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.
Receive four months of Star Alliance Gold status and an opportunity to easily extend this with the Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles status match.
Qantas Green Tier members earn 10,000 bonus points or 50 status credits by completing 5 sustainable activities. But this program will be retired on 8 December 2026.
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.