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U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital formally took control of Virgin Australia yesterday, as Paul Scurrah leaves the organisation to make way for incoming CEO Jayne Hrdlicka. With the sale of Virgin to Bain Capital completed, Virgin Australia has now officially ended its voluntary administration after almost seven months. Virgin Australia entered voluntary administration on … Continued
Today, Qantas became just the third airline in the world after KLM and Avianca to turn 100 years old! It’s a remarkable achievement for the flying kangaroo, which began its life as “The Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited” (abbreviated to QANTAS) on 16 November 1920. Sadly, the Qantas centenary has been overshadowed by … Continued
Norway, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, has the world’s cheapest domestic flights. Meanwhile, Greenland and the Democratic Republic of Congo have the world’s most expensive domestic flights. Australian Frequent Flyer has analysed the typical cost of domestic flights in 94 countries that are large enough to have them. Australia ranked 59th out of 94, with the … Continued
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can now earn up to 15,000 bonus Qantas points and 30 status credits by switching to Red Energy. This limited-time promotion is running until 10 January 2021. New Red Energy customers will receive 10,000 Qantas points and 20 status credits by signing up for an electricity service at a new address. … Continued
Lord Howe Island has reopened to tourists, and now Qantas is offering up to 4 Classic Flight Reward seats per flight from Sydney to this stunning destination! Located in the Tasman Sea, around 600km east of Port Macquarie, Lord Howe Island is a natural paradise. With only 400 visitors allowed on the island at a … Continued
Over the past few years, many frequent flyer programs have moved away from the customer-unfriendly policy of points expiring after fixed amounts of time. In late 2019, for example, both Etihad Guest and Cathay Pacific Asia Miles removed the expiration of miles after a fixed 2-3 year term in favour of activity-based expiration policies. Miles … Continued
Qantas will close its airport service desks and sales counters, and reduce staffing levels at baggage services desks, resulting in the loss of around 100 jobs. The move will help Qantas to further cut costs, but frequent flyers are concerned this will lead to service reductions and chaos when there are flight disruptions. As part … Continued
Qantas really, really wants you to know it’s the Australian national carrier. For some reason, Qantas CEO Alan Joyce has used the term “national carrier” at just about every opportunity when talking to the media in recent months. In fact, by our count, around two-thirds of Qantas media releases have included the “national carrier” line … Continued
With the resumption of international flights sadly still a long way off, Qantas is once again clearing out its excess supplies of Business and First Class wine, pyjamas, amenity kits, slippers and almonds. If you’re missing flying, you’ll be able to buy one of the premium “Business and First Class experience at home” care kits … Continued
The equity value of Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer loyalty program has been slashed by two-thirds in just a year, according to an independent report commissioned by Virgin’s administrators and presented to the federal court. In the report, FTI Consulting valued Virgin’s loyalty business at between $640 million and $704 million. That’s compared to a … Continued
Qatar Airways’ reputation has taken an enormous hit, with many Australians vowing never to fly through Qatar again, following shocking reports that women were subjected to human rights violations while transiting at Doha’s Hamad International Airport. Women on around 10 flights, including 13 Australians on QR908 to Sydney on 2 October 2020, were forcibly subjected … Continued
Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia have all announced the resumption of new domestic routes as Tasmania opens its borders again to most of the country for the first time since March. Tasmania reopened its border on Monday to travellers from Queensland, SA, NT, WA and ACT. People arriving from these states and territories no longer … Continued
