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Despite a lack of award charts, United MileagePlus still has pockets of value such as intra-Europe Economy redemptions on partner airlines.
Qantas Silver status comes with extra baggage, a lounge pass, bonus points and more benefits when flying with Qantas and its partners.
The first of 33 Boeing 737 MAX jets to be delivered to Virgin Australia is now in service with new Economy and Business Class seats. The same seats will soon be installed on all other Virgin Australia aircraft.
Cathay will increase the Asia Miles needed to redeem for most award flights on Cathay Pacific and partner airlines on 1 October 2023.
Australians can earn points by shopping online through the Qantas Online Mall, Velocity e-Store, or even through the Cathay, United or Emirates shopping portals.
Jetstar is reducing the amount of Business Class seats available on its flights to Bali by almost 90%, as it replaces its Boeing 787s on key routes with Economy-only Airbus A321neo LR aircraft.
If you're a regular flyer on the Sydney-Melbourne or Sydney-Canberra routes, you've probably experienced your fair share last-minute flight cancellations. Why are these routes disproportionately affected?
Velocity Silver status comes with extra baggage, two airport lounge passes, bonus points and more benefits when flying with Virgin Australia oi its partner airlines.
If you still have a Qantas flight credit for a cancelled booking that was affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions, the airline says you can request a refund.
Adelaide-Gold Coast had the highest average load factor of any Australian domestic airline route in the most recent month with data available. Sydney-Armidale had the highest proportion of seats left empty.
Jetstar is massively expanding its international network from Brisbane Airport, with several new routes launching from October 2023.
Qantas call centre agents can transfer calls if they can't help or the request is outside their scope, but there's no direct line to Hobart.