AFF
Community Round-Up |
AFF
Flight Tracker will be retired - your action may
be required
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After
almost 8 years we will soon be retiring AFF Flight
Tracker. This has been a very popular service used
by hundreds of our members over the years. But it's
an old application which is becoming difficult to
maintain and incorporate into our next website
update, so we have reluctantly decided to retire it
at the end of October.
The bad news is that users of AFF Flight
Tracker will lose their flight details once the
service is retired. However, the good
news is that you can very easily download your
flight data and then upload it into another similar
service not hosted on AFF. There are heaps of
options, many of which are free. read
more...
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New
website appearance
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You
may have noticed that the AFF forum has a new look
& feel! The new style is based on the standard
XenForo template and is better suited for some of
the new forum features we will be releasing shortly.
If you prefer the old style, you can still use it
until the end of October by changing your settings.
read
more...
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Featured
AFF Member Trip Report |
An
electrifying road trip
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Trip
report by offshore171 | With
no overseas travel this year, and the family car
due for replacement, we recently pulled the
trigger on a new Tesla. Our family trips are
normally in the October school holidays, and this
year had to be local in NSW. What we came up with
was a country NSW "electric" road trip, and it
exceeded expectations. read
more...
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AFF
Member Profile |
This
week we interviewed AFF member jeza,
who joined Australian Frequent Flyer in 2012 and has
so far made 373 posts.
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Q:
Where did you go on your last trip?
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A:
Other than a few days in Sydney in late 2019, my
last trip was a first for me. In July/August of
2019 I used some long service leave to make my
first visit to Europe after using info on AFF to
book a Qantas Oneworld Award in J. Drove to Perth
and then flew to Singapore where the Oneworld
Award started. From there the route was Helsinki,
Berlin, Prague, Munich, Vienna, Budapest, London,
Amsterdam and then back to Perth via Doha. Was a
fantastic experience!
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Q:
Where will you go when the current travel bans are
lifted?
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A:
I would love to take the second part
of the trip I mentioned above. In May/June of
2020 I was supposed to fly from Perth to Hong
Kong and then back to Europe to visit Spain,
Portugal, UK, Paris and finally Singapore to
complete the Oneworld Award.
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Q:
Favourite airline?
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A:
Haven't flown that many different airlines but I'd
say Qatar Airways. I had my first (and sadly
possibly only) flight in an A380 and also got to
experience the Qsuite with Qatar.
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Q:
What's one piece of advice you
would give to a new AFF member? |
A:
Don't lock yourself into a train of thought
that this is what I'm going to do and how I'm
going to do it. Be open to alternative and
sometimes very creative solutions to your travel
issues. This can help to maximise the bang for
your travel buck and create an even better
experience.
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Q:
Favourite thread on AFF?
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A:
The Oneworld
Award planning thread assisted me in so many
ways to book my own OWA flights and get the best
value for & experience from my points. From
the basic how it works, route planning, how to
book, potential obstacles and what to do when
things go awry - it's all there.
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