Qantas in Hobart to close
May 18, 2009, 6:37 pm
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Qantas in Hobart to close
Just received a letter from Qantas advising they will close their sales office in Hobart.
The Qantas Travel retail store located at 130 Collins Street Hobart will close on Friday 29th May 2009
Could this be the start of a total withdrawal by QF from Tassie?
May 18, 2009, 9:15 pm
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Well I do note that Tasmanian Woolworth stores are to be excluded from the new relationship between Qantas FF and Everyday Rewards. Perhaps Qantas know that the cable connecting Tasmania to the mainland is about to be severed allowing Tasmania to float freely eastward with the tidal currents as part of the Australian Government's deal to annex New Zealand by offering Tasmania as the West Island of the 7th state.
May 18, 2009, 9:43 pm
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The reason for QF FF in Everyday rewards being excluded in Tassie is I suspect due to some legacy rewards program from when the woolworths were purity. We dont actually HAVE everyday rewards earning down here, although you can still REDEEM at the woolworths petrol stations - though they do tend to look at you funny.
May 19, 2009, 2:07 am
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May 19, 2009, 2:18 am
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May 19, 2009, 2:18 am
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Apparently, they have something called the Frequent Shopper Club (cards show F$C). Just last night (!) I was told about it: spend $2000 get a $20 reward. At an earning rate of 1%, that's in line with industry averages.
May 19, 2009, 7:52 am
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Airlines worldwide are closing their travel centres. Doesn't make much sense for them.
May 19, 2009, 2:14 pm
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May 19, 2009, 2:28 pm
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In this day and age of the overwhelmingly vast majority of bookings being made over the net or through TA's, the need for airline travel centres needs to be properly evaluated.
QF have a perfectly adequate travel centre located (funnily enough) at BNE airport.
Looking at the product offering out of various Australian cities, BNE doesn't even warrant F service, whilst SYD and MEL do.
QF have evidently decided that BNE doesn't need a mid-city travel centre (and as a shareholder, I am glad that they have decided not to pay mid-city rentals for such a property) when perfectly adequate facilities are located a short distance away at BNE airport.
And BNE is NOT a major centre, it is an overly large country town! <g,d,r>
Dave
QF have a perfectly adequate travel centre located (funnily enough) at BNE airport.
Looking at the product offering out of various Australian cities, BNE doesn't even warrant F service, whilst SYD and MEL do.
QF have evidently decided that BNE doesn't need a mid-city travel centre (and as a shareholder, I am glad that they have decided not to pay mid-city rentals for such a property) when perfectly adequate facilities are located a short distance away at BNE airport.
And BNE is NOT a major centre, it is an overly large country town! <g,d,r>
Dave