AFF Gathering #18 in MEL on 21-23 November 2025

Save the date! The 2025 AFF annual member gathering will be in Melbourne from 21-23 November 2025.

There will be a welcome dinner on Friday evening, a more formal dinner with two fantastic guest speakers on Saturday evening, and optional activities throughout Saturday and Sunday.

All AFF members and their friends & family are welcome to attend. Most people usually fly into the host city on Friday afternoon, and leave on Sunday afternoon/evening. Of course, if you're a Melbourne local, the flying part is optional.

You can read more about the planned activities, dinner venues and costs and post #2 of this thread.

There will be a $5 registration fee per participant, plus the cost of any activities and/or meals that you choose to join.

Registrations are now open and will close soon. If you'd like to attend, registration & payment is due by 12 November 2025.

If you'd like to attend, and haven't already done so, please complete the registration form by clicking on the link below. Once you've done this, please also post your flight/hotel details in this thread!

For those unfamiliar with the AFF terminology:

• "Platinum" means your attendance is confirmed and you have booked flights/accommodation
• "Gold" means you're likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
• "Silver" means you're unlikely to attend at this stage
• "Bronze" means you're unable to attend.

The entire AFF team looks forward to seeing you in November in Melbourne!

Click here to register​

 

[Flyfrequently]

Thank you kindly for the offer! But if you're in the J lounge, can you guest in a Jetstar passenger?

I did this last year with my 18 year old grandson on JQ without issue @goldenhorn

 

[admin]

Unfortunately +1 has been rostered to work this WE so she will be a cancellation for all activities
I will now attend the Fri evening dinner as well

Sorry to hear that, but good to know you'll be joining us on Friday. Have removed your +1, and refunded the payment (please allow some time for your bank to process).

 

[admin]

I've updated post #4 to here - if you've paid but it's not reflected there, or your activities are not correct, please send me a PM.

 

[bPeteb]

Just realised that by lucky coincidence I'm staying next door to the Hyatt. Long stagger home

 

[AFF Editor]

Post #3 (with flight & hotel details) is now updated up to here.

 

[AFF Editor]

Just a heads-up for anyone who would like to come to the gathering but hasn't paid yet: the deadline for payment is 12 November 2025 as we need to finalise the numbers and pay the venues by this date.

If you've already registered for this event but haven't paid yet, please complete the payment using the link in the conversation message you should have received from me.

If you haven't yet registered, please do so and then contact me for the payment link.

Please feel free to reach out to myself or @admin, or post in this thread if you have any questions. Thank you