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They could have done that instead of the existing wet lease arrangements though but choose the out sourcing option instead for some reason. I can't imagine it would be different for this route.

The first question that springs to mind would be how would they operate it? They're struggling to operate the routes they have, resorting to wet leases. Where would they get the planes to add another route and wouldn't they look to start operating the wet leased routes with their own planes...

Which airline is it that's operating the A220 for Qantaslink?

I'm going to be the lone voice of disagreement here and say that, for me, this evening departure timing is quite handy. The context is that when I'm going to LA it's for leisure and I'm stopping there for at least a few days. So with this timing I could finish up work a bit early on the Friday...

Come on, I don't think you're in a postion to be suggesting that anyone else is cheerleading for an airline.

Qatar taking over Virgin is even less likely than Virgin joining Star Alliance. Putting that aside it wouldn't surprise me if the ongoing bad blood that Qantas has with Qatar (and several other alliance members) results in Qantas exiting Oneworld at some point, even without Qatar buying a stake...

Looks like that's it for Ola in Australia. Last day of service will be Friday: https://www.9news.com.au/national/ola-rideshare-platform-leaving-perth/e0f13405-55cb-4013-a1b5-02aa2347c242 https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8585947/uber-ride-share-rival-ola-hits-the-brakes-in-australia/...

I actually quite like Southwest's boarding system, where you get a assigned a boarding queue number. The numbers are something like A34, B12, C45 etc. They ask all the A customers to line up in order and then have them board, then the B customers etc. If you have status or pay extra then you get...

Do you think any other airline would have been more accommodating? I suspect if you'd missed check in and this had been Qantas, the airport staff would have just given you the contact number of the call centre and left you to it.

I'd guess it'll be a few weeks, to make sure that any pending flights have posted before the credits are assessed and applied.

That specific flight I'm not totally sure on, but United's flights to NZ are definitely not counted. I would think it counts as a flight to NZ, rather than the USA, since it doesn't operate to the USA from Australia. That flight does get counted as a flight to the USA. If you look at British...

According to the Jan stats from BITRE, United do fly most frequently between Australia and the USA. Carrier Inbound Flights Outbound Flights Qantas Airways 215 208 United Airlines 225 225 These numbers do not include NZ. United had more flights than Qantas in Dec 2023 as well.

I think we see these numbers every month and then read a lot into small variations of a few percent up or down. Unless there's a consistent trend of a decent amount I don't really think there's any signficance to a change up or down of around 3%, for any of the airlines.

Worth keeping in mind that even if you had booked directly with Europcar, this probably still would have happened if you'd booked a non-cancellable and inflexible rate. The same thing happens with hotels as well, if you get stuck overnight and can't make it to your destination and you're on a...

Pretty much. You'd get the same outcome if you'd booked them separately or through a travel agent as well. From Europcar's perspective the flight is nothing to do with them and while booking a rental car and a flight at the same time makes it sort of feel like the two should be interconnected...

Have you tried just removing the card from ApplePay and then adding it back in again? I know that sounds simplistic but if there's any kind of issue with the virtual card, this will cause a new one to get set up from scratch.

I'd agree, the rooms in them are often quite small as well, however if they're one of the newer ones they can be pretty cheap and cheerful. I stayed at on in Vienna and in Madrid and they were both quite nice, though certainly not fancy. Rooms were fine for one person but would be a bit tight...

Mine has ticked over properly into a new year of Platinum as well, despite what the email said would happen. So that's all good. 😊

BITRE has put out the December 2023 International Airline Activity Report. This document is a mass of dense statistical tables, but I've extracted some relevant numbers for quick perusal. A few notes to address some earlier questions: Inbound is flights to Australia These numbers include Hawaii...

I got a very similar email, last Thursday. I've requalified as Platinum, have a review date of 28th Feb and an expiry of 13th March. Except my email said I would drop back to Gold and gave me an offer to maintain Platinum by spending points (similar to the offer that has been going around on the...