Qantas markets itself as Australia’s national carrier, but its planning is Sydney-centric. Melbourne customers are treated merely as feeder traffic for Sydney. connecting through Sydney will involve a domestic flight, a terminal transfer by train or bus, additional security and immigrat...

I live in Melbourne, so Project Sunrise is pretty much irrelevant to me. I’d still have to fly to Sydney first, change terminals, and build in extra time in case the Melbourne–Sydney leg is delayed. At that point, whether I stop in Sydney or Singapore makes little practical difference...

ditto - forget the Qantas FF program. its now completely useless. They lost me when they branded classic plus as a benefit to customers....that was just rude......then when i thought it couldn't get any worse they upped the platinum  eligibility to 1400 status credits..... i am very happy tr...

But frequent flyer points are no longer a reason to stay with Qantas given the recent changes:- points devalued- business class seats on long haul flights now non-existentThe problem is Qantas have locked up the points in the Qantas eco-system, and they are useless.  My 2 million QFF points ...