Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers ANA Business Class from Sydney to Tokyo is an excellent use of Velocity Frequent Flyer points. Here's the trick to finding reward seat availability... ANA’s Great Last-Minute Business Availability to Tokyo Matt Graham ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers ScootPlus, the premium cabin on low-cost carrier Scoot, is not Business Class - nor does it pretend to be, and it's priced accordingly. As we discovered flying ScootPlus from Seoul to Singapore, it's still a comfortable way to fly. ScootPlus Review: Seoul-Singapore on a Boeing 787 Matt Graham ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers A Woolworths store in Wellington, New Zealand. Photo: Adobe Stock. Australians travelling across the ditch can now earn Everyday Rewards points when shopping at Woolworths supermarkets in New Zealand. It comes after Countdown supermarkets in New Zealand started rebranding as “Woolworths New Zealand” last year. As a result of this change, Woolies stores in New Zealand also adopted a local version of the Everyday Rewards loyalty program. But until recently, the Australian and New Zealand ve ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Virgin Australia CEO Jayne Hrdlicka at the announcement of Virgin Cairns-Tokyo flights. Photo: Virgin Australia. Virgin Australia will stop flying from Cairns to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in February 2025, citing low demand from Japanese travellers. Virgin’s last Cairns-Haneda flight will depart on 24 February 2025. “Our international network continues to be a central part of our strategy. Withdrawing from Cairns-Tokyo services was a tough decision, but unfortunately the recovery of inbound ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers When using points on British Airways, the taxes & charges can be higher than the actual airfare. Photo: Matt Graham. There’s no doubt that you can do a lot of cool things with frequent flyer points! Two of the most popular redemptions are Business Class flights and upgrades. To give just one example, you could fly from Melbourne to Jakarta in Qantas Business Class for just 114,000 Qantas points + $366 round-trip. Example of a Qantas Business redemption from Melbourne to Jakarta on Qan ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Photo: Adobe Stock. Numerous Qantas Hotels customers have voiced their frustration on the AFF forum about no longer receiving tax invoices when booking accommodation. In the past, when you booked and paid for a hotel through Qantas Hotels, the booking confirmation email would include a tax invoice as an attachment. But Qantas suddenly stopped providing these tax invoices in June. Qantas Hotels booking confirmation emails still include details of the booking and a payment summary, but not ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers ITA Airways, formerly Alitalia, is the Italian flag carrier. Photo: Matt Graham. ITA Airways has launched yet another status match promotion! This time, eligible frequent flyers of other airlines including Qantas can get a Volare status match between 16 July until 19 August 2024. If your match request is approved, you’ll get to keep your status until December 2025. ITA Airways will also credit your account with 10,000 Volare qualifying points. Volare is the loyalty program of ITA Airways ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Photo: Adobe Stock. If you have an interest in “travel hacking”, you’ve probably heard about error fares or mistake fares. In the past, it was quite common to find airfares that were obviously mistakes, and airlines would often be forced to honour them. For example, in 2019 Cathay Pacific accidentally sold First Class fares from Vietnam to the United States for under $2,000 return. Last decade, it was common to find Qantas or Emirates flights from Australia to Asia for $300 return by book ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Oneworld flyers in Singapore are spoiled for lounge choices. Photo: Matt Graham. Singapore’s Changi Airport is home to five excellent Oneworld airline lounges, including a Qantas First Lounge and Qatar Airways Premium Lounge. When departing from Singapore on a Oneworld airline, eligible frequent flyers, Business and First Class passengers are absolutely spoiled for choice. Eligible Qantas flyers departing on either Qantas or Emirates can even use the Emirates Lounge as well. Malaysia Airl ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan has implemented dynamic award pricing on selected partners including Air Tahiti Nui. Photo: Matt Graham. Over recent years, more and more frequent flyer programs have ditched award charts in favour of dynamic reward seat pricing. Most of the US frequent flyer programs now do this, as well as the likes of Air New Zealand Airpoints and Air France/KLM Flying Blue. Even Qantas Frequent Flyer and Velocity have started – to a limited extent, at least for now – to in ..read more