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Qantas Improves American Airlines Earn Rates

Qantas has increased the amount of points and status credits you’ll earn for many American Airlines flights, including trans-Pacific and US domestic flights. It’s more good news for travellers following the approval of a new joint venture between American Airlines and Qantas earlier this year. As a result of the joint venture, Qantas has already announced … Continued

13 Oct 2019 Qantas

ANA Boeing 787 Economy Review (Sydney-Tokyo)

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) flies daily from Sydney and Perth to Tokyo using Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Star Alliance carrier could soon become a close partner of Virgin Australia, so how does their in-flight service stack up? Flight Details Flight number NH880 Route Sydney (SYD) to Tokyo Haneda (HND) Aircraft type Boeing 787-9 Class … Continued

13 Oct 2019 Flight Reviews

Super Deal: 20,000 Bonus Qantas Points

Qantas Frequent Flyer members can now earn an easy 20,000 bonus Qantas points with AustralianSuper. To earn 20,000 Qantas points, you’d need to join AustralianSuper as a new member and deposit at least $350 into a new super account within the first six months. The bonus points will then be deposited into your Qantas Frequent … Continued

12 Oct 2019 Qantas

Redeem Alaska Mileage Plan Miles for Singapore Airlines Flights

It’s now possible to redeem Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles for Singapore Airlines flights, including to and from Australia! Singapore Airlines has been an Alaska Airlines partner for more than two years, and you can already redeem Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles for Alaska Airlines flights. But the ability to redeem Mileage Plan miles for flights … Continued

10 Oct 2019 Other Airlines Points Inspiration

Velocity Points & Status Credits Giveaway

Velocity Frequent Flyer has reached 10 million members, and it’s launched a unique new promotion to celebrate. There are 3 parts to this “Pay Day” promotion: free bonus status credits, free bonus points and a double points offer. Free Velocity Status Credits Yesterday, Velocity gifted 10 bonus status credits to every single member. These status … Continued

10 Oct 2019 Virgin Australia

Qantas Removes Frequent Flyer Numbers from Boarding Passes

Qantas will no longer print passengers’ frequent flyer numbers on their boarding passes, citing privacy concerns. AFF members started noticing that their Qantas Frequent Flyer membership numbers were not listed on their boarding passes from last week. The change is being progressively rolled out across the airline’s network, and has not yet been fully implemented. … Continued

9 Oct 2019 Qantas

Lufthansa Loses Case Against Hidden City Ticketer

Earlier this year, Lufthansa attempted to sue a passenger that exploited hidden-city ticketing. After they skipped the last flight on their ticket, the German airline demanded this customer pay the substantial difference in ticket price. The court case generated a lot of public interest and was seen as a “test” to see if the courts … Continued

8 Oct 2019 Post Flight

JAL Premium Economy to Europe from $2,328 return

Japan Airlines currently has some exceptional Premium Economy airfares available to Europe. From $2,328 return, you can fly in Premium Economy with Japan Airlines on a wide range of dates to Frankfurt, Helsinki, Paris or London. Onward connections to other European cities are also available with Oneworld partner airlines. A member of the Oneworld alliance, … Continued

7 Oct 2019 Other Airlines

Emirates Boeing 777 First Class Review (Larnaca-Malta)

Emirates is renowned for having one of the world’s best First Class products. In this review, we try out the airline’s older Boeing 777 First Class on a short Emirates fifth-freedom flight from Cyprus to Malta. Flight Details Flight number EK109 Route Larnaca (LCA) to Malta (MLA) Aircraft type Boeing 777-300ER Class of travel First … Continued

7 Oct 2019 Flight Reviews

Podcast #21: Summer in Europe

As Episode 21 of the AFF on AIR podcast goes to air, Qantas and Virgin Australia are fighting over two rare and lucrative new landing slots for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Meanwhile, four European airlines have gone bankrupt in a matter of weeks as this year’s European summer draws to a close. Speaking of summer in … Continued

5 Oct 2019 AFF on Air Podcast

Summer in Europe – AIR021

  Qantas and Virgin Australia are fighting over two rare and lucrative new landing slots for Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Meanwhile, four European airlines have gone bankrupt in a matter of weeks as this year’s European summer draws to a close. Speaking of summer in Europe, you won’t want to miss this fortnight’s interview with Bronwyn … Continued

5 Oct 2019 AFF on Air (blubrry)

Jetstar Adds Flights to Margaret River

  Jetstar will launch direct flights from Melbourne to Busselton, the gateway to the Margaret River region in Western Australia. The 3x weekly flights will commence from 25 March 2020 and run on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The new Jetstar flights will be the first commercial air services from the east coast of Australia to … Continued

5 Oct 2019 Jetstar