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Free Qantas Points, Regus membership
Here's a handy way to hoover up 1,000 free Qantas Aquire Points – which can be converted to 1,000 Qantas frequent flyer p...
Qatar upgrades Doha-Melbourne
Qatar Airways will upgrade its daily Doha-Melbourne-Doha route to a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft this week. The new aircraft will...
JAL First Class gets new Loewe amenity kits
Japan Airlines is adding a dash of high-fashion flair to first class flights with new amenity kits from Spanish superbrand Loew...
Qantas status credits surprise
Despite the outcry over sweeping changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, this cloud has a silver lining – or, ...
QFF overhaul: how it will affect you
A drastic overhaul of the Qantas Frequent Flyer program will change the way that Qantas travellers earn frequent flyer points a...
Qantas slashes Oneworld status credits
Qantas has slashed the number of status credits earned on flights with its Oneworld partner airlines as part of an unprecedente...
Qantas axes 'Marginal Any Seat Awards'
Qantas has quietly axed some of its most sought-after frequent flyer seats in a sudden overhaul of its loyalty scheme, citing f...
Carry-on crackdown
Are you frustrated when your fellow passengers insist on bringing oversized carry-on bags onto the plane and cramming them...
Virgin rules out Star Alliance, SkyTeam
Virgin Australia has all but ruled out joining Star Alliance or SkyTeam, with CEO John Borghetti saying he "doesn't see the me...
China Southern flies to Frankfurt
China Southern will add Frankfurt to its growing Canton Route network in June, but for Australian travellers it'll be a tw...
Thai upgrades Aussie flights
Thai Airways is on a roll with upgrades to many Australian routes, although it's a bit of a mixed bag for Sydney. Here's a run...
Why I switched from Qantas to Virgin
OPINION | I’ve been a loyal Qantas traveller since my first flight with them shortly after the first grounding of Ansett ...
No jumbos or superjumbos for Garuda
Garuda Indonesia says that the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8 are ‘off our roadmap because of economic reasons’ as th...
Why I'll still fly Malaysia Airlines...
OPINION | It's now been 12 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished from the skies. They've been days of fear a...
United bets big on Boeing 787, Airbus A350
United Airlines sees a wave of next-generation jets as the key to unlocking more international routes, thanks to a massive orde...
Finnair's 'flatbed-only' routes
Finnair is going flat out on upgrading its international Airbus fleet with new fully flat business class seats this year, but t...
US Airways awards for Oneworld, Star
US Airways will allow its frequent flyers to earn and redeem Dividend Miles on a many Star Alliance airlines in addition t...
Qantas' LA-Brisbane flights move to TBIT
Qantas will move its Los Angeles-Brisbane service to the newly-renovated Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) from May 1 t...