Airline status ensures an enjoyable experience when flying with the airline putting you ahead of the crowd when trying to get an upgrade, complimentary lounge access and other benefits.
By earning at least 150,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points in a year, you'll automatically enjoy the benefits of Qantas Points Club membership. But this program will close on 8 December 2026.
Qantas will retire Points Club and Green Tier on 8 December 2026. On the same date, it will launch new ways to earn status credits on the ground and rollovers.
Haven't earned enough status credits in your Qantas membership year? Here are the best Qantas Frequent Flyer status runs in 2026 to help you climb to a higher tier faster.
Qantas has just announced its latest Twice-as-Rewarding offer, allowing you to earn either double status credits or double points on flights booked until 11.59pm 2 September 2026, for travel between 3 September 2026 and 14 August 2027.
When booking between 20-27 July 2026, you can earn double status credits on flights flown as part of a Virgin Australia Holidays package. This is a genuinely useful hack to fast-track your Velocity status credits!
Philippine Airlines will soon join new entrants Hawaiian Airlines and Oman Air in Oneworld, but Asiana is leaving Star Alliance. Meanwhile, several more airlines are eyeing Oneworld membership.
Virgin Australia now offers Fly Ahead to Economy Flex passengers, in addition to Velocity Gold, Platinum & Platinum Plus members, allowing more people to change to an earlier same-day flight at no cost.
Despite last year's changes to the Velocity Frequent Flyer program, Matt managed to renew his Virgin Australia Platinum status in 2026 - but not without some hiccups along the way. Here's how he did it.
For the third time this year, Virgin Australia is offering double status credits. This time, it's only on flights booked until 30 June 2026, for travel up to 12 July 2026.
The Qantas Frequent Flyer Status Accelerator challenge is an easy fast-track to Qantas Gold status, requiring just 200 status credits.
If you already have status with another hotel chain, you can get an instant advantage of the Hilton Honors status match and challenge.
Just days after Qantas launched a new double points or status credits offer, Virgin Australia has jumped on the bandwagon with a new Velocity promo of its own.