High price of flexibility for airline passengers
Corporate travellers put such high value on flexibility that they’re paying up to five times more for a flex fare than a ticket that doesn’t allow flight changes.
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Can Rex climb out of the red with $99 fares to Perth?
Difficulties at Rex Airlines have not gone unnoticed. So will its latest bold fare price move be enough to allow it to finally turn a profit and avoid a fate similar to Bonza?
Italy tops list for travel insurance claims
A major travel insurer has revealed where Australians are most likely to run into strife in the European summer but it’s unlikely to stop us visiting.
How Qantas is using AI on flights…and saving millions
The use of AI in the airline industry is more than customer chatbots and flight status updates, with Qantas among the early adopters of bespoke tech that has saved it nearly $100m.
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Bank trick: holiday with your mortgage?
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New threat to taxi giant
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Airbnb nightmare: Strangers in the bed
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Uber ‘let sex offenders drive teens’
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$1.6 billion turnaround for Qantas
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The $535 million Qantas deal
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Packer to draw $10m Crown salary
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