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Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, despite Virgin offering cheaper <br> <br> tickets.<br> <br> <br> <br> Federal MPs flew with the national carrier for 80 <br> <br> per cent of work trips last year despite it not <br> <br> always being the cheapest route, according to travel data provided to the government.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While politicians and their staffers are required to <br> <br> book the cheapest flight, it also has to be the most efficient, with <br> <br> Qantas offering the most routes between major cities.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> MPs are banned from accruing frequent flyer points on taxpayer-funded trips like ordinary <br> <br> Aussies can, but they can can receive lifetime status credits, which allows access to airport lounges and flight upgrades.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'How else can one explain the extraordinary dominance of Qantas <br> <br> in securing bookings by parliamentarians and their staff?' Myriam <br> <br> Robin wrote in an opinion piece for the Australian Financial Review.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'There's nothing like accruing status credits on someone else's dime.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Transport Minister Catherine King has since committed to a <br> <br> review of flight bookings by government officials which will be conducted by the Department of Finance this year, despite there being <br> <br> just two months left of 2024.<br> <br> <br> <br> Politicians' preference for Qantas may also be put down to the airline's exclusive <br> <br> invite-only 'Chairman's Lounge'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Australian politicians are almost always opting to <br> <br> fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, despite Virgin offering cheaper tickets.<br> <br> (pictured is Anthony Albanese, with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce,<br> <br> and fiancee Jodie Haydon)<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> EXCLUSIVE<br> <br> <br> <br> The Flying Kanga-RORT - why you're footing the bill as airlines <br> <br> wine and dine pollies in VIP club<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that nearly every single federal <br> <br> politician in the country has accepted free <br> <br> membership of the club.<br> <br> <br> <br> Qantas and the Albanese government have both denied the airline enjoys any disproportionate level of influence over the country's political classes.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> A Daily Mail Australia audit of the members' interest registers - in both the House of Representatives and <br> <br> the Senate - revealed almost 93 per cent of the nation's leaders have been 'gifted' membership to the lavish, all-inclusive lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The high profile ranks of government giftees include Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as well as every member of his 22-person Cabinet, his seven-person Outer Ministry and all 12 assistant ministers.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While most politicians declared their Qantas' privileges as a 'gift', <br> <br> Labor MP Marion Scrymgour listed her membership as her 'Chairman Lounge entitlement'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that nearly every single federal <br> <br> politician in the country has accepted free membership of Qantas' exclusive Chairman's Lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> And it's not just politicians on the take, with more than 60 MPs - <br> <br> including Marles, Chalmers, King, Bill Shorten, Zali Steggall and Tanya Plibersek - disclosing their spouses <br> <br> have also been granted unfettered, independent access to Qantas' luxurious members only lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Often touted as 'the most exclusive club in the country', membership to the Chairman's Lounge has long been veiled <br> <br> in secrecy.<br> <br> <br> <br> Even the entrances to each of the country's <br> <br> six opulent VIP clubs - in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth airports <br> <br> - are suitably discreet.<br> <br> <br> <br> Though, once inside, the designer lounges are immediately more ostentatious, with free à la carte fine <br> <br> dining, table service, a decadent selection of wines and Champagne and a discreet army of dedicated lounge attendants.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Membership to the club is 'priceless' - it cannot be bought for any amount of money nor obtained via any amount of <br> <br> frequent flyers points.<br> <br> <br> <br> Instead, each member is hand-picked and approved by the company's chief executive and chairman.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Qantas<br> <br> <br> <br> Also visit my web-site; ดอกไม้หน้าโลง ราคา <br> <br> ( laba688.cn - https://laba688.cn/home.php?mod=space&uid=5772560 )