Author: Matt Graham

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to more than 100 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course! 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.

United Polaris Business cabin

Cheap Business Class Fares from Jakarta to Europe & New York

Rather than buying a ticket out of Australia, you could save thousands buying cheap Business Class fares from Jakarta to Europe or the USA.

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Virgin Australia 737 lands in Queenstown, New Zealand

Overview of 2022 Black Friday Travel Deals for Australians

Many airlines, hotels and other travel-related businesses are offering some great discounts and bonuses until Monday, 28 November 2022.

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Royal Jordanian 787 cabin

Podcast #98: Where’s All The Award Availability?

In episode 98 of AFF on Air, Matt and James from Award Flight Assist explain where to find Qantas, Velocity or KrisFlyer reward flights.

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Where’s All The Award Availability? – AIR098

Struggling to redeem your frequent flyer points for flights? Matt chats to James Green from Award Flight Assist about the current situation with Qantas, Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines award availability out of Australia. If you want to redeem your frequent flyer points to book an overseas trip, find out where to look for seats … Continued

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American Airlines and Qantas planes in Sydney

How to Buy & Redeem American AAdvantage Miles

American Airlines runs regular promotions allowing you to save money or earn bonus miles when you buy AAdvantage miles.

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Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER First Class

Singapore Airlines Releases First Saver Awards to Melbourne

Singapore Airlines First Class Saver award seats are now available to book using KrisFlyer miles between Melbourne and Singapore.

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The Business Class toilet is supposed to be exclusively for Business passengers, but Economy passengers often try to sneak in

How to Stop Economy Passengers Using the Business Toilet

One of the pet peeves of Business Class passengers is people sneaking in from Economy Class to use the Business Class toilet.

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Avianca Star Alliance livery A320

How to Buy & Redeem Avianca LifeMiles

Avianca’s LifeMiles frequent flyer program has some outstanding specials on buying miles. These deals can unlock some extraordinary value on Star Alliance Business Class flights when you buy LifeMiles. Unfortunately, dealing with the LifeMiles program can be unnecessarily complicated and redeeming LifeMiles can be a challenge. Award availability out of Australia using LifeMiles is limited … Continued

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The Business & First Class check-in queue at Zurich Airport

Disruptions Are the True Test of an Airline

The true test of an airline is how often things go wrong, and much more importantly, how well the airline handles inevitable disruptions.

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