Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers A Malaysia Airlines Airbus A330. Photo: Jeffry Surianto. Based out of Kuala Lumpur, Oneworld’s Malaysia Airlines offers an extensive network throughout Asia. They also offer flights from multiple ports in Australia, as well as a single route to Europe (London Heathrow). Malaysia Airlines offers Business Class seating on every mainline flight. This varies between recliner seats on its numerous Boeing 737s, to international-standard lie-flat seating on Airbus A330s and A350s. On all flights ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers A Turkish Airlines Boeing 787. Image: Turkish Airlines. You may already know that Finnair and Lufthansa offer interesting round-the-world tickets from Australia. But did you know that Turkish Airlines, which recently launched flights to Melbourne, also offers some great value round-the-world (RTW) airfares in Economy and Business Class? Based in Istanbul, Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance. With a Turkish round-the-world ticket, you can fly from Australia to almost anywhere in ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Qantas and Optus launched a partnership for the second time in 2021. Photo: Qantas. Optus and Qantas Frequent Flyer have quietly ended their points-earning partnership. Since last Friday, 12 April 2024, the telco no longer offers new plans with Qantas points. Existing Optus customers on a Qantas SIM Only Plan can continue to earn points until 11 April 2025. Qantas appears to have given notice of the change on its website around the end of March. As of now, the Optus partnership page on th ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Qantas Frequent Flyer has introduced a new type of flight reward. What does this mean for the loyalty program and its members? Photo: Matt Graham. Last week, Qantas unveiled the biggest change to its frequent flyer program since 2019 with the introduction of Classic Plus Flight Rewards. Unlike traditional Classic Flight Rewards, which cost a fixed number of points, Qantas prices Classic Plus rewards dynamically. In general, Classic Plus rewards will be more expensive than Classic Rewards ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Photo: Qantas. Qantas will raise many of its service fees next week, with prices for seat selection, excess baggage and Qantas Club membership all going up. Qantas will also start charging to select a seat in the front row of Economy Class on Boeing 737 services. The price increases will all take effect from Thursday, 18 April 2024. Here’s what you need to know… Qantas seat selection fee increases From 18 April 2024, Qantas is increasing the cost of extra legroom seats. Here are the old v ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Qantas Frequent Flyer began rolling out Classic Plus Flight Rewards today. Photo: Qantas. Qantas Frequent Flyer has introduced Classic Plus Flight Rewards in the biggest change to its frequent flyer program since 2019. Sitting between Classic Flight Rewards and Points Plus Pay, Classic Plus Flight Rewards are priced dynamically with Qantas converting the cost of a commercial airfare to points at a fixed rate. This new type of Qantas flight reward is designed to address one of the key comp ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Velocity Gold status membership pack. Photo: Virgin Australia. Gold status is the tier between Silver and Platinum in Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program. Many Aussie travellers consider it the “sweet spot”, where the benefits really become worthwhile but the cost of acquiring the status isn’t too high. Velocity Gold membership gets you perks including Virgin Australia Lounge access and priority check-in, baggage and boarding. You can even “fly ahead” on an earlier flight o ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers The Qantas London Lounge. Photo: Qantas. AFF Gold and Platinum members can get 20% off Qantas Club membership fees! If you’ve been thinking about joining Qantas Club or renewing your membership, now is the time. That’s because Qantas Club membership and renewal fees are increasing substantially from Thursday, 18 April 2024. AFF members will still be able to access the 20% discount after that date. But you’ll be able to benefit from both the current lower pricing and the AFF discount when ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers How does the KLM partnership with Qantas actually work? Photo: Matt Graham. Qantas launched a codeshare partnership with Air France/KLM in 2018, expanding a year later into a frequent flyer partnership. With this partnership, Qantas Frequent Flyer members can earn and redeem points with Air France and KLM. The expanded partnership also came with reciprocal frequent flyer benefits. This is how Qantas described the new partnership in 2019: Today’s announcement allows members to access rewa ..read more

Australian Frequent Flyer Australian Frequent Flyer - Tips, Tricks and Chat for Australian Frequent Flyers Flybondi Boeing 737-800. Photo: Matt Graham. When searching for domestic flights in Argentina, I came across an airline called “Flybondi”. Although the name immediately made me think of Sydney’s famous Bondi Beach, that’s just a coincidence. This isn’t a new Aussie competitor to Bonza, but an Argentinian budget airline. I wanted to fly to Patagonia. On the date I was looking for, there were flights available with both Flybondi or Aerolíneas Argentinas. Flybondi was less than half the pric ..read more