Keen to get to Perth? Qantas' Points Plane will get you there 5 minutes after WA border reopens

[Mattg]

Qantas has released seats on an A330 Points Plane from Sydney to Perth departing at 22:15 next Wednesday (2 March). It arrives in Perth at 00:05 on Thursday 3 March, the day of WA's border reopening.

Fares are high but every seat is available to book using Qantas points as a Classic Flight Reward.

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[kpc]

What happens if there is a tail wind? Or if MM changes his mind...again!

 

[jrfsp]

Surprised its SYD over MEL.

No curfew issue in MEL and demand ex MEL has traditionally well exceeded SYD

 

[NM]

What happens if there is a tail wind?

A few scenic rotations above Perth before final approach

Or if MM changes his mind...again!

A330 could carry sufficient fuel for a return to the east coast, but likely end up in MEL due to SYD curfew. Imagine the cabin announcement!

 

[Hvr]

A330 could carry sufficient fuel for a return to the east coast, but likely end up in MEL due to SYD curfew. Imagine the cabin announcement!

Does ADL have a curfew? Get them part way there.

 

[Franky]

What happens if there is a tail wind? Or if MM changes his mind...again!

You are much more likely to get tail winds on the return journey...

 

[AIRwin]

PPP = Perth Points Plane not Proserpine for 1 night only

 

[exceladdict]

May this be the first of many, many east-west A330s with evening departures, allowing red eye returns in a lie flat bed.

 

[33kft]

All the best to the brave souls of the roulette express

 

[JohnM]

May this be the first of many, many east-west A330s with evening departures, allowing red eye returns in a lie flat bed.

Keep your eye on the birds. (And stuff the red-eye flights, flat bed or not. Daylight only for me.)

I had a SYD-PER J award booking in October on an A330 that an EF aircraft change alert this morning notified had been downgauged to a B737.

Quickly scoped EF and a 2h later flight was still showing as an A330 with 5 U.

On the phone to QF pronto. Wait time on the WP line advised by the robot as c. 30 mins. Accepted the call back option. Sure enough, c. 30 mins later the phone rings and an Aussie voice is at the other end. Woot-woot, sounds like HBA central.

Sean flicked me over no problem.

But I've still got EF bird change alerts on that - and several other trans-cons I have booked.

I reckon it will be shambolic for a while...

 

[dajop]

Surprised its SYD over MEL.

Really?

 

[jakeseven7]

Surprised its SYD over MEL.

No curfew issue in MEL and demand ex MEL has traditionally well exceeded SYD

Not surprising at all - it is a PR exercise and they will be flying a bunch of PR/PA/Corp Comms people out on it, from Sydney....

But yes you are right, MEL-PER is a bigger route.

 

[AIRwin]

PPP = Perth Points Plane Purely Promotional Purpose

 

[NM]

Does ADL have a curfew? Get them part way there.

Maybe head to Darwin, just to rub salt into the wounds of the QF-PER "friendship".

 

[NM]

PPP = Perth Points Plane Purely Promotional Purpose

And they can serve [Neil] Perry Party Pies (PPP) on board

 

[AIRwin]

And they can serve [Neil] Perry Party Pies (PPP) on board

Picking on Plain/Palatable Perry Party Pies on Perth Points Plane for Purely Promotional Purpose

 

[Guvner]

Surprised its SYD over MEL.

No curfew issue in MEL and demand ex MEL has traditionally well exceeded SYD

Hard to include clichéd "Aussie" icons like the Harbour bridge in the promo from Tullamarine.

 

[jrfsp]

Hard to include clichéd "Aussie" icons like the Harbour bridge in the promo from Tullamarine.

Fountain Gate shopping centre surely, much better icon.

 

[AIRwin]

From the T&Cs on the app:

 

[AIRwin]

VH-EBF is on its WA-y...