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G'Day To Friendly Qantas Loyalty Program

While we accept that all frequent flyer programs are, presumably, skewed to favor the airlines rather than the passengers, Aussie carrier Qantas has just announced a raft of changes to their loyalty program which actually sound good.

Among them is a program called "Anyseat," which is a solution to that problem of never being able to book a "frequent flyer seat" on the flight you wanted. Now, even if you want to use your points for the most heavily-booked flight on the schedule, you can--it just costs you more points. Exactly how many points is hard to determine and you can find out by trying to book it.

Along with Anyseat, Qantas is making the use of points plus cash to redeem flights much more flexible. And, you'll now be able to use points to pay for the taxes and charges component of the flight as well. Add the ability to earn points by shopping at a much longer list of retailers, and it's all sounding pretty friendly. They're like that Down Under.

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