Currently, on the Qantas website, a flight to LA is up $700-$800 dollars more for a return flight for May and June 2022. Over $2,000 for a return trip.Before the pandemic, I could get a return flight for the same months around $1,100-$1,200. I won't be going OS at these higher prices.

Sone do some don't all I'm saying make sure you are covered for covid-19 and read the fine print that it covers all covid-19 variants including ones we haven't seen yet. Nobody wants an expensive hospital bill that you have to pay out of your own pocket.

Im sure our Australian pilots will be trained for every contingency. By the time Virgin take delivery of this aircraft the 737 Max would have been flying for a few years hopefully incident free and proven itself to be a safe aircraft. There is a good chance all our Australian carriers will eventu...

Not to state the obvious but Qantas is an Australian airline so naturally this promotion will only apply to vaccinated Australians currently living in Australia. Perhaps Air New Zealand might run a similar promotion that you can sign up to.

If the government does not open up our international borders for travel it's pretty pointless. Even if we can travel overseas unless travel insurance covers vaccinated covid-19 people in their policy it will be pointless travelling unless you are willing to take the risk and pay the huge hospital...