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  1. Mattg

    Higher SC earn on VA Holidays

    You have to book a return trip to a single destination, with a hotel at the destination.
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    Bug with the seat control panel in F on the Qantas A380

    Ich kann es kaum glauben!
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    2025 Black Friday flight & travel deals

    Virgin Australia Black Friday Sale, available for bookings 26 November - 2 December 2025: https://www.virginaustralia.com/au/en/specials/black-friday-sale/ Qantas Travel Week Sale, ends 2 December: https://www.qantas.com/au/en/flight-deals.html/syd/all/economy/travel-week-sale/lowest Qatar...
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    2025 Black Friday flight & travel deals

    It's that time of your again! This thread is a place where you can post 2025 Black Friday & Cyber Monday travel deals that are relevant to Australians.
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    AKL lunch Wed 29 April 2026

    Interested!
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    1,000 bonus Qantas points with a BINGE or Kayo subscription

    Looks like both Binge and Kayo will stop awarding Qantas points on all subscriptions after 30 November 2025.
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    Surf Life Saving Australia + QF partnership - points earning opportunity

    This is back again for another year: https://beachpassport.org.au/h/ocean I can't tell whether QFF members who did the Beach Passport last year are eligible for a new round of 150 points this year...
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    Iberia Airlines - Refund Approved But Cant Pay

    Follow up on my compensation owed from Iberia: the amount arrived in my Australian bank account yesterday. Turns out, Iberia can refund money to an Australian account! The whole process took 9 months, though.
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    Air NZ cabin crew strike Dec 8

    If Air NZ cancels your flight due to this strike, will they claim it’s due to reasons beyond their control and therefore refuse to refund your money?
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    As I believe @QF WP mentioned to you, our second guest speaker Phil (the man behind the Flybuys account on AFF before he retired a few years ago) specifically mentioned you during his speech. He has a lot of respect for your engagement in Flybuys and contributions on this forum. It's a shame you...
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    This morning’s walking tour group:
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    The Culture Capital Walking Tour will start at 11am outside the State Library of Victoria. See you there! :)
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    Last night’s brilliant guest speakers: Udhara de Silva from Singapore Airlines, who tackled all of AFF’s prickly questions with grace A big thanks also to Singapore Airlines for donating lots of giveaways and prizes!! And Phil Hawkins, former Flybuys COO:
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    The Melbourne Sights Walking Tour group
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    AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

    Feel free to come by.
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    The Velocity Status Run Master thread

    This article is probably worth a read if you follow this thread: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/virgin-status-credits-trick/
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    Ask The Pilot

    Thanks for that explanation! Yes, I believe we did vacate at taxiway Golf.
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    Ask The Pilot

    This one might be a question for @AviatorInsight. I was flying yesterday on a Saab 340. When we touched down in SYD on runway 34L (i.e. a very long runway for this small plane), the main landing gear touched down firmly onto the runway but after that there was no real braking and the front...
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    Air NZ renaming loyalty program to Koru, introducing Black tier

    Air New Zealand will rebrand its Airpoints program to Koru in April 2026. Other than the name change, it seems the only real difference will be a new "Koru Black" tier which sits above Platinum. https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/koru-loyalty-programme
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