Author: Matt Graham
Major Thai Airways Royal Orchid Plus Devaluation
Thai Airways has announced a significant devaluation to its Royal Orchid Plus frequent flyer program. The airline is selling the changes as rewarding customers with “more miles” and “more award flexibility”. But, make no mistake – the value in this frequent flyer program is being gutted. The changes will take effect from 1 October 2019, … Continued
3x Velocity Points on Virgin Australia Flights
Virgin Australia is currently offering 3x Velocity points on new Virgin flight bookings! This offer is running until Monday, 1 April 2019. Triple Velocity points apply to flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia, for travel any time until 18 February 2020. This includes domestic and international Virgin flights in all classes of travel, but … Continued
Overcoming a Fear of Flying
Did you know that fear of flying affects roughly 1 in 4 people? While there is no perfect cure for a fear of flying, the good news is that it is possible to minimise the discomfort. Peter Chin, who runs Fear of Flying courses at Flight Experience in Perth, joined me on the latest episode … Continued
Malindo Air Launching Adelaide-Bali Flights
Malindo Air will launch non-stop flights to Bali from Adelaide from 16 April 2019. The 4x weekly flights, to be operated by Boeing 737s, will continue from Bali to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The new Malindo Air flights were originally announced last month, but tickets only went on sale this week. Jetstar is the only … Continued
Podcast #7: Fear of Flying
Matt discusses the latest airline news and the negative upcoming changes to Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer loyalty program. Episode 7 of the AFF on AIR podcast also includes an interview about fear of flying with Peter Chin, a former pilot and instructor at Flight Experience in Perth. Listen now to AFF on AIR Episode 7: “Fear … Continued
Fear of Flying – AIR007
Matt discusses the latest airline news and upcoming changes to the Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program. This episode also includes an interview with Peter Chin, a former pilot and instructor at Flight Experience in Perth. Episode contents: 0:58 – Fortnightly news round-up 5:47 – Interview with Peter Chin about fear of flying 18:43 – … Continued
KrisFlyer Star Alliance Award Price Increase from 16 April 2019
Singapore Airlines will increase the cost of KrisFlyer Star Alliance awards in Business and First Class from 16 April 2019. When redeeming KrisFlyer miles, the Star Alliance award chart is used for any booking that includes travel on a Star Alliance partner airline/s. This covers bookings exclusively on a partner airline, such as Thai Airways … Continued
American Airlines Raises Cost of AAdvantage Miles
IN BRIEF | American Airlines has quietly increased the cost of buying AAdvantage miles. But as compensation, the airline has removed the pesky per-transaction processing charge that previously applied to purchases of the airline’s frequent flyer currency. In addition, there is now a minimum purchase of 2,000 AAdvantage miles per transaction – up from 1,000 … Continued
Qantas Classic Flight Reward Discount
Qantas is currently offering a discount on Classic Flight Reward bookings made using Qantas points. Until midnight on Monday 25 March, you can get 30% off the points required for Classic Flight Rewards on Qantas, Emirates and Jetstar flights. However, this discount only applies to Economy awards – and not to Premium Economy, Business or … Continued