Qantas scraps deadline for customers to use flight credits after public backlash

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Qantas scraps deadline for customers to use flight credits after public backlash
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The airline will no longer require customers to use their unclaimed flight credits by the end of the year.

Customers with Qantas flight credits will be able to claim a cash refund at any time, but can only use them to book flights up until the end of the year "due to a system limitation".

"Today's announcement makes Qantas' COVID credit policy one of the most flexible of any airline in the world, and it follows three prior deadline extensions," the airline said in a statement. Joyce said the decision to remove the expiry date on credits – just days after the deadline was defended by the airline to the Senate hearing – was a result of the airline listening to customers."And, while we've improved it recently, and extended the expiry date several times, people lost faith in the process."We also hope that a lot of people still choose to put their credit towards their next journey.

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