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If You Could Say One Thing to Virgin Australia’s CEO…

As we covered yesterday, there are a wide range of topics that Australian frequent flyers would like to bring up with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. Australian Frequent Flyer members were also asked recently what they would say if they got an opportunity to meet Virgin Australia’s new CEO, Paul Scurrah. Interestingly, the range of issues … Continued

11 Feb 2020 Virgin Australia

What Would You Tell Qantas CEO Alan Joyce?

If you had an opportunity to meet Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, what would you say to him? This question was recently put to the Australian Frequent Flyer community. There have already been 100 responses (and counting), with frequent flyers expressing a wide range of different points of view about the way in which our national … Continued

10 Feb 2020 Qantas

South African Airways Slashes Routes in Fight for Survival

South African Airways will cut many of its international destinations, and all domestic routes except one, from next month. The airline’s flight from Perth to Johannesburg is safe for now, but there will be a schedule change from 1 March 2020. Instead of operating overnight, SA281 will depart Perth at 2.30pm and arrive in Johannesburg … Continued

10 Feb 2020 Other Airlines

Fly to the Maldives from $558 round-trip

There are currently some very good deals available on flights from Australia to the Maldives, a sought-after island holiday destination located to the south of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean. Air Asia and Singapore Airlines both have cheap flights to the Maldives, starting at just $558 return from Perth, or $563 return from Melbourne. … Continued

10 Feb 2020 Singapore Airlines

My $16 Wizz Air Flight

I was recently looking for a flight from Oslo to Vienna, when I noticed that Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air had a flight on sale for 99 Norwegian krone. That works out to be just $16 in Australian Dollars. This wasn’t even a super promotional advance-purchase fare – this price was (and still is) available … Continued

8 Feb 2020 Flight Reviews

Podcast #29: Buffalo Airways

Buffalo Airways is not your typical airline. Based in Yellowknife, Canada, Buffalo Airways operates an incredible variety of World War II-era aircraft including the Douglas DC3 and Lockheed Electra in some of the world’s harshest flying conditions. It’s no wonder Buffalo Airways was the subject of the popular television show Ice Pilots NWT. In Episode 29 … Continued

8 Feb 2020 AFF on Air Podcast

Buffalo Airways – AIR029

  Buffalo Airways is not your typical airline. Based in Yellowknife, Canada, Buffalo Airways operates an incredible variety of historic aircraft such as the Douglas DC3 in some of the world’s harshest flying conditions. It’s no wonder Buffalo Airways was the subject of the popular television show Ice Pilots NWT. In this episode, Matt sits down … Continued

8 Feb 2020 AFF on Air (blubrry)

Booking Travel on a Mobile Device Pays (Literally)

A couple of weeks ago, we revealed how Qatar Airways customers may pay more when booking flights on a computer. That’s because Qatar Airways gives a 10% discount for bookings made on a Smartphone or mobile device. But Qatar Airways is certainly not the only company to employ price discrimination based on the device being … Continued

7 Feb 2020 Travel Tools & Technology

No More IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks

PointBreaks promotions have been a staple feature of the IHG Rewards Club loyalty program for years. Every three months, IHG Rewards Club would release a new list of worldwide hotels that were available to book at discounted rates starting at 5,000 points per night. Sadly, IHG Rewards Club has discontinued the PointBreaks promotions from this … Continued

7 Feb 2020 IHG One Rewards

Virgin Australia Withdraws from Hong Kong

Virgin Australia will end all flights to Hong Kong from next month, the airline announced yesterday. Virgin currently operates daily Airbus A330 flights from both Melbourne and Sydney to Hong Kong. The airline already announced last year that it will end Melbourne-Hong Kong flights on 11 February – which happens to be next Tuesday – … Continued

7 Feb 2020 Virgin Australia

Triple Points: 9 Velocity Points Per $1 on Expedia Hotels

In 2019, Virgin Australia launched a partnership with Expedia. You can normally earn 3 Velocity points per $1 spent on any hotel available through Expedia worldwide, by booking through the dedicated Virgin Australia Hotels website. But until 18 February 2020, you can earn triple points – that’s 9 Velocity points per $1 spent – on … Continued

6 Feb 2020 Virgin Australia

Ethiopian Airlines is Building its Own Airport

Airlines often complain about high fees and poor infrastructure provided by airports – such Qantas in its ongoing dispute with Perth Airport. But, as it outgrows its home airport, one African airline has decided to take matters into its own hands. Ethiopian Airlines, a Star Alliance member and the largest airline in Africa, is building its … Continued

5 Feb 2020 Other Airlines