Last week I wrote about Qatar launching Canberra services which was a move a lot of people didn’t expect but could potentially be quite valuable for the airline. After the announcement many asked if their big competitors Etihad and Emirates would start Canberra services and they said No. Per the Canberra Times, “Emirates continues to explore new […]
On this blog, I rarely talk about Domestic travel as it’s nowhere near as exciting and exotic as International travel, however, I get a lot of questions from travellers overseas wanting to see reviews of Australia’s domestic lounges, so I’ve decided to start reviewing them This morning I was flying out of my home airport Brisbane on […]
Alaska Milage plan recently had some changes to their program like the ability to now book Japan Airlines awards, but they also added the ability to fly Emirates through to the USA, this was previously not allowed, and flights had to be Ex Asia. Here’s an example flying Sydney – Dubai – Los Angeles The […]
I didn’t even plan on reviewing the Etihad lounge today, but I was very fortunate to do so. I’ll post the full story after this post. I was looking at the lounge from the outside and met lovely Catherine who is the Food and Beverage assistant manager for the lounge. We had a quick chat […]
Hong Kong-based Airline Cathay Pacific has today announced that they will be flying their new state of the art A350-900 aircraft to Brisbane from March 2017. This will be the airline’s second Australian destination which will see the new aircraft after Melbourne. The aircraft will be operating the CX156/157 service which is currently operated by […]
Qantas’s online shopping mall is currently offering a huge 10 points per $ on every purchase. The offer is available until midnight the 24th of December. This is a perfect opportunity to be getting Christmas presents as you also reward yourself. Here are a few things you can use Qantas points for: Qantas A330 Business […]
If you’re a frequent reader on the blog you’ll probably notice how many posts I write on asian carriers staring services to Sydney, well soon there are going to be a whole lot more of them. Sydney aiport have signed a bilateral agreement to allow Chinese carriers unlimited capacity to cater for the extrememly fast […]
Etihad has once again been named the world’s leading airline for the 8th time in a row! Which is very impressive. The award was given to the airline at the 23rd annual world travel awards grand ceremony which was held in the Maldives. Not only did the airline win the world’s leading airline but they […]
Yesterday Vietnam Airlines upgraded their Sydney and Melbourne flights from 777-200ER’s, and A330’s to 787 aircraft. The change is a welcome upgrade for travelers as their 787’s feature a better business class cabin than the aircraft previously operating the route and strangely their A350’s which is very weird. Vietnam’s 787 seats 274 and is divided […]
Hyatt has recently opened their brand new Hyatt Regency in Sydney. This is the second Hyatt property in Sydney and 6th in Australia. The building used to be the Four Points which was an SPG property. The hotel is category 5 in the Hyatt award chart and requires 20,000 points for a redemption. Hotel features […]
Earlier today I talked about Tripit and how I use that a lot, however, my most used program would definitely have to be Expertflyer. Expertflyer show’s award seats for many airlines, seats that are available, flight loads and a whole lot more. Well, now you can search Virgin Australia award availability in business and economy. Premium Economy has […]
As you may or may not know, Etihad is a major sponsor for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which is held every November at Yas Circuit. Etihad has been doing flyovers for quite some time now, and it never fails to impress, this year was no different. Here is the video: Exactly this time last […]