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Flight delayed or cancelled? How to claim EU261 or UK261 compensation
Jul 21, 2022, 12:24 PMWe need a similiar regime in Australia. Due to Qantas delays I missed my connection with Qatar Airways in Brisbane to Athens ( all on one Qantas issued ticket) . Qantas summerly cancelled my ticket and refused to re- book me. To add insult to injury, I had to pay to fly back to Sydney, where my f...
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Qantas Perth-Johannesburg flights start November 1
Jun 24, 2022, 07:55 AMHi David, have they indicated yet which days they will be flying out of Perth?
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Qantas now offers a free full refund on cancelled flights
Jan 19, 2022, 04:29 PMThis only available for 24 hours after you made a booking. Don’t think its of much value.
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Government extends subsidy on Qantas, Virgin Australia, Rex flights
Jun 07, 2020, 09:19 PMIts interesting that Rex gets the biggest benefit from this. Although I do understand the country services needing some support in these trying times, it should be open to all airlines totender for.
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Grounded? Theses airline will extend your frequent flyer status
Apr 02, 2020, 07:50 AMGot an email from Velocity this morning, that clarified the position - “ Since we weren't planning on reviewing your status until 11 January 2021, you'll get a further 12 months once you reach that date.” So it is an extra year of membership! Good on Velocity for clarifying.
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Pre-departure travel COVID PCR tests in Sydney and Brisbane
Jan 08, 2022, 04:11 PMWe also used the Sydney service at the airport before our flight and turnaround was within an hour. We booked and paid online and it went quickly. This was early December.
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Is Qantas Australia's worst airline?
Nov 23, 2021, 11:32 AMCan only mirror others frustrations in dealing with the QAntas call centre. 4 hour wait to cancel reward bookings that the airlines cancelled the flights. You have to call them if you want a refund as opposed to a travel credit. Still waiting for points to be credited back 3 weeks later.
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International transaction fees
Jul 29, 2019, 08:10 AMWe have been using the Bankwest platinum credit card, that has no additional fees for overseas spend for a couple of years now and have never had a problem. We were overcharged once in the USA for a restaurant bill where the waiter helped himself to an extra tip and after launching a dispute with...
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Lack of velocity reward availability on EY & SQ
Sep 11, 2016, 11:19 AMI found the same, trying to book a one way from Madrid to Sydney and Paris to Sydney on the Velocity website - no Reward seats in J. You can get any day tickets at a whopping 817 300 points. This was looking 9 months ahead. I even tried London to Sydney, which should have moreflights,...