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Interesting. If that's the case, of course, one would think that VA would offer contracts with even greater discounts! Interestingly, the AFF article that I linked to in my post above states that "most government travel is booked in a flexible fare category – usually “B” class for Qantas...

And why not? I know that there can be good reasons for business travellers to fly Qantas -- more routes, greater frequencies, and more lounges (which managers in particular might feel they're entitled to). But companies have a duty to keep profits up and keep costs down ... so why not fly VA...

Absolutely lock in the seats that are available while you can. There is a USD75 per person fee to cancel KrisFlyer bookings. It might still be worth it in terms of the reduced carrier charges and convenience -- but that's your decision.

... and, of course, whether you're forking out your own money or someone else's!

It used to be that Emirates' Fifth Freedom flights didn't have the ridiculous $ charges, but I think they've closed that loophole now for most, if not all, of their Fifth Freedom flights. I'm so glad that twice I was able to redeem Qantas points for Emirates' SIN-MEL flight in F when it...

Exactly. I am VA's demographic. I don't want to fly Jetstar, for the reasons so well outlined in @Mattg 's excellent article. But I'm one of those people (and I do sometimes wonder how many of us there are on AFF ;) ) who doesn't have an employer or a retirement fund to pay for my flights. I...

No. The $450 travel credit is applied per membership year (ie. at about the same time the annual fee is due).

Per calendar year.

No, I wasn’t quick enough on my feet to think of doing that! I next fly with VA on Friday week and I’ll try to do some proper troubleshooting then.

I’m wondering whether anyone has noticed a change to Virgin’s Wi-Fi functionality relating to streaming video. I’ve often used Virgin’s inflight Wi-Fi to stream live or on-demand video, mostly using the Foxtel Go app on my iPad. Generally it’s worked OK — there have been some dropouts and...

Reduce your stress. Enjoy Changi. Don’t rely on everything going perfectly. Book the flights with the longer transit time.

I stayed there last year and used the on-demand shuttle both to and from the airport. My wife was flying at 6:30am on a Qantas domestic flight. We had no problem booking the shuttle for 5am. Then after seeing her off I called and the shuttle came and picked me up to take me back to the hotel —...

Right now there are F Saver seats available on the MEL-SIN route for February 10, 11 and 12.

Yep, if you use the app and activate the bonus point offers it more-or-less goes without saying that you’ll be in the top 10%. According to my 2025 Wrap Up, well over 90% of the points I earned were bonus points.

According to my 2025 Wrap Up I too am in the top 0.1%, and I transferred every one of my points to Velocity … yet I’m only in the “top 20%” of Velocity transfers! Am I missing a secret way of earning more Velocity points from FlyBuys, or is it simply that “top 20%” is the highest tier there is?

From memory, this happens for a few weeks pre- and post- Christmas every year.

I received two Amazon Prime credits overnight: one for $2.99 (which is what I pay monthly for ad-free Prime Video, but I’ve never received a credit for it before), and one for $2.01. Not complaining about the unexpected $5 — it must be the $5 up to the $84 as you suggest.

I live in Melbourne too and over the past few years I've had success with KrisFlyer redemptions to or from CDG, IST (twice), MAN and AMS (all in Business class). Brussels is a good option as well, and remember that Singapore Airlines flies into Gatwick (LGW) as well as Heathrow.

I agree. For the past few years, Velocity has been superior to Qantas when it comes to long-haul redemptions to/from Australia in premium cabins. Increasingly, that's not the case any more. I'd still pick Velocity as the marginally better FF programme if you're looking for flights to Europe in...

Call and politely ask for the fee to be waived, as you can't book it online.