Qantas is not putting that on the table as a 'starting offer' but they do have latitude to go there, and just remember, YOU are the one in the driver's seat here, you can say to them "20% bonus and double status credits, or I'll take my refund thanks" and of course it could depend on the value of your booking, you'd want to be sitting on many thousands of dollars of cancelled flights. Whichever way you look at it , bonuses are useful. Travel credits, on the other hand, are more restrictive than a cash refund: you’ll be locked into flying with Qantas on your future travels, even if competing airlines are offering better fares or more convenient flight schedules when you next plan to fly. Agreed! Alaska 6. A number of Fiji Airways and Fiji Link flights will be impacted due to projected adverse weather conditions associated with Severe Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yasa in the region. FJ910/810 with under 3 hours at NAN with new A350 operating both sectors & opposite coming back JAN 25, 2021. Seventy-one flights to and from Fiji – including from Australian capital cities to Nadi – on Saturday on Fiji Airways and Fiji Link have been cancelled due to the category two cyclone. Has anyone dealt with Fiji Airways where they have cancelled a flight without letting you know and won't respond to refund requests?. I'm pretty sure Air Asia X will re-instate services just as soon as the situation improves, rather than declare a blanket suspension well into next year. Unfortunately seems the bean counters would rather reduce/close the P1 team in Canberra and Hobart rather than close the terrible call centres in South Africa. 14 July 2020: Fiji Airways, Fiji’s national airline, has extended international flight cancellations through to the end of August. Sound like a bunch of poms. Holidaymakers are … Fiji Airways is still hoping to fly Australia to Fiji from 1OV 1, 2020. Chanced my hand and took the DSCs in the (perhaps vain) hope that I can retain status. Not really. I am platinum &got a call out of the blue recently offering me additional points or double status credits on a recently cancelled domestic itinerary, redeemable any time up to 2022, so it’s definitely not urban legend. Yup, had my share of insufferable know-all South Africans on the other end of the line over the years but at least you know what you will be getting when they answer. Over 70 Fiji Airways flights scheduled for Saturday were cancelled, including outbound flights to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. When will Qantas reopen its international lounges? As an aside, we have cancelled a cruise with Scenic to Antarctica and they used force majeur clause to say they would not be offering a full refund, only a voucher. We continue to engage with all employee and employee organisations regarding our future manpower requirements when we eventually return to what will undoubtedly be a thinner schedule.”. All inbound passenger flights to Fiji scheduled between Thursday to next Monday has been canceled by the coronavirus Risk Mitigation Taskforce following a new variant of coronavirus in Britain. I am a platinum FF and cancelled a flight in early August with payment due by end September. 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We've been advised not to recommend/sell any QF international flights until possibly Jul 2021. Alternatively, you can choose a flight credit or a refund. As previously reported by Executive Traveller, the formal cancellation of these flights now allows passengers to request a full refund of their fare. Sara Gul are you saying that you received 20% refund credit plus either double  mileage or double status? No point taking people in to Nadi if they can't stay anywhere!! The terms and conditions of the tickets that I bought were refundable subject to cancellation fee per ticket. We’ll send you an email containing the activation link. I have a $3,000 refund due for a trip to Japan. Seventy-one flights to and from Fiji – including from Australian capital cities to Nadi – on Saturday on Fiji Airways and Fiji Link have been cancelled due to the category two cyclone. No reason Fiji/OZ flights couldn't start at same time. 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