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FLIGHT REVIEW: Brisbane to Sydney on Qantas Business Class in a Boeing 737-800
This is the last leg of our Double Status Credit trip in Business Class from Sydney to Auckland via Melbourne and Brisbane. I have already reviewed two flights in this series, travelling in Business Class on a Qantas Boeing 737-800. The first was Sydney to Melbourne, and then Melbourne to...
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OMAN AIR: Joining OneWorld later this year but when?
One of the major airline alliances is OneWorld, consisting of airlines such as American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, JAL, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas, Qatar Airways, and Royal Jordanian, plus associate airlines like Fiji Airways. Oman Air has been slated to join the alliance in 2024 for some time. But,...
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REX: Business Class between Adelaide and Sydney – first impressions
I have just completed my first Business Class flight with REX (Regional Express) Airlines on a capital city to capital city service. Before I write full reviews of the Pro Hart Lounge experience in Adelaide and the service in the air, I thought I would share some of my first...
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QANTAS: Cuts routes and frequencies, because – no aircraft.
Some will see this as the chickens coming home to roost after two, now disastrous decisions. One to only bring back into their fleet, 10 of the 12 super jumbo A380s they had, and the second mistake is to have cancelled their order for additional Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Parts and...
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ETIHAD: Cheap business class fares from mid-February to end April 2024
Etihad Airlines is offering some pretty attractive fares to some European capital cities for under AU$6,000 as long as you can travel between 15 February and 30 April 2024. The offer is only for the next two days and ends on Thursday, 8 February. OK, they are ‘secondary’ capitals, but...
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GARUDA: Increased frequencies between Australia and Bali
The Indonesian airline Garuda is upping its services to Australia. Starting in April, Services between both Sydney and Melbourne will be increased. And then, in June, services to the leisure destination Bali will move to 5 days a week, and then daily from 6 July. This represents a return to...
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AMERICAN AIRLINES: Daily seasonal flights between Brisbane and Dallas Fort Worth – October ’24 to March ’25
American Airlines has just announced this new daily seasonal route for the northern hemisphere winter using the brand new Boeing 787 Flagship Suite® Business Class. When it will fly The seasonal route will run from 27 October 2024 until late March 2025. It will represent the airline’s longest distance route...
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EMIRATES: Pyjamas in Business, Brisbane flights & Lounge reopens
Quite a bit of activity on the Emirates front this week. They are re-opening their ‘refreshed’ Brisbane Lounge from tomorrow, Saturday 3 February 2024. Pyjamas – not previously offered in Business Class on Emirates are being introduced on longer flights. And finally, Emirates is increasing its capacity to Brisbane, with...
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: Baggage tracking now on international flights
In-app baggage tracking on Virgin Australia has now been extended to all international routes that the airline services. International routes included are Queenstown, Bali, Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Japan.The twice-weekly route to Christmas and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is excluded. History Virgin Australia was the first domestic airline in Australia...
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TURKISH AIRLINES: Earlier start for Australian flights – from 1 March 2024
Back on 20 January, we reported that Turkish Airlines had announced the commencement of its Melbourne flights. ET is now reporting, and confirmed by Turkish Airlines that flights between Istanbul and Melbourne via Singapore are to commence two weeks earlier than initially planned. Instead of starting on March 15, the...
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LOUNGE REVIEW: Brisbane Qantas Business Lounge. Packed to the gunnels!
This lounge was chock-a-block full when we arrived around 6:00 pm. I expect this is peak hour in this domestic business lounge. It was not a pleasant experience and came with limited access to quality food. The big downer is the bus transfer between International and Domestic terminals. And, on...
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JAPAN AIRLINES: Fancy First Class, Sydney to Tokyo on points?
One impact of Japan Airlines switching aircraft from a 787 Dreamliner to a Boeing 777 on its Sydney/Tokyo route from 31 May is that the route will now carry First Class seats. Now, that on its own is useful, but redeeming Qantas Frequent Flyer Points for these First Class seats...
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VIRGIN AUSTRALIA: Status Boost promotion by invitation email
This is an email-only promotion – you won’t find it on the Virgin Australia website. If you are a Virgin Australia Velocity member and email subscriber – check your emails. You can try this link as well, but be ready with your Velocity membership number. You may get rejected at...
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FLIGHT REVIEW: Qantas A330 Auckland to Brisbane, Business Class
Of our four flights in this Double Status Credits trip to Auckland, this was the only one not on a Boeing 737-800, in recliner Business Class seats. For this QF126 flight, the Qantas Airbus A330-200 serving this route was VHS-EBS with 26 Business Class seats and 208 in Economy, totalling...
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QANTAS: Passenger banned for seven years after touching incident on London to Singapore on 3 November 2023 flight
Qantas has banned a 64-year-old passenger from flying on Qantas Group, including Jetstar services, for seven years. This is a consequence of a touching incident that occurred between London and Singapore on 3 November 2023. Upon arrival in Singapore, the onboard incident resulted in the Singapore Police investigating an ‘outrage...
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EMIRATES: Lifting capacity to Australia in 2024 to pre-pandemic levels
According to an interview that Sir Tim Clark recently gave to the Australian Financial Review, Emirates services to Australia should be back to pre-pandemic levels. It’s easy for Clarke to say that Australia isn’t a problem for most airlines, given that he is not running Emirates rival Qatar Airways, which...