• Qantas to upgrade economy seats

    Jan 17, 2024, 03:09 PM

    What hyperbolic nonsense, Qantas satisfactorily ran 744's for upwards of 25yrs, the A333's (avg age 19yrs) are functioning adequately and will suffice with a seat replacement while the airline awaits delivery a gargantuan order of new equipment from Airbus. Some of you need to go outside and touc...

  • Well said. The vitriol from the ET community is a little bit baffling and sad. I don’t recall seeing this kind of acerbic commentary when Qantas established other non-flight bolt ons to its QFF program, such as Points Club. If this initiative changes some peoples consumer behaviours to be m...

  • Completely lost interest at the word “Optus”

  • These spurious "rapid testing" kits are a dismal solution to pre-departure screening. They have a consistently documented high rate of false negatives (up to 29%), meaning COVID positive travellers will board flights with misplaced confidence, and won't quarantine on arrival at their destination....

  • Leave it to Wall Street to find a way to leverage airline FF points into an exotic class of securities. Given enough time, I'm quite sure JP Morgan could parlay the smiley stamps on schoolchildren's homework into a tradable new asset, to the real benefit of nobody.

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  • Thank you quantumreality for the exceptionally helpful answer, that link you provided is absolutely perfect. I will keep that in my back pocket for future flights, as I travel with AA and AS often and have never really been able to get my head around their fare buckets as they relate to QFF. Real...

  • Hi ET folks, complex question:The Qantas QFF calculator appears incapable of computing the SC earn on CX for any economy fare below "flexible economy". It simply will not display an "economy" or "discount economy" output.I am considering flying MEL-HKG-NRT return on CX economy, paid "Light" fare ...

  • I use the Qantas Shopping browser extension, which purportedly helps members earn points when they make purchases online through their partner retailers. I used it for two years during the pandemic, and regularly made purchases through Apple, Country Road, David Jones, BWS, etc. On each occasion ...

  • Do Jetstar "Starter Plus" bundles still attract QF status credits?The terms and conditions for "Starter Fare with Plus Bundle" read as follows:"Starter Fare with Plus Bundle passengers are eligible to earn Qantas Points and Status Credits, subject to the Qantas Frequent Flyer Terms and Conditions...

  • As per title.I would like to view points required for Classic Flight Rewards on typical (pre-pandemic) Qantas international routes.The QFF "Use Points" calculator, currently running on the Qantas website, shows only redemption options for flights as they operate today, during the pandemic. (For e...

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