Author: Matt Graham

Matt Graham

Matt was the editor of Australian Frequent Flyer from 2015 until 2025. His passion for travel has taken him to more than 100 countries - with a lot of help along the way from frequent flyer points! Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. His interests include aviation, economics & 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 @Mattg.

All-day dining at the Qantas domestic Business Lounge in Sydney

Qantas Trials Improved Sydney Business Lounge Catering

Qantas is now offering high quality, special plated dishes in the Sydney domestic Business Lounge as part of a trial.

Qantas calls many of its frequent flyers by their middle initial

Why Does Qantas Frequent Flyer Use Middle Initials?

The first name on your Qantas Frequent Flyer profile may include your middle initial. Why is this, and does it matter?

Qantas planes at Brisbane Airport under stormy clouds

Qantas Considers Bringing Call Centres Back to Australia

In news that customers will welcome, Qantas is considering bringing more of its call centre work back to Australia.

Qantas Boeing 737-800 in Brisbane

Qantas Frequent Flyer Changes Coming Early 2024

Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson has flagged upcoming changes to the Qantas Frequent Flyer program, to be implemented in early 2024.

British Airways 787-9 Club World seats

British Airways Limits Partner Access to Reward Seats

British Airways is now only releasing a small subset of award availability on its own flights to members of partner airlines.

Have your say on the future of Australian aviation policy by providing feedback on the Aviation Green Paper

Help Shape the Future of Australia’s Aviation Policy

Australian Frequent Flyer will make a submission to the Aviation Green Paper, and we'd like the help of the AFF community.

Virgin Australia 737 lands in Queenstown, New Zealand

Transfer Credit Card Points to Velocity for a 20% Bonus

Earn a 20% bonus when you turn on auto-redemption or transfer credit card points into Velocity Frequent Flyer each month between November 2023 and January 2024.

Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8 Economy seats

Limited Time: Virgin Reward Seats From 5,200 Velocity Points

Virgin Australia has discounted Tier 1 Economy Reward Seats by 15%, with seats available to book from just 5,200 Velocity points (plus taxes) until 7 November 2024.

Qantas and Virgin Australia Airbus A330s

How Qantas & Velocity Point Values Have Changed Over Time

We analyse how much Qantas Frequent Flyer and Virgin Australia Velocity points are worth in 2023, compared to 2019 and 2015.