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  • Jul 18, 2016, 05:53 PM

    The Citi Visa Qantas Signature card is offering 70,000 bonus points with a reduced $99 first year fee.  You need to spend $3000 in the first 90 days.

  • Reader contest: Fly to Tokyo with Qantas

    Jul 22, 2015, 03:28 PM

    Will there be any status credits earnt on this flight?  ;)

  • The definitive business class upgrade guide

    Jul 21, 2015, 12:29 AM

    According to QANTAS classic upgrade rewards are prioritised over bid now upgrades.  "Bid Now Upgrades will be allocated after all Classic Upgrade Rewards (points-only upgrades) and ranks below Classic Upgrade Rewards in terms of priority and value." Most classic upgrades I have been succes...

  • The 10 best frequent flyer credit card sign-up deals this July

    Jul 14, 2015, 04:56 PM

    My understanding is when you apply for a credit card, the bank performs a credit check on you, this credit check appears on your credit record.  If you were to go for a home loan for example the bank would see a high number of credit checks and may be suspicious as to why.

  • Earn 100,000 Velocity points with the AMEX Velocity Platinum card

    Jul 01, 2015, 03:58 PM

    If one of the Qantas providers offer this I'm in...

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  • How many Qantas A330 are fitted with the new business suite?

    Jul 21, 2015, 12:13 AM

    QANTAS quoted 18 months to refit the A330 fleet of which approx 7 months has already passed so provided I can still count they should all be complete by end of June next year. My flight last night was originally on an older configuration but about 2 months ago changed to the new one.&nb...

  • Approximately how much more does Premium Economy cost on the Sydney to London...

    Jul 09, 2015, 05:33 PM

    You are right about SE Asian flight prices; A colleague of mine recently booked J from HKT to VIE and returning from MXP to SIN on Etihad for $3200 per-person.  Is going to enjoy a few days on the beach on his way up and a few days in Singapore on his way back.  Only issue is the quirky...

  • Why are there no A380s in South America?

    Jul 03, 2015, 12:47 PM

    Air France flew an A380 to Cancun as a part of their 80th birthday in 2013, wonder if the guests in the top deck had to walk down the stairs to disembark. 

  • For anyone interested in the disagreement between the US Big Three and some o...

    Jul 02, 2015, 04:31 PM

    I didn't watch the Q&A after but here's what I took from the press conference.3 US carries submitted a dossier to US Government criticising the Gulf carrier’s business structure, practices and accused them of being subsidised by their government owners.Sir Tim Clark spoke for 30 minutes...

  • I am off to the USA in July - Sydney to NY then return LAX to Sydney and weig...

    Jun 30, 2015, 03:14 PM

    My wife travelled at 30+ weeks and had to show a doctors certificate and complete a waiver making the airline not liable for any complications.  The process usually took about 5 minutes at check-in and didn't seem like a big deal.I haven't flown the other 2 airlines but if you decide to go w...

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