Qantas is boosting the number of flights between Australia and and Hong Kong and Manila. The boost in flights comes as a result of an increase in demand from travellers on the routes. Hong Kong Qantas ia planning to operate an additional four Sydney-Hong Kong services each week, on top of the current daily services available from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. These new services are planned to commence from October 26, 2015, and will be operarted by Airbus A330 aircraft. The refurbished A330 aircraft will feature the airlines latest international product, that is currently being fitted to the A330 fleet.…
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In a previous post, it was noted that the first of the Qantas reconfigured 737 aircraft had returned to the skies. While that post focussed on a new inflight entertainmentt option, there were other changes being made to the aircraft. As we posted in August, Qantas had plans to install a new row of seats in the 737 aircraft, This extra row of economy seats was to be installed at the rear of the aircraft. The space for the extra row was to come from a reconfiguration of the galley space, and changing the current toilets to a more slimline…
Qantas has launched the latest version of its Qantas Entertainment App which enables customers travelling on selected aircraft to stream more than 400 hours of movies, TV shows and music to their own personal device. The new version of the App is available in both IOS and Android devices, whereas the original version was an IOS only App. This content will be made available through the use of wifi technology. The new App allows Qantas passengers using the Q Streaming service to use their own devices. Without the App, passengers have had to rely on the use of Qantas supplied…
Qantas have kicked off a new promotion, with a double points offer available through Qantas Movies. Buying Movie vouchers through the Qantas Movies site normally pays 2 points per dollar spent. Under the current promotion, this increases to 4 points per dollar. The promotion runs through to Sepetember 20, 2015. Keep in mind some of the restrictions listed below, an in particular the validity of the vouchers is a rather short 5 months from the date of purchase. Qantas Movies Qantas Movies is a fairly recent, and perhaps little known, way of earning Qantas Points. Through a dedicated site at…
The installation of Premium Economy seats into Singapore Airlines A380 fleet has been delayed. As a result, they will be unable to offer Premium Economy on a number of services that had been sold with a Premium Economy cabin. Announced earlier this year, a Premium Economy cabin is being installed into the A380 and long haul Boeing 777 fleet. The Boeing 777 fleet does not appear to have been impacted by this delay. In a statement posted on the Singapore Airlines website, a revised schedule for the Premium Economy cabin has been published. In some cases, such as the SIngapore-London…
In an announcement curiously entitled ‘Service Improvements’, Malasyia Airlines has advised that its Golden Lounges in Perth and Singapore will be closing as of September 1. Passengers departing from these two locations will be offered alternative lounge access. Perth In Perth, Business Class passengers on Malaysia Airlines will be invited to use the current Qantas Lounge. As Malaysia Airlines is part of the oneWorld alliance, oneworld Emerald and Sapphire tier-members will also be using the Qantas Lounge prior to their flights. The Qantas Lounge is near the current Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge, across from Gate 2. The furthest gate, Gate…
In this months Velocity news email, I noticed a brief mention of using a BP temporary card in order to ensure that you get points for fuel purchases from BP. In this article, I will take a look at what a BP temporary card is, together with how you actually go about using one. What is a BP temporary card? A BP temporary card is card that can be picked up and swiped in-store at BP in order to collect Velocity Points. You would use a BP temporary card if you were making a purcahse at BP, but did not…
Qantas Business and Platinum Frequent Flyers travelling on domestic flights from Perth have a new option with the opening of the Qantas Perth Domestic Business Lounge. The new domestic Business Lounge means that Perth now joins Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and Canberra airports in having such a lounge. Qantas rightly points out that the Business Lounge is a unique product in Australia. Its main competitor, Virgin Australia, operates a single lounge product. This offers a key point of differentiation in the product. The new lounge in Perth represents an increase of almost 50 percent lounge space, seating more than 350…
The Jetstar Platinum Mastercard has a new sign up bonus, offering new holders of the card a bonus of 40,000 points (or a $400 Jetstar voucher) In order to b einline for the 40,000 Qantas Point, you will need to apply for the card by November 30, 2015. Upon approval of the card, you will then have 60 days in which to spend $3,000 on eligible purchases. The offer also comes with a reduced annual fee of $69 for the first year (and the normal $149 in subsequent years). In order to get the points, you will also need to…
IHG Rewards has announced its end of year promotion. Entitled ‘Accelerate’ promotion, the promotion is running from 1st September 2015 through to 31st December 2015. It offers members that register for the promotion, a number of personalised and tailored offers. As each offer is achieved, the member will earn a specified number of points. Members of IHG Rewards that have been around a while will recogise this as a version of previous promotions such as The Big Win, or Into the Nights. Registration for the promotion is now open, and can be made by visiting the promotion homepage. Following registration,…