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When booking a series of flights on one ticket, you would expect to be looked after if the first flight was delayed and you missed your onward connection as a result. But this is not what happened to an AFF member who recently booked a Qantas ticket to Greece. In fact, Qantas abandoned the passengers … Continued
Hot on the heels of the recent devaluation to its Singapore Airlines and Star Alliance award charts, KrisFlyer will increase the number of miles required to redeem for flights on Virgin Australia and all other partner airlines as well from 1 August 2022. Award flight prices on non-Star Alliance airlines were initially spared from the … Continued
Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines increased the cost of most KrisFlyer award bookings and upgrades. Next month, KrisFlyer will also change its stopover rules – and not for the better. In Episode 88 of the AFF on Air podcast, Matt is joined by Aaron Wong, the founder of Singapore-based frequent flyer blog Milelion for a … Continued
In this episode, Matt is joined by Aaron Wong, the founder of the Singapore-based frequent flyer blog Milelion, for a chat about the recent changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program. The discussion then continues onto other KrisFlyer-related topics including waitlisting for KrisFlyer award seats, what to do if you have KrisFlyer miles due … Continued
Qatar Airways will add a second daily service between Doha and Melbourne from 1 October 2022, with the service continuing from Melbourne to Canberra. The daily Canberra-Melbourne-Doha flights will be operated by Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER with Qsuites in Business Class. This will be the schedule: QR989 Canberra 14:30 – Melbourne 15:45 / Melbourne 17:15 – … Continued
Whenever you travel overseas from Australia, you may claim a tax refund on items purchased in Australia via the Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS).
Velocity Frequent Flyer points in inactive accounts will not expire until 30 June 2023, Virgin Australia’s loyalty program announced this week. Velocity points normally expire if your account is inactive for 24 months. In other words, your Velocity points will expire if you don’t earn or redeem at least one new point every two years … Continued
KrisFlyer, the frequent flyer program of Singapore Airlines, is full of hidden gems! And it’s relatively easy to earn KrisFlyer miles in Australia through credit cards or – from 19 July 2022 – by transferring points over from Velocity. As well as redeeming KrisFlyer miles for Singapore Airlines flights, miles can be redeemed to fly … Continued
Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program has announced a range of changes to redemptions on Singapore Airlines, and there’s both good and bad news. The good news is that Singapore Airlines Premium Economy reward seats are now once again available to book using Velocity points. Velocity Frequent Flyer has also announced that the ability to … Continued
The Australian government will scrap the requirement for anyone flying to Australia to complete a Digital Passenger Declaration from 6 July 2022. From the same date, all remaining international COVID-19 border restrictions will also be removed. This includes the requirement for visitors to Australia to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Most Australian state & territories have … Continued
For Qantas Frequent Flyer members who earn at least 350,000 points each year, Points Club Plus membership comes with some great benefits. But for Qantas flyers who already hold Gold, Platinum or Platinum One status, one of the key Points Club Plus benefits is absolutely useless. Qantas has realised this, and could now be considering changes … Continued
There appears to be a systematic problem where Qantas call centre staff are accidentally cancelling confirmed Classic Flight Reward bookings when customers call to enquire about changing their flights. Over recent months, multiple Australian Frequent Flyer members have reported that their Classic Reward bookings were cancelled without their knowledge after they phoned Qantas. In each … Continued