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Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded <br> <br> trips, despite Virgin offering cheaper tickets.<br> <br> <br> <br> Federal MPs flew with the national carrier for 80 per cent of work trips last year despite it not always being the <br> <br> cheapest route, according to travel data provided to the government.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> While politicians and their staffers are required to book the cheapest flight, <br> <br> it also has to be the most efficient, with Qantas offering the most routes between major <br> <br> cities.<br> <br> <br> <br> MPs are banned from accruing frequent flyer points on taxpayer-funded trips <br> <br> like ordinary 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 in securing bookings by parliamentarians and <br> <br> their staff?' Myriam Robin wrote in an opinion piece for the Australian Financial <br> <br> Review.<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 review of flight <br> <br> bookings by government officials which will be conducted by the Department of Finance this year, despite there being just two months left of <br> <br> 2024.<br> <br> <br> <br> Politicians' preference for Qantas may also be put down to the airline's exclusive invite-only <br> <br> 'Chairman's Lounge'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, despite <br> <br> Virgin offering cheaper tickets. (pictured <br> <br> is Anthony Albanese, with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce, 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 wine and <br> <br> 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 membership of the <br> <br> club.<br> <br> <br> <br> Qantas and the Albanese government have both denied the airline enjoys any disproportionate level of influence over the <br> <br> country's political classes.<br> <br> <br> <br> A Daily Mail Australia audit of the members' interest registers - <br> <br> in both the House of Representatives and the Senate - revealed almost 93 per cent of the nation's leaders have been 'gifted' membership <br> <br> to the lavish, all-inclusive lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> The high profile ranks of government giftees <br> <br> include Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as well as every member of his 22-person Cabinet, his seven-person Outer Ministry <br> <br> and all 12 assistant ministers.<br> <br> <br> <br> While most politicians declared their Qantas' privileges as a 'gift', 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 politician in the country <br> <br> has accepted free membership of Qantas' exclusive Chairman's Lounge.<br> <br> <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 <br> <br> Steggall and Tanya Plibersek - disclosing their <br> <br> spouses have also been granted unfettered, independent access <br> <br> to Qantas' luxurious members only lounge.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Often touted as 'the most exclusive club in the country', membership <br> <br> to the Chairman's Lounge has long been veiled in secrecy.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Even the entrances to each of the country's six opulent VIP <br> <br> clubs - in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth <br> <br> airports - are suitably discreet.<br> <br> <br> <br> Though, once inside, the designer lounges are immediately more ostentatious, with free à la carte fine dining, <br> <br> 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 <br> <br> nor obtained via any amount of 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> Feel free to surf to my page: ดอกไม้ใกล้มือสะดวกใช้ - <br> <br> https://ecommk.com/question/time-tested-methods-to-%e0%b8%aa%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%81%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%a1%e0%b9%89%e0%b9%80%e0%b8%8b%e0%b8%ad%e0%b8%a3%e0%b9%8c%e0%b9%84%e0%b8%9e%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%aa%e0%b9%8c/