Author: Matt Graham
Qatar Airways Rewards: Velocity Members Get Priority over Qantas
This week, Qatar Airways launched a new strategic partnership with Virgin Australia. But as a member of the Oneworld alliance, Qatar Airways already partners with Qantas – Australia’s other major airline. This creates a unique situation where members of both Virgin Australia Velocity and Qantas Frequent Flyer can earn points, earn status credits, redeem points … Continued
How to Reinstate Expired Qantas Points
Qantas Frequent Flyer points don’t expire as long as you earn or redeem at least one point every 18 months. But if they do happen to expire, you might be able to get some or all of your expired Qantas points back by completing a Qantas points “challenge”. How to get expired Qantas points back … Continued
Virgin Australia Launches Partnership with Qatar Airways
In some exciting news for Australian frequent flyers, Virgin Australia’s unlikely new partnership with Qatar Airways is taking off from 6 September 2022. Under the new partnership, Velocity Frequent Flyer members can earn points and status credits, redeem points and receive reciprocal status benefits on Qatar Airways flights. The Doha-based Oneworld airline was voted the “world’s … Continued
Qantas Delays San Francisco Relaunch Until March 2023
Qantas has delayed the restart of its Sydney-San Francisco route yet again, with the tentative restart date for QF73 and QF74 now pushed back to 27 March 2023. Prior to COVID-19, Qantas flew non-stop from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to San Francisco. These routes were all suspended during the pandemic – along with all other … Continued
Podcast #92: The Singapore Airlines Round-the-World Award
Many Australian frequent flyers will be familiar with Qantas’ Oneworld Classic Flight Reward – the multi-city award that lets you fly up to 35,000 miles on Oneworld airlines, with up to 5 stopovers, for a cost of 318,000 Qantas points + taxes in Business Class. Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer also offers its own version of this award … Continued
The Singapore Airlines Round-the-World Award – AIR092
The Star Alliance Round-the-World Award offered by Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer program is a great deal. For just 280,000 KrisFlyer miles, plus taxes of course, you could fly around the world with up to 7 stopovers across the Star Alliance network! But booking one of these does take a bit of work and there are … Continued
Velocity Gold & Platinum Members Gain Air Canada Lounge Access
Virgin Australia and Air Canada have been partners since early 2021. But until now, Virgin’s Velocity Gold and Platinum members have not received any additional benefits when flying on Air Canada. This is now changing. Since the partnership launched, Virgin Australia Velocity members have been able to earn and redeem points for Air Canada flights. … Continued
WestJet Business Class Earns Zero Qantas Points
WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, has been a Qantas Frequent Flyer partner since 2016. As part of this tie-up, Qantas Frequent Flyer members can earn points for WestJet flights in Economy or Premium Economy – but, bizarrely, can’t earn any points for flights taken in Business Class! Since 2017, it has also been possible to redeem … Continued
Optus Offer: 60,000 Qantas Points for $396
With a Qantas $99 Promo Plan from Optus, you could earn 60,000 Qantas points for just $396. This offer is back from 1-5 September 2022.