Air France-KLM and Qantas have determined to tighten their unfastened partnership and are promising enhanced” loyalty cooperation coming quickly (when Flying Blue ended final yr issuing XPs for Qantas flights).
Air France will codeshare on Qantas’ Perth–Paris flight and flights from Tokyo Haneda to Australia. Each Air France and KLM will codeshare Qantas Singapore – Darwin flight.
You’ll be able to entry Air France right here, KLM right here, and Qantas right here.
Flying Blue Final members will get entry to Qantas top quality lounges, and all Flying Blue members redeem their miles for Qantas top quality flights (first awards utilizing Flying Blue are extraordinarily costly – higher redeem these from Oneworld program).
Bear in mind when Flying Blue ended awarding XPs for companion flights on non-SkyTeam airways?
Air France – KLM Flying Blue Associate Airline XP & Award Mile Earnings Change On April 1, 2024
Air France-KLM’s Press Launch (Qantas is busy coping with its hack):
Air France-KLM and Qantas lengthen their longstanding partnership to boost connectivity between Europe and Australia
Air France-KLM and Qantas, the nationwide service of Australia, at the moment introduced an enlargement of their present partnership geared toward bettering connectivity and enhancing the journey expertise between Europe and Australia. This strengthened cooperation between Air France, KLM and Qantas is ready to ship a large number of advantages for vacationers, with a deal with better comfort and improved loyalty advantages.
European vacationers are set to profit considerably from this partnership enlargement, with Air France including its codes to Qantas’ continuous service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Perth (PER). The continuous service this month marks one yr of operations and is the primary and solely continuous passenger service between Australia and France, slicing round three hours off the present quickest journey time between the 2 cities.
As well as, it is going to imply Air France is the one airline providing a code share proposition for patrons on a direct Europe to Australia service.
Beginning July 1st, Air France will even set up Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) as a brand new connection level for Air France and Qantas flights, complementing present ones at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN) and Hong Kong Worldwide Airport (HKG). Passengers transiting by way of these three connection factors can switch seamlessly to Sydney (SYD), Brisbane (BNE), Melbourne (MEL), Darwin (DRW) and Perth (PER) onboard Qantas-operated flights.
Moreover, each Air France and KLM will add their codes on Qantas’ flights between Singapore (SIN) and Darwin (DRW).
Moreover, the prolonged partnership offers these passengers with extra alternatives to earn and redeem Qantas Factors when flying with Air France and KLM, with an enhanced loyalty cooperation coming quickly.
For the primary time, Air France-KLM Flying Blue members could have the chance to redeem their Miles for journey on Qantas Top notch. Flying Blue members with “Final” standing will be capable of acquire entry to Qantas Top notch airport lounges. For Australian vacationers, the partnership introduces better connectivity to a wider vary of locations throughout France and past, leveraging the intensive home and European networks of each Air France and KLM.
This expanded partnership between Air France, KLM and Qantas ushers in a brand new period of worldwide journey, bringing enhanced connectivity, comfort, and luxury to prospects journeying between the 2 continents.
Conclusion
This “enhanced loyalty cooperation” can solely imply that we’ll quickly see XP earnings reinstated on Qantas flights, and maybe reciprocal elite advantages.
I discover it fascinating that Qantas, an Oneworld member, is utilizing Emirates and now the Air France-KLM Group relatively than its alliance members to supply connectivity to its passengers.
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