Last month Qantas announced a plan to close its airport service desks and sales counters, including the service counters in Qantas airport lounges. The airline says that the removal of face-to-face contact points is designed to “enhance customer confidence in flying” during the pandemic. But if the recent experience of a Qantas Platinum member flying … Continued
Qantas appears to be considering a new membership tier for its Points Club program, which launched in March 2020. Currently, Qantas Frequent Flyer members can achieve Points Club membership by earning 150,000 Qantas points during one membership year. A higher tier, Points Club Plus, can be achieved by earning 350,000 points in 12 months. Of … Continued
Qantas has reopened 8 more domestic airport lounges, including the Qantas Business Lounge at Melbourne Airport. It comes as all three of Australia’s major domestic airlines report a surge in demand as Queensland and other states reopened their borders. In addition to the Melbourne Qantas Business Lounge, Qantas Club lounges have now reopened in Brisbane, … Continued
If you took advantage of the recent Qantas Frequent Flyer status match, you’ll need to earn 100 status credits within 90 days to retain Qantas Gold status until the end of your next membership year. This guide explains how to earn 100 Qantas status credits and the easiest ways to do so. Right now, you … Continued
Qantas is currently giving 50 bonus status credits and up to 150,000 bonus Qantas Frequent Flyer points to new Qantas Health Insurance customers. The Qantas Health Insurance “10-Day Frenzy” offer is available to new customers that sign up by 30 November 2020 and keep their insurance policies for at least 60 days. To earn the … Continued
Qantas Frequent Flyer has launched a limited-time Gold status match and fast-track offer for frequent flyers of 16 other airlines including Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines. Once approved, eligible frequent flyers can receive 90 days of complimentary Qantas Gold status and an easy fast-track to retaining Gold status beyond the initial 90-day … Continued
What’s in a flight number? You may think they’re just arbitrary numbers, but there’s a lot more to it… Each airline uses a different convention for numbering flights, but there’s almost always a pattern to it. For example, with Qantas flight numbers: QF1-199 are Qantas-operated international flights QF200-299 are codeshare flights operated by Jetstar QF300-399 … Continued
Qantas is offering frequent flyers an easy way to extend status due to expire between 31 March and 31 December 2021 for a further year. Eligible Qantas Frequent Flyer Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members can now get another status extension until 2022 by booking just one Qantas flight. To be eligible for the … Continued
Today, Qantas became just the third airline in the world after KLM and Avianca to turn 100 years old! It’s a remarkable achievement for the flying kangaroo, which began its life as “The Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited” (abbreviated to QANTAS) on 16 November 1920. Sadly, the Qantas centenary has been overshadowed by … Continued
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can now earn up to 15,000 bonus Qantas points and 30 status credits by switching to Red Energy. This limited-time promotion is running until 10 January 2021. New Red Energy customers will receive 10,000 Qantas points and 20 status credits by signing up for an electricity service at a new address. … Continued
Lord Howe Island has reopened to tourists, and now Qantas is offering up to 4 Classic Flight Reward seats per flight from Sydney to this stunning destination! Located in the Tasman Sea, around 600km east of Port Macquarie, Lord Howe Island is a natural paradise. With only 400 visitors allowed on the island at a … Continued
Qantas will close its airport service desks and sales counters, and reduce staffing levels at baggage services desks, resulting in the loss of around 100 jobs. The move will help Qantas to further cut costs, but frequent flyers are concerned this will lead to service reductions and chaos when there are flight disruptions. As part … Continued
