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Australia hotel quarantine costs: Sydney now charging $3,000 user-pays
Jul 15, 2020, 04:40 PMChange your name to Dani and it will all be ok. You will get a medical exception to stay at your own residence...what a double standard and a joke.
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Qantas gives grounded frequent flyers bonus status credits
Jul 14, 2020, 04:14 PMI am plat one...had requalified for this year but was given it anyway for another year...with my current status expiring in May 2021 I have very little chance of retaining as I have no ability to fly...so these credits are kinda useless...
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Australia hotel quarantine costs: Sydney now charging $3,000 user-pays
Jul 14, 2020, 12:45 AMAbsolutely wrong. We are all citizens of this country and have every right to enter and this serves as a deterrent. You are not familiar with personal circumstances of those who have not come back. That said it should be completely their choice!If the government wants to enforce quarantine, they ...
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John Borghetti: why Virgin Australia "had to attack Qantas"
Jun 30, 2020, 12:30 PMExactly Joe. The four corners episode had a board chairwoman really crab walk away from responsibility. The board allowed an ownership structure that had virtually no free float of shares and conflicted shareholders. Debt was a huge issue, but arguably as big an issue was a ownership structure th...
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Post-coronavirus airfares: fly Sydney-Melbourne for $19?
May 06, 2020, 12:02 AMLove it...My key competitor is currently undergoing a sales process and is in trouble. AJ's play - announce I am going to stimulate demand with unsustainable prices that meet my cash costs only...end result is it spooks possible buyers and the sales process delivers a poorer outcome and at in the...
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Hand luggage with Qantas
Jan 19, 2019, 03:21 PMI just did PERTH - Singapore (Qantas); Singapore - Tokyo (QF code share; JAL metal); Tokyo - Brisbane (Qantas). I normally do SQ but they were waitlisted on most options.I was carrying my standard hand luggage and flying business. I have been platinum for 15 yrs. All good so far.At the gate at Br...
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Qantas is cracking down on illegal buying & selling of frequent flyer points
Jan 10, 2019, 01:24 AMOriginally Posted by tommygun It looks like I'll be in the minority here, but it seems to me FF points are a currency. One that Qantas, and others, set the exchange rate at their discretion. The points have been earned by loyalty sure, but they have still been earned not given away. So why shoul...
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Qantas is cracking down on illegal buying & selling of frequent flyer points
Dec 31, 2018, 01:50 AMSorry it’s a zero sum game there are more people with on average fewer points and the same aggregate points. SCs play key role in your priority for bookings and FF points can be used at the Qantas store to buy everyday appliances. They are not limited to just flights.You can buy them off Qa...
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Qantas is cracking down on illegal buying & selling of frequent flyer points
Dec 30, 2018, 05:01 PMSorry but what is the fundamental problem with this. You have earned he points so why shouldn’t you have he right to use / transfer as you see fit. Qantas happily sells points to banks etc - this is all about protecting Qantas as being the sole source of points available (outside of flying...
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Flying with a baby in Qantas First Class
Oct 10, 2018, 02:29 AMI witnessed a celebrity (her name shall remain anonymous) next to me in first on LAX-Sydney...she flew first and her nanny and infant in business...that could work too!