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Rex Launches $79 Sydney-Melbourne Flights

Regional Express (Rex) has begun selling seats on its new Boeing 737 jet services between Sydney and Melbourne at just $79 for Economy class and $299 for Business class. Rex plans to operate 9 daily return flights on the Sydney-Melbourne route from 1 March 2021. It will initially use three Boeing 737-800 aircraft to do … Continued

2 Dec 2020 Rex & Regional Airlines

ANZ Extends Virgin Flight Booking Deadline

ANZ Bank has extended the deadline for ANZ Rewards Travel Adventures cardholders to book their complimentary Virgin Australia flights until 7 December 2020. Currently, ANZ Rewards Travel Adventures credit card holders can book a complimentary annual return Virgin Australia domestic flight. But ANZ announced in September that it would be withdrawing this benefit from 1 … Continued

30 Nov 2020 ANZ

How to Earn 100 Qantas Status Credits

If you took advantage of the recent Qantas Frequent Flyer status match, you’ll need to earn 100 status credits within 90 days to retain Qantas Gold status until the end of your next membership year. This guide explains how to earn 100 Qantas status credits and the easiest ways to do so. Right now, you … Continued

30 Nov 2020 Qantas

Podcast #50: Earning Points for Paying Tax

Since the Australian Tax Office began accepting credit card payments in 2009, AFF member cove and his family have earned 100 million frequent flyer points by paying tax bills they had to pay anyway. Those points have allowed his family to travel the world in luxury ever since. Who knew paying tax could be so … Continued

28 Nov 2020 AFF on Air Podcast

Earning Points for Paying Tax – AIR050

  In 2009, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) began accepting payments by credit card. Many Australians have to pay tax anyway, so they took the opportunity to pay by card and earn frequent flyer points in the process. Since then, the banks have slowly but surely removed this loophole by excluding government payments from earning … Continued

28 Nov 2020 AFF on Air (blubrry)

Velocity Global Wallet Shutting Down

Velocity Frequent Flyer is discontinuing its travel money card, Velocity Global Wallet. This is the Visa debit card found on the back of most Velocity Frequent Flyer membership cards. From the end of this year, you’ll no longer be able to load money onto your Velocity Global Wallet card. From then, there will be a … Continued

27 Nov 2020 Virgin Australia

Bonus Qantas Points + 50 Status Credits with Qantas Insurance

Qantas is currently giving 50 bonus status credits and up to 150,000 bonus Qantas Frequent Flyer points to new Qantas Health Insurance customers. The Qantas Health Insurance “10-Day Frenzy” offer is available to new customers that sign up by 30 November 2020 and keep their insurance policies for at least 60 days. To earn the … Continued

27 Nov 2020 Qantas

Qantas Frequent Flyer Gold Status Match

Qantas Frequent Flyer has launched a limited-time Gold status match and fast-track offer for frequent flyers of 16 other airlines including Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines. Once approved, eligible frequent flyers can receive 90 days of complimentary Qantas Gold status and an easy fast-track to retaining Gold status beyond the initial 90-day … Continued

26 Nov 2020 Qantas

The Convention Behind Qantas Flight Numbers

What’s in a flight number? You may think they’re just arbitrary numbers, but there’s a lot more to it… Each airline uses a different convention for numbering flights, but there’s almost always a pattern to it. For example, with Qantas flight numbers: QF1-199 are Qantas-operated international flights QF200-299 are codeshare flights operated by Jetstar QF300-399 … Continued

25 Nov 2020 Qantas

Extend Your Qantas Status By Booking One Flight

Qantas is offering frequent flyers an easy way to extend status due to expire between 31 March and 31 December 2021 for a further year. Eligible Qantas Frequent Flyer Silver, Gold, Platinum and Platinum One members can now get another status extension until 2022 by booking just one Qantas flight. To be eligible for the … Continued

24 Nov 2020 Qantas

FlyPelican Jetstream 32 Flight Review (Newcastle-Dubbo)

Qantas & Virgin Australia dominate much of the Australian domestic market, but they don’t fly on many of the thin routes between regional locations and country towns. This is where smaller airlines like Regional Express, Alliance Airlines, Link Airways and Newcastle-based FlyPelican can come in handy. FlyPelican operates a fleet of five British Aerospace Jetstream … Continued

22 Nov 2020 Flight Reviews

Qantas to Launch Strategic Partnership with Accor Hotels

Qantas Frequent Flyer members will soon be able to earn both Qantas points and Accor ALL points when flying with Qantas or staying at Accor hotels. The double-dipping of Qantas points and Accor ALL points will be a feature of a new wide-ranging partnership, launching between Qantas Frequent Flyer and Accor ALL in mid-2021. Accor … Continued

20 Nov 2020 Accor Live Limitless