Qantas rolls out Classic Plus Flight Rewards

[33kft]

Cant say I'm surprised, seats on most trunk domestic routes are still down compared to pre-covid

Keeping in mind the claim above is that this has changed in a year since CR+ was released, specifically.

I find it very hard to draw any conclusion from this observation given the following:

• It's used to confirm a vibe regarding what it is claimed QF are doing with CR inventory, ie vibes based confirmation of vibes based policy changes
• It's based on an analysis of inventory at release time, where we don't even reliably know the release time anymore since COVID
• We all know what has happened to demand and points balances through and post COVID and that's the other unobserved variable here which has an equal effect on available CR inventory to reduction of inventory

But again, we're specifically talking about since CR+ was released and not since COVID. I think the only two ways that we could be sure this is the case are:

• Someone's just happened to have been collecting inventory data from EF or similar before the introduction of CR+ past the introduction of CR+ (hence why I asked... I'd love for this to exist)

or

• It's so pervasive as to be clear and not just a casual observation.

Guess time will tell if this becomes apparent to us all

 

[Berlin]

I’ve been booking CR seats every year for PER-MEL for Xmas as soon as they are released. So it’s an observation based on lots of experience.

This was bound to happen. The sole reason to introduce those coughty+ rewards in the first place. Essentially a super dooper mega devaluation of Qantas points in my eyes, has already been the same internationally.

But you now can get 30% off points if you waste them on Qantas wine…