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.

Qantas Boeing 737-800 in Brisbane

Qantas Frequent Flyer Changes Coming Early 2024

Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson has flagged upcoming changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, to be implemented in early 2024.

British Airways 787-9 Club World seats

British Airways Limits Partner Access to Reward Seats

British Airways is now only releasing a small subset of award availability on its own flights to members of partner airlines.

Have your say on the future of Australian aviation policy by providing feedback on the Aviation Green Paper

Help Shape the Future of Australia’s Aviation Policy

Australian Frequent Flyer will make a submission to the Aviation Green Paper, and we'd like the help of the AFF community.

Virgin Australia 737 lands in Queenstown, New Zealand

Transfer Credit Card Points to Velocity for a 20% Bonus

Earn a 20% bonus when you turn on auto-redemption or transfer credit card points into Velocity Frequent Flyer each month between November 2023 and January 2024.

Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8 Economy seats

Limited Time: Virgin Reward Seats From 5,200 Velocity Points

Virgin Australia has discounted Tier 1 Economy Reward Seats by 15%, with seats available to book from just 5,200 Velocity points (plus taxes) until 7 November 2024.

Qantas and Virgin Australia Airbus A330s

How Qantas & Velocity Point Values Have Changed Over Time

We analyse how much Qantas Frequent Flyer and Virgin Australia Velocity points are worth in 2023, compared to 2019 and 2015.

Paris, France

Qantas Launches Sydney-Paris Flights via Perth

Just in time for the Olympics, Qantas will launch Sydney-Perth-Paris flights on 12 July 2024 using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

Hertz car hire counter

Hertz Retrospectively Expires Points

The Hertz Gold Plus Rewards loyalty program has shortened the validity of its points to 12 months without giving any notice to members.

Virgin Australia cabin crew in a Boeing 737

Double Status Credits with Virgin Australia (October 2023)

With Velocity Frequent Flyer's new double status credits offer, supercharge your Velocity status credits when you book an eligible flight by 30 October 2023.