19 January

The Australian Frequent Flyer Gazette

19 January 2017

Simplifying the Freq Fly Puzzle

Frequent flyer points open the door to a world of opportunities, including free flights and upgrades. But for some, the complexity of earning and burning points is too much hassle to make it all worthwhile. One member was recently

Virgin Flyers Lose Los Angeles Lounge Access

Virgin flyers with Gold Velocity status will no longer receive lounge access in Los Angeles when flying on Virgin Australia. Gold Velocity members previously enjoyed access to the Star Alliance lounge in Los Angeles. Instead, Virgin flyers departing from Los Angeles to Sydney, Brisbane or Melbourne will now receive a $40 voucher to spend in the

terminal. Affected flyers will also receive 10,000 Velocity Frequent Flyer points by way of apology. This is what Velocity Frequent Flyer had to say: The Star Alliance Lounge in Los Angeles has more

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Tigerair Cancels All Bali Flights

Tigerair has been forced to cancel all of its flights between Australia and Indonesia, effective from Wednesday 11 January. The snap decision by the Indonesian government to ban Tigerair from flying to the country has resulted in chaos as thousands of Tiger passengers were left stranded. Tigerair operates three international routes to Bali from Melbourne,

Adelaide and Perth respectively. These routes were previously operated by Tiger's parent company, Virgin Australia, but were taken over from Virgin in March 2016. Since then, Tigerair has been more

Flying a Family to Japan on Points

Redeeming frequent flyer points for Business class seats can be difficult at the best of times - let alone four seats on the same flight. But that's exactly what one member is hoping to do for their upcoming family holiday to Japan. We're planning a family trip to Japan for October 2018 and will have enough points by then for 4 business class tickets. I've

read that it's almost impossible to book multiple business class seats for flights to EU but is it the same for Japan? Japan is a popular destination for Australian travellers. So it's no surprise that more

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