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Qatar Airways intends to buy a 25% minority stake in Virgin Australia. If approved by the Foreign Investment Review Board, Virgin Australia will also launch flights to Doha.
Qantas will codeshare with South African regional carrier Airlink, allowing Qantas flyers to connect beyond Johannesburg to places like Cape Town, Durban and Skukuza on Qantas flight numbers.
As a way of comparing transparency in frequent flyer programs, we measured the time it takes to find reward flight costs with different airlines.
Three of Virgin Australia's former Boeing 777-300ERs are now flying for Qatar Airways. They still have the original Virgin seats, and frequent flyers can get a free upgrade to Premium Economy.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club has increased the Redemption Fees payable when using Avios to book Virgin Australia reward flights by as much as 700%.
Although you can't yet redeem points for an Emirates Premium Economy reward ticket or upgrade, flights are available for sale on 31 routes - with more to come soon. You can even book a Qantas codeshare flight to earn more points & status credits.
If you have Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles that are due to expire soon, you need to take action to avoid losing them forever.
Qantas is working to resolve a glitch causing reward flight tickets on partners including Malaysia Airlines to be unexpectedly cancelled.
Singapore Airlines is giving 25% bonus miles if you transfer Star Alliance Rewards points to KrisFlyer between 20 September and 31 October 2024.
As a Velocity Gold or Platinum member, you can get complimentary partner status with your choice of IHG One Rewards or Hilton Honors, as well as Hertz or Europcar.
Jetstar will soon fly direct from Australia to two surprising new cities in regional New Zealand - Hamilton and Dunedin.
Qatar Airways Privilege Club has quietly increased the surcharges payable when you redeem Avios on many of its flights, including to Australia.