Author: Matt Graham
Singapore Airlines Named World’s Best Airline
Singapore Airlines has been named the world’s best airline in the 2018 Skytrax rankings. The title was stolen from Qatar Airways, which dropped to second place. No Australian airlines made it into the top ten. Singapore Airlines also won the 2018 Skytrax award for the world’s best First Class. Qatar Airways has the best Business … Continued
New International Flights for Newcastle Airport
Newcastle Airport will receive its first international flights since 2002 with non-stop flights to New Zealand. The direct Virgin Australia flights from Newcastle to Auckland will take off from 22 November 2018. Running 3x weekly, this will initially be a seasonal service operating over summer until 17 February 2019. But Virgin has said it will … Continued
More Benefits, Higher Fee for Amex Platinum Card
American Express has increased the annual fee of its high-end Amex Platinum Charge card. But the fee increase is justified by new benefits available to cardholders including complimentary Accor Plus membership. With an annual fee of $1,450 – a $250 increase – the Amex Platinum Charge card is the most expensive personal card available in … Continued
Fly to Vanuatu with Frequent Flyer Points
Vanuatu is a superb tropical holiday destination, and the beautiful Vanuatu Islands are just a short flight from Australia! In fact, a direct flight from Brisbane to Port Vila takes less than 3 hours. Here’s some more good news: you can redeem frequent flyer points to Vanuatu. Redeem Virgin Australia Velocity Points to Vanuatu Virgin … Continued
How Qantas Punishes You for Flying Partner Airlines
Qantas used to award frequent flyer points and status credits at one standard rate based on the distance you’re flying and your class of travel. This would be the same rate when flying with Qantas or any Qantas partner airline. But this all changed a few years ago. Qantas now punishes its frequent flyers with … Continued
Bag Bonus Points with Woolworths & Coles Giveaway
Woolworths and Coles supermarkets are both offering bonus points to customers that remember to bring their own re-usable shopping bags. The bag points giveaway comes as both supermarkets struggle with a public backlash to their recent plastic bag bans. Woolworths was the first supermarket to phase out single-use plastic bags on 20 June. Woolworths is … Continued
American Airlines Premium Economy: Drinks Cost Extra?
American Airlines is one of many international airlines to introduce Premium Economy in recent years. American Airlines Premium Economy class is now available on Boeing 787, Airbus A330 and some Boeing 777 flights. This includes American Airlines’ flights from Los Angeles to Sydney and Auckland. AFF member fifo recently sampled the American Airlines Premium Economy product on … Continued
Flybuys Terminates Etihad Guest Partnership
Flybuys will officially terminate its Etihad Guest partnership on 31 July 2018 – seven months after Etihad Guest transfers were suspended. From this date, it will also no longer be possible be earn Etihad Guest Tier Miles at Coles, or to collect Flybuys points by booking flights on the Flybuys-Etihad travel portal. Flybuys already suspended … Continued
The Most Bizarre Airline Promotion of 2018
Last month, Iberia announced a new promotion offering 9,000 bonus Avios (Iberia miles) for booking any flight on Iberia or its regional subsidiaries. The Avios would post within 10 days of booking the flight, and up to 90,000 Avios were available per person. This was a great deal because Avios are relatively valuable and Iberia … Continued