2.
A completely free domestic return flight with Virgin Australia to selected cities,
now and every year after your first Card spend – the list of available routes for using the free flight is here -
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You can depart from any participating airport and again, several hundred dollars value. The flights can be booked easily through Amex travel and availability is good. Here's a list of the free flight destinations from the majors (I've
bolded what I consider to be the best value from that major origin):
MELBOURNE TO: Adelaide, Mildura, Hobart, Launceston, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast,
Brisbane, Maroochydore
SYDNEY TO: Adelaide, Albury, Hobart, Launceston, Melbourne, Canberra, Port Macquarie, Ballina Byron, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Hervey Bay, Rockhampton, Mackay, Hamilton Island, Townsville,
Cairns
CANBERRA TO: Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane, Gold Coast
BRISBANE TO: Adelaide,
Hobart, Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Rockhampton, Mackay, Hamilton Island, Townsville, Proserpine,
Cairns
GOLD COAST TO: Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney,
Canberra, Townsville
ADELAIDE TO: Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra,
Brisbane, Gold Coast
PERTH TO: Karratha, Port Hedland, Broome, Newman, Adelaide,
Sydney
HOBART TO: Melbourne, Sydney,
Brisbane
While you can book a return flight from each of the majors above to each of the destinations listed below it, you cannot necessarily book it in the opposite direction (ie destination to origin return). Outside a sale period it would be very easy to recoup your $349 annual fee from this return flight on top of all the other benefits.