A few days ago I wrote a post entitled "Should The Big Three Middle Eastern Airlines Be Stopped?"
The post was about the US airlines complaining that the Middle Eastern Airlines have an unfair advantage:
-- The Open-Skies agreement has exponentially expanded the international airline industry, and this was something largely prompted by the US
-- At the same time, the "big three" US airlines think it's not fair that the "big three" Middle Eastern airlines aren't running for profit businesses and have access to a lot more capital and lower operating costs
-- But then again, who are the US airlines to judge what "profit" the Middle Eastern carriers are seeking? Profit doesn't have to be directly monetary, but rather could be to expand the infrastructure and tourism of a city/country
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Qantas' Frequent Flyer program is one of the least lucrative out there, in my opinion. Usually I don't even bother mentioning when they change their program, since even a positive change will only move the program from terrible to horrible. ;)
That being said, Qantas is introducing an innovative upgrade option, and I'm curious to hear what you guys think about it. I'm not sure whether I like it or not, but it's certainly interesting.
It's common for airlines to want to generate as much incremental revenue as possible, especially given how "perishable" goods in the airline industry are. One of the ways they've been doing that is by selling last minute cash upgrades. Different airlines have different ways of doing it -- some only sell them at the airport, some at online check-in, some invite select passengers by email, or some let you bid on upgrades in advance. But those last minute upgrades are almost always for cash.
Qantas is introducing new "Bid Now" Upgrades, described as follows:
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