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Qantas now offers confirmed upgrades, at a price...
Jun 12, 2026, 02:50 PMSo another thing I need to pay for to get the same access to benefits going forward.This is just going to reduce the pool of available prem cabin seats so my points upgrades have lower probability of being granted. Thats after said upgrades already cost more points for the same routes.The points ...
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Qantas reveals first international A321XLR route
Feb 27, 2026, 05:35 PMHa - thought this might happen when the A321xlr was first announced. Long term, who's going to pay premium $ for J when you might turn up to the gate to find one of these dom config planes has been rotated onto your flight?
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Qantas, Jetstar eye direct flights to Las Vegas
Dec 10, 2025, 04:13 PMI do wonder how much of the HNL pullback though isn't just aircraft utilisation elsehwere, but also the fact HA joins OW early next year too. But overall, while there's a lot of sense in having direct flights to LAS, need to question the demand now with exchange rates and tourism decline.&nb...
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Qantas scraps Melbourne-Honolulu flights
Dec 05, 2025, 01:14 PMAgree with the others, have been back to HNL a couple of times post-Covid, hotel base charges are already exorbitant and then include tax, resort fees and, of course, tips for absolutely everything.It was once a fantastic family stop over location for a few days, but when any meal out seemingly l...
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Hawaiian Airlines moves step closer to joining Oneworld
Sep 19, 2024, 03:18 PMI wonder what happens to QF / JQ routes and frequencies to HNL as HA becomes part of OW over time - lots of OW capacity each week with HA / QF / JQ
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Australia urgent passport processing times?
Jun 02, 2022, 10:57 AMFWIW I put my urgent / priority application in with a suburban Sydney post office (not GPO / central post office which I understand is faster) on a Monday 2 months ago, I received it back at my home express post on the Thursday of that same week