Author: Matt Graham
Matt Graham
The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to more than 100 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course! Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. His interests include aviation, economics & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine. You can connect with Matt by posting on the Australian Frequent Flyer community forum and tagging @AFF Editor.
Many Qantas Trans-Tasman Flights Cancelled
Qantas has cancelled dozens of trans-Tasman flights scheduled to operate over the next three months, including almost all Gold Coast-Auckland flights until July, due to a lack of demand. Thousands of Qantas customers with upcoming bookings, including many AFF members, have received flight change notifications in recent days. Some flights have been cancelled, while others … Continued
How to Maximise Velocity’s Bonus Status Credits Offer (May 2021)
Virgin Australia is giving 20 bonus status credits on all eligible Virgin Australia flights when you activate the offer and book your flights by 2 June 2021. With this promotion, you could earn enough Velocity status credits to renew Virgin Australia Gold status for a year for under $1,000! This offer excludes flights booked in … Continued
How to Book a Qantas 787 Domestic Flight
If you miss flying on Qantas’ long-haul Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, there’s some good news for you. Qantas has started running its Boeing 787s on up to nine return Sydney-Perth flights per week, and frequent flyers may even be able to upgrade from Economy to a Premium Economy seat for free! If you’re flying between Sydney … Continued
30% off Qantas & Jetstar Reward Seats (May 2021)
Qantas Frequent Flyer is giving 30% off the points required for Qantas and Jetstar Classic Flight Reward seats until Friday 28 May 2021. This promotion covers travel dates between 1 July and 9 December 2021. The discount is available on reward seats within Australia and New Zealand. It’s even valid on Jetstar domestic flights in … Continued
Virgin Adds Domestic Routes, Delays International Restart
Virgin Australia will add five new domestic routes and add more flights on 20 existing routes as demand increases across the domestic network. But the announcement came just a week after Virgin further delayed its planned restart of international flights. New Virgin Australia domestic routes From July 2021, Virgin Australia will add flights on the … Continued
IT Outage Causes Major Virgin Australia Delays
Virgin Australia flights all over the country suffered significant delays on Friday evening as an extended global outage of the airline’s IT provider brought its systems offline. Some Australian Frequent Flyer members who were caught up in the outage described chaotic scenes at airports on Friday night as airline staff scrambled to manually check in … Continued
Qantas Trans-Tasman A330 Business Class Review (May 2021)
With the trans-Tasman bubble now open, Qantas has resumed regular Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 flights between Australia and New Zealand. But the trans-Tasman travel experience isn’t quite the same as it was before COVID-19. Australian Frequent Flyer recently flew from Sydney to Auckland in Qantas A330 Business class to find out what to expect across … Continued
The Most Expensive Domestic Flights in Australia
With Rex sparking a price war on routes like Sydney-Melbourne and Melbourne-Canberra, Qantas offering discounted tickets for couples flying to Perth, and half-price flights available to many destinations, there’s never been a cheaper time to fly in Australia… depending on where you live! Airfares on some Australian domestic routes are now as low as ever, … Continued
Rex to Break Canberra-Melbourne Duopoly
Rex has announced that Melbourne-Canberra will be its next Boeing 737 route, with two daily flights between the two cities to commence on 10 June 2021. The route is already served with regular Qantas and Virgin Australia flights. But Rex believes there’s an opportunity to come into an overpriced Canberra-Melbourne market and undercut the fares … Continued