer E190 jets to its fleet. This brings the total number of E190s leased by Qantas to eight. Qantas announced earlier this year it would wet lease Embraer E190 regional aircraft from Alliance Airlines … Continued
Thinking of escaping to the Northern Territory this winter? Qantas is awarding triple points on flights to the NT when you register on the Qantas website and book by 30 April 2021, for travel until 30 September 2021. For a limited time, you can also earn bonus Qantas points on Qantas Hotels bookings and holiday … Continued
Qantas says it has now fixed what appears to have been a widespread problem that saw customers with cancelled Classic Flight Reward bookings for multiple passengers only receiving a refund for one passenger. Many Australian Frequent Flyer members have complained over the past few months that, after requesting a refund, they only received a refund … Continued
Last year, Qantas turned 100 years old. With a global pandemic shutting down much of the airline and even many internal state borders within Australia closed, last year’s celebrations didn’t exactly go to plan. But the airline – and the Qantas Founders Museum – are trying to make up for it this year in what … Continued
Qantas says it has already sold “a lot” of international flights for travel in late 2021 and early 2022, with the UK and United States among the most popular destinations. Other than trans-Tasman and ad-hoc repatriation flights, Qantas has not operated international passenger flights since March 2020 due to Australia’s ongoing international border closure. But … Continued
In-flight entertainment is back on most Qantas domestic flights and, from next Monday, all trans-Tasman flights. After being switched off for a year, Qantas in-flight entertainment has been progressively rolled back out since the start of April 2021. By now, it should already be available on all aircraft where in-flight entertainment is normally offered. Qantas … Continued
Qantas will reopen its international First Class lounges in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday 19 April, along with its international Business Lounge in Brisbane, to coincide with the launch of the long-awaited trans-Tasman travel bubble. This is not just good news for Qantas Platinum & Platinum One members travelling across the Tasman with Qantas or … Continued
The Qantas Frequent Flyer program is vying to become a serious alternative to Air New Zealand’s Airpoints program in New Zealand. As far as airline loyalty programs go, Air New Zealand’s frequent flyer program has a near-monopoly in New Zealand. Airpoints has extensive retail partnerships, including with New World supermarkets, and extensive credit card partnerships … Continued
The Qantas Frequent Flyer status match and fast-track to Gold status has returned, and this time New Zealand residents are eligible as well as Australians! If you live in Australia or New Zealand and have existing frequent flyer status with another eligible airline, including Virgin Australia or Air New Zealand, you could be eligible to … Continued
Qantas is offering Double Status Credits on all new domestic flights booked between 25-30 March 2021, for travel between 31 March 2021 and 28 February 2022! As this Double Status Credits offer also coincides with the Qantas Fly Away Sale, there are currently some quite lucrative domestic Qantas status runs available as well. This sale … Continued
