Think it also depends on whether you have a visa yet or not, I know last time I was there pre-COVID they had a separate line for those who had an e-visa and needed processing for the visa first.

Think it was answered somewhere that it's due to the diversion airports between Darwin and Bali mostly being unavailable and the Virgin flight wouldn't have enough fuel to make it back to Darwin if it had to divert (and the Virgin flights are going out mostly full - as opposed to the Qantas fligh...

Probably a higher likelihood that other airlines will increase their flight frequencies instead (such as Singapore Airlines).

I wish Qantas just had an online form to submit requests like cancellations (for those times when the button is greyed out because the "booking is processing"). It would just save time as I'm happy to avoid calling if possible for those who need it more. Virgin has a form that can be filled in (f...

I had a Qantas flight credit as well which was expiring in Feb 2021 (12 months from original date) and hadn't been automatically extended to Dec 2023 like my other ones. I called up (and got a call back) and the lady said they should all just be valid to Dec 2023 and made it sound like I was wast...