Qantas Frequent Flyer has just announced some major changes, which program executives describe as "the biggest overhaul to the airline's loyalty program in its 32 year history." If you're one of the nearly 13 million members of Qantas Frequent Flyer,…
The newly announced A321XLR just keeps getting orders. This plane will launch in 2023, and will be the longest range single aisle plane in the world, with a range of 5,400 miles. This gives it 15% more range than the A321LR, which has already been popular…
Qantas has today formally announced that they'll launch flights from Brisbane to both Chicago and San Francisco by April 2020. This doesn't come as a surprise -- a couple of weeks ago the US Department of Transportation tentatively approved the joint…
This is an update to a post I wrote on June 3, 2019 (which can be found below). Qantas is expected to announce nonstop flights from Brisbane to Chicago and one other US destination at 1PM on Monday in Brisbane, which is in just a few hours. My money…
Well this sure piques my curiosity. As reported by @airlineroute, Qantas has filed a one-time A380 charter service to Orlando in January 2020. Qantas will operate the following flights from Sydney to Orlando on January 19, 2020: QF17 Sydney to Los Angeles…
In mid-2017, Qantas announced that they'll be refreshing their fleet of Airbus A380s. The airline currently operates a fleet of 12 Airbus A380s, and the plan was to refresh all the cabins, and in particular to install all new seats in business class…
Last week Qantas Frequent Flyer was added as an Amex Membership Rewards transfer partner, and today they introduced a transfer bonus. Through June 30, 2019, the US American Express Membership Rewards program is offering a 20% bonus when you transfer…
It looks like American and Qantas are being granted their wish, as the Department of Transportation has approved the joint venture that they've been wanting for years. A joint venture is the highest level of cooperation you can have between two airlines.…
The US American Express Membership Rewards program has just added a transfer partner, which is always an exciting development. American Express Membership Rewards has added Qantas Frequent Flyer as a transfer partner. Points transfer instantly at the…
Qantas is one of the stingiest airlines out there when it comes to making first class award seats available, especially on their routes between the US and Australia. Often you'll find that they don't have a single first class award seat available between…
Qantas has just rolled out an interesting promotion for those who are the "right" age. It's not unusual to see companies offer discounts for seniors or youth, though this latest promotion targets a different demographic. Qantas Frequent Flyer is offering…
Airlines are increasingly looking for ways to engage with loyalty program members in non-traditional ways. This week Qantas announced their first ever "points plane," where they'd fly an A380 from Melbourne to Tokyo on October 21, 2019, and would exclusively…
Qantas has announced that they plan to offer a series of dedicated frequent flyer redemption flights across their network with seats only available to those redeeming Qantas points. They're calling this concept "Points Plane," and the first such flight…
Qantas has announced that as of December 4, 2019, their daily Sydney to San Francisco route will be operated by a Boeing 787-9. This is currently Qantas' last remaining US mainland route to be operated by the 747-400, so with that change, the airline…
Since early March, the US Citi ThankYou program has been offering a 25% bonus when you convert points to Qantas Frequent Flyer. Points ordinarily convert at a 1:1 ratio, though during this promotion you can convert 1,000 Citi points into 1,250 Qantas…
After checking out the American Admirals Club, we decided to check out the Qantas Lounge. Narita Terminal 2 sure does have a lot of oneworld lounge options! Our flight was departing from the Terminal 2 satellite gates, and conveniently that's also where…
Alaska Mileage Plan is one of my favorite frequent flyer programs, given their unique array of airline partners, combined with their generous mileage earning rates. At the moment Alaska has quite a few promotions for flying. They're offering double miles…
For those of you not familiar with Amex Offers, it’s a program available through most Amex cards, where different cards are eligible for different savings and bonus offers. In many cases the offers can be huge, and more than offset the annual fee on…
In March 2018, Qantas launched daily nonstop flights between Perth and London using the Boeing 787-9. At the time this was the world's second longest flight, at just over 9,000 miles (Qatar's Auckland to Doha flight was slightly longer). However, within…
In 2017, EL AL and Qantas launched a partnership, allowing reciprocal mileage redemptions. This really came in handy, given how few airline partners EL AL has. American AAdvantage used to partner with EL AL, though that ended in 2014. Not only is it…
I had spent most of the day in the United Polaris Lounge prior to this flight (I had access because my flight from Tahiti landed the same morning). At around 6:30PM I headed from the G gates to the A gates in the International Terminal, which required…
