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CR+ was only running for a quarter of FY24. It's a new program, and will take time for people to adapt to. I agree with the earlier point that we should take a medium-term (2-5 year) perspective. I am optimistic about it based on the early signs.

Agree with your thoughts largely. This point about flatbeds in J was based on an interview with Qantas execs though, who say they are actively considering it for a portion of the new fleet. https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/qantas-a321xlr-business-economy-seats

ET reports Qantas is considering flatbeds in J for a possible "international fleet". Seems necessary to be competitive on longer international routes!

So not today then lol She left Qantas ages ago. Classic Plus *was* the new flight reward product designed to alleviate a “pain point”. We’ve known for a while it’s coming to domestic flights by the end of the year. Not sure about flights originating overseas.

Are you sure this was today? The statement sounds exactly like what they said in the lead up to the launch of Classic Plus.

Here's the Classic Plus slide from today's investor presentation. 100k CR+ seats redeemed since launch (elsewhere in the document Qantas states that 9 billion points have been redeemed, so about 90k points per seat average?). Overall they sound optimistic about the program.

I will be very interested to see what Qantas says about classic plus and its loyalty division in its profit announcement this Thursday

So with Qantas’ Europe sale now on, SYD-LHR in J, for example, is $9k cash, or as classic plus around 490k points + $1700. Lots of availability. CR is usually 290k points plus taxes and fees. Zero availability. So CR+ is roughly 1.7 x the number of points. (The equation is not as good ex-PER...

Just present the card. They check the name on the card matches the boarding pass and that’s it, in you go. There’s no scanning.

No guarantee this would work. Why not just get a complimentary Platinum supplementary card for one of your folks. They can use it to get into the lounge in both directions. (Virgin won’t be able to tell the card is supp not primary).

No one can predict the future. It all depends on geopolitical developments in the Middle East.

Ok, how come no AFFer has bragged yet about visiting the Centurion New York lounge in midtown Manhattan?? https://www.wsj.com/business/lounge-amex-platinum-chase-sapphire-reserve-centurion-ed10d304?st=lncvwdrww1jsfnk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

This thread may be of interest Anyone had luck booking 90K J Savers to Europe next summer?

The email from Amex states 18 August

Hi, SQ definitely has the best availability for a group of 4 wanting to travel business class. I'd stick with them. You can get a slightly better rate than 3:1 from Amex if you transfer points to Velocity first during a 20% promo (these occur fairly regularly) and then from Velocity you can...

Just got notified that QF9 will fly as QF209 PER-SIN-LHR, with a departure 4 hours earlier, on the 19th (and I’m sure many other dates)

Suggest paying for one month subscription of seats.aero, then search the routes you’re interested in or do a broad search (e.g. set the destination to Asia - All major airports)

T&Cs: “The bonus of 15,000 KrisFlyer miles will be administered by KrisFlyer and may take up to 6 weeks from the last date of promotion period”

People report variable timings. Sometimes it takes days, other times a few weeks. However, you can ring Qantas and ask them to process the refund immediately.

You’re throwing away money if you’re paying 0.8 %fee to the ATO. If you use bpay instead via NAB online banking, the fee is zero and you still earn 0.66 Qantas points per dollar.