Australia Reopening International Borders – AIR070

Matt Graham

 

The Australian government has announced that international border restrictions will start to be relaxed from next month. In this podcast, Matt explains what we do and don’t know so far about the new border arrangements and how Qantas plans to restart international flights from November – a month ahead of schedule.

Also in this episode, learn about Virgin Australia’s new bonus Velocity status credit offers & status extensions. Plus, when will Velocity reopen reward bookings on international flights and partner airlines?

 

Episode contents:

  • 1:27 – Fortnightly news round-up
  • 8:55 – Australia announces the reopening of international borders
  • 16:58 – Qantas’ plans to restart international flights
  • 25:27 – Virgin Australia’s recent status extension and bonus Velocity status credit offers
  • 31:01 – When will Velocity international & partner airline redemptions resume?

 

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Frequent Flyer Gazette articles referenced in the fortnightly news round-up:

Matt Graham
The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 70 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

You can connect with Matt by posting on the Australian Frequent Flyer community forum and tagging @AFF Editor.
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