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.

American Airlines and Qantas planes in Sydney

How to Buy & Redeem American AAdvantage Miles

American Airlines runs regular promotions allowing you to save money or earn bonus miles when you buy AAdvantage miles.

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Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER First Class

Singapore Airlines Releases First Saver Awards to Melbourne

Singapore Airlines First Class Saver award seats are now available to book using KrisFlyer miles between Melbourne and Singapore.

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The Business Class toilet is supposed to be exclusively for Business passengers, but Economy passengers often try to sneak in

How to Stop Economy Passengers Using the Business Toilet

One of the pet peeves of Business Class passengers is people sneaking in from Economy Class to use the Business Class toilet.

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Avianca Star Alliance livery A320

How to Buy & Redeem Avianca LifeMiles

Avianca’s LifeMiles frequent flyer program has some outstanding specials on buying miles. These deals can unlock some extraordinary value on Star Alliance Business Class flights when you buy LifeMiles. Unfortunately, dealing with the LifeMiles program can be unnecessarily complicated and redeeming LifeMiles can be a challenge. Award availability out of Australia using LifeMiles is limited … Continued

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The Business & First Class check-in queue at Zurich Airport

Disruptions Are the True Test of an Airline

The true test of an airline is how often things go wrong, and much more importantly, how well the airline handles inevitable disruptions.

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QantasLink Embraer E190 at Canberra Airport with dnata catering truck

How to Redeem British Airways Avios for QantasLink Flights

For some reason, QantasLink flights do not appear at all when searching for Avios reward seats on the British Airways website.

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Marriott hotel with logo

You Can Now Convert Cathay Asia Miles to Marriott Points

Most hotel loyalty programs offer the ability to transfer points to airline frequent flyer programs. This feature is rarely offered in the other direction, but there are a few exceptions. It’s already possible to convert Virgin Atlantic Flying Club points and Finnair Plus points to IHG One Rewards points. It’s also possible to transfer United MileagePlus … Continued

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Virgin Australia Airbus A320

Beware of Virgin’s All-Economy 737s and A320s

Virgin Australia has taken delivery of Boeing 737-700s in an all-Economy configuration. There is no Business cabin, leading to downgrades.

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Qantas Club sign

Qantas Club Reopens in Rockhampton

Qantas will finally open its new lounge at Rockhampton Airport tomorrow (16 November 2022). Located upstairs and offering tarmac views, the new Rockhampton Qantas Club has seating for up to 65 people and is around double the size of the previous lounge at the same airport. Seating options include high tables designed for working and … Continued

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