Singapore Airlines is set to resume non stop services between Singapore and the U.S. The new services is set to begin in 2018, following a 5 year break from operating the service. The service will be operated by an Ultra Long Range variant of the A350-900 aircraft, an aircraft for which Singapore Airlines will be the launch customer. As a launch customer of the A350-900ULR, Singapore Airlines announced that it was upgrading seven aircraft that it had as a firm order for A350-900 aircraft to the upgraded model. In addition, it was converting 4 options on the A350-900 to firm…
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The Commonwealth Bank has updated its offer of 40,000 Qantas Points for new cardholders of its Platinum Awards credit card. As an added bonus, for people taking up the offer, an annual fee waiver is on offer, saving $249 in the first year. Having said that, there is still a $10 annual fee for opting in to the Qantas Frequent Flyer Direct program. Note that the $10 annual optin fee is increasing to $30 per year in November. This opt in is required in order to earn Qantas Points with the Platinum Awards card. The basics of this offer are:…
As the commencement of the new Qantas and American Airlines flights between Australia and the US cities of San Francisco and Los Angeles approach, Qantas has launched a double points promotion on all QF coded flights to the US. This includes flights that are operated by American Airlines, although you do need to book the Qantas codeshare flight number. To take advantage of this offer, you will need to: Register at the page linked to above and make a new eligible flight booking between 12.01am (AEDT) 6 October and 11.59pm (AEDT) 19 October 2015 Travel between 18 December 2015 and…
[For more up to date information on earning points on Scoot, please refer to this article.] Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program has announced that it will now be possible to earn bonus KrisFlyer Miles while using the service of budget carriers Scoot, and the Singapore version of TigerAir. This ability does not extend to the Australian version of TigerAir. There is a limitation in that the earnings are only for bonus miles, and it is not possible to earn elite miles that apply to status in Krisflyer. In both cases, you will need to book particular fares or bundles in order…
Qatar Airways have announced that it will begin flying to Sydney from March 1st 2016. The daily flight is to be operated with a Boeng 777-300ER aircraft, which featured 42 business class seats, whcih can operate as full lay flat beds. The announcement to fly to Sydney, comes after a recent government announcement that increased the number of flights that could operate between Australia and Qatar. The schedule for the daily flight sees flight QR908 departing Doha at 8:10pm, with an arrival into the Sydney at 6:05 pm the next day. The aircraft will turnaround to head back to Doha,…
OneWorld member, Cathay Pacific has announced wide ranging changes to its Marco Polo Club frequent flyer scheme. The changes affect a number of areas of the program and are set to take effect from April 15, 2016. Cathay Pacific has a slightly unusual structure in its Frequent flyer programs. Frequent Flyer programs, generally, consist of two parts, the rewards part and the recogintion part. Cathay Pacific splits these into two separate programs: Marco Polo Club, which is about elite status and recognition Asia Miles, which is the points program The important thing from the point of view of the changes…
If you’re a regular visitor to SIngapore, and travel on an Australian Passport, then you may be eligible to use the automated immigration clearance system on arrival into Singapore. According to a statement issued by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), the new system will come into effect from October 1, 2015 To be eligible, you will need to be an Australian passport holders aged 6 and above, and have visited Singapore at least three times in the past 12 months. In addition, you must have no adverse record in the Republic of Singapore to be able to sign up…
AccorHotels and Qantas Frequent Flyer have announced that they has made a major improvement in their long-standing partnership. While members of the Qantas program have long been able to convert points to Qantas Frequent Flyer, there have been some limitations in the process. Firstly, it could only be done manually, and required a minimum of 4,000 Le Club AccorHotels Points. In addition, it was not possible to set up an Auto-Tranfer process, as could be done with many other programs. The improvements announced today cover both of these areas. In addition, Qantas is offering an introductory bonus for points transferred…
Qantas is continuing its rollout of seasonal services over summer, with the announcement that it will be operating such a service to Bali over the summer months. The new Boeing 737 service will operate between Sydney and Denpasar four times a week from 4 December 2015 to 29 January 2016. In all a tital of 33 return trips will be made. The service is said to be in resposne to demand to Bali, and will supplement the 787 services to Bali operated by Low Cost offshoot Jetstar. Qantas will be utilising the narrow body Boeing 737 aircraft to operate the service.…
[Update] Qantas has announced that the seasonal service between Sydney and Vancouver will again be operating during winter 2016. The seasonal service will operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays over the period from 30 June to 13 August 2016. Again, the service is to be operated by Boeing 747 aircraft. [Previous](3 Feb, 2015) Qantas has announced that it will implement an extended seasonal service for flights between Sydney and Vancouver. This extension follows a successful trial of seasonal flights during December-January. The airline’s extended seasonal schedule will see Qantas operate 33 return services between Sydney and Vancouver: 13 return services in June/July,…