Folks,
A microcosm of what is going on in Qantas, and who makes what decisions.
An offspring of mine is not just a frequent flyer, but a very frequent flyer. If there was such a thing, he would be a "double platinum with diamond borders and inset black opals" Oneworld frequent flyer, I have now idea how much his tickets are worth every year, but it is well into 6 figures. The travel budget he controls is many times that.
On a recent trip BA, LON to BKK, onwards with QF to SYD, booked months in advance, he was bumped in BKK???
He wound up coming the last leg with Emirates, some hours later.
And, guess what, they lost all his bags!! They all turned up in Sydney three days later??
As long as Qantas longhaul does not have a fuel efficient fleet, it cannot make money with the available yields, even with a 100% load factor, and many sectors from observation, are close to that.
Tootle pip!!
Last edited by LeadSled; 12th Aug 2013 at 08:53.