Qantas Bronze and Silver frequent flyers must now wait even longer to access premium Qantas award availability on long-haul flights. Qantas makes most award seats available for booking exactly 353 days before departure. But, when this initial award seat release occurs, Qantas only gives access to premium international reward seats to its frequent flyers with … Continued
If you’ve ever tried to redeem Qantas points for a reward flight in Premium Economy, Business or First class, you’re probably aware of how difficult it can be. If you have Bronze or Silver status, finding Qantas reward flights is especially difficult. This is because Qantas gives priority for premium reward seats to Gold, Platinum … Continued
Finding Business Class award availability from Australia to the USA is always a challenge. Qantas restricts award availability for Bronze and Silver members, and Virgin Australia doesn’t release any Business Reward seats to Los Angeles until a week before the flight. Luckily, there are other options when redeeming points to the United States. One left-field alternative … Continued
Thai Airways will drastically reduce capacity to Australia over the Australian summer with flights to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane all cut from next month. Thai will also downsize the aircraft operating on the Perth-Bangkok route. The changes come into effect from 28 October 2018, which is the start of the northern winter scheduling period. It … Continued
Update (22 March 2019): Qantas is ending its partnership with Aer Lingus on 30 June 2019. You can still earn and redeem Qantas points for Aer Lingus flights until this date. Based in Ireland, Aer Lingus is one of the little-known Qantas partner airlines. The Irish carrier operates many flights between Ireland and the rest … Continued