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Fly Etihad’s First Class Apartment for only 32,000 Etihad Guest miles, 56,000 Velocity points or $1450 cash

Fly Etihad’s First Class Apartment for only 32,000 Etihad Guest miles, 56,000 Velocity points or $1450 cash
With Etihad launching a new route to Mumbai later this month, you can travel in luxury for a day between Abu Dhabi and Mumbai with limo transfers, First Class lounge access and amazing suites in Etihad's A380 First Class. READ ON →
May 27 2016
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Qantas moving Dallas to daily service opens up First & Business award seats every Tuesday – go grab them!

Qantas A380
Qantas moving Dallas to daily service opens up First & Business award seats every Tuesday – go grab them!
Qantas in the last week or so have announced a range of changes to their US-bound services over the next 9 months. Individually I've chosen not to write about them, but one result of the switch-around is that Sydney - Dallas is moving from 6x... READ ON →
November 21 2015
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Qantas rejigs Sydney – Los Angeles services and American showcases their new 777 service in Sydney in person

Qantas rejigs Sydney – Los Angeles services and American showcases their new 777 service in Sydney in person
American Airlines in the last couple of weeks also flew a 777-300ER to Sydney to allow media and travel reps a chance to look around their flagship aircraft in advance of the new service starting in December. I couldn't go, but a reader did... READ ON →
November 21 2015
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American Airlines to add New Zealand to their route network in mid-2016 – my take for Australians using points for flights to the USA

American Airlines to add New Zealand to their route network in mid-2016 – my take for Australians using points for flights to the USA
Last week American Airlines’ and Qantas CEO’s Doug Parker and Alan Joyce called an impromptu press conference in Wellington, announcing American Airlines service to Auckland to commence in June 2016. The route will be flown daily with an... READ ON →
November 17 2015
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Japan Airlines (actually) confirms Sydney – Narita proposed First Class service that was on the cards for late 2015

Japan Airlines (actually) confirms Sydney – Narita proposed First Class service that was on the cards for late 2015
Japan Airlines will definitely be rostering on a 777-300ER with First Class on the Sydney - Narita route later this year as hoped when they announced they would be upgrading it back in June - with First Class availability for frequent flyer... READ ON →
August 19 2015
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Loads of Qantas classic award availability to Japan in 2015 with the launch of Qantas’ Sydney – Haneda and Brisbane – Narita flights

Loads of Qantas classic award availability to Japan in 2015 with the launch of Qantas’ Sydney – Haneda and Brisbane – Narita flights
A couple of weeks ago Qantas announced they will be flying from Sydney to Haneda, daily, from July 31st and Brisbane to Narita 4x weekly from August 2nd. The new Haneda flight will be operated by a 747 and Brisbane - Narita flight by an A330 -... READ ON →
December 22 2014
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Qantas to run a handful of seasonal flights to Vancouver for ski season – no points availability, but I’d imagine the upgrade chances would be good…

Qantas to run a handful of seasonal flights to Vancouver for ski season – no points availability, but I’d imagine the upgrade chances would be good…
Quoting directly from the press release - ‘Qantas today announced it will operate six direct return services between Sydney and Vancouver in January to cater for demand during the peak of the North American winter holiday season.’. These will... READ ON →
September 16 2014
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