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Which Countries Ban Their Citizens From Leaving?

On 25 March 2020, the Australian government banned its citizens and permanent residents from leaving the country without a travel exemption as an emergency coronavirus measure. Fourteen months later, the temporary ban is still in force (with the exception of travel to New Zealand) and there are no signs of it being repealed anytime soon. … Continued

31 May 2021 Coronavirus and Travel

711 Easy Velocity Points with New 7-Eleven Partnership

Velocity Frequent Flyer members can now earn points at 7-Eleven petrol stations and convenience stores after the ACCC approved the new partnership. 7-Eleven customers can earn 1 Velocity point per litre of regular fuel, increasing to 2 points per litre for premium fuels (Extra 95 and Mobil 98 Supreme+). There’s also 2 Velocity points per … Continued

29 May 2021 Virgin Australia

Podcast #61: Frequent Flyer Points & FBT

Business rewards programs such as Qantas Business Rewards have become increasingly popular in recent years. With Qantas Business Rewards, points are earned by the business and can then be transferred to anyone including employees. But does this have any Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) implications? It’s generally considered that points earned by employees in their personal … Continued

29 May 2021 AFF on Air Podcast

Frequent Flyer Points & FBT – AIR061

  Business rewards programs such as Qantas Business Rewards have become increasingly popular. With Qantas Business Rewards, points are earned by the business and can then be transferred to anyone including employees. But does this have any Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT) implications? Also in this episode, Matt gives an update on the trans-Tasman travel bubble … Continued

29 May 2021 AFF on Air (blubrry)

Rex Introduces In-Flight Wifi

Update (11 November 2021): Rex has now rolled out Intelsat 2Ku Wi-Fi on 4 of its 6 Boeing 737-800 jets. This is available for free to Business Class passengers and a $10 fee in Economy. Rex has also introduced an in-flight entertainment portal which all passengers on its jet services can access at no cost. … Continued

27 May 2021 Rex & Regional Airlines

Many Qantas Trans-Tasman Flights Cancelled

Qantas has cancelled dozens of trans-Tasman flights scheduled to operate over the next three months, including almost all Gold Coast-Auckland flights until July, due to a lack of demand. Thousands of Qantas customers with upcoming bookings, including many AFF members, have received flight change notifications in recent days. Some flights have been cancelled, while others … Continued

27 May 2021 Qantas

How to Maximise Velocity’s Bonus Status Credits Offer (May 2021)

Virgin Australia is giving 20 bonus status credits on all eligible Virgin Australia flights when you activate the offer and book your flights by 2 June 2021. With this promotion, you could earn enough Velocity status credits to renew Virgin Australia Gold status for a year for under $1,000! This offer excludes flights booked in … Continued

26 May 2021 Virgin Australia

How to Book a Qantas 787 Domestic Flight

If you miss flying on Qantas’ long-haul Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, there’s some good news for you. Qantas has started running its Boeing 787s on up to nine return Sydney-Perth flights per week, and frequent flyers may even be able to upgrade from Economy to a Premium Economy seat for free! If you’re flying between Sydney … Continued

26 May 2021 Qantas

30% off Qantas & Jetstar Reward Seats (May 2021)

Qantas Frequent Flyer is giving 30% off the points required for Qantas and Jetstar Classic Flight Reward seats until Friday 28 May 2021. This promotion covers travel dates between 1 July and 9 December 2021. The discount is available on reward seats within Australia and New Zealand. It’s even valid on Jetstar domestic flights in … Continued

25 May 2021 Qantas

Virgin Adds Domestic Routes, Delays International Restart

Virgin Australia will add five new domestic routes and add more flights on 20 existing routes as demand increases across the domestic network. But the announcement came just a week after Virgin further delayed its planned restart of international flights. New Virgin Australia domestic routes From July 2021, Virgin Australia will add flights on the … Continued

24 May 2021 Virgin Australia

IT Outage Causes Major Virgin Australia Delays

Virgin Australia flights all over the country suffered significant delays on Friday evening as an extended global outage of the airline’s IT provider brought its systems offline. Some Australian Frequent Flyer members who were caught up in the outage described chaotic scenes at airports on Friday night as airline staff scrambled to manually check in … Continued

23 May 2021 Virgin Australia

Qantas Trans-Tasman A330 Business Class Review (May 2021)

With the trans-Tasman bubble now open, Qantas has resumed regular Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 flights between Australia and New Zealand. But the trans-Tasman travel experience isn’t quite the same as it was before COVID-19. Australian Frequent Flyer recently flew from Sydney to Auckland in Qantas A330 Business class to find out what to expect across … Continued

23 May 2021 Flight Reviews