KrisFlyer Increases Virgin Australia Award Prices

Hot on the heels of the recent devaluation to its Singapore Airlines and Star Alliance award charts, KrisFlyer will increase the number of miles required to redeem for flights on Virgin Australia and all other partner airlines as well from 1 August 2022. Award flight prices on non-Star Alliance airlines were initially spared from the … Continued

Podcast #88: Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Changes of 2022

Earlier this week, Singapore Airlines increased the cost of most KrisFlyer award bookings and upgrades. Next month, KrisFlyer will also change its stopover rules – and not for the better. In Episode 88 of the AFF on Air podcast, Matt is joined by Aaron Wong, the founder of Singapore-based frequent flyer blog Milelion for a … Continued

Perth to Tahiti for just 13,500 KrisFlyer miles!

KrisFlyer, the frequent flyer program of Singapore Airlines, is full of hidden gems! And it’s relatively easy to earn KrisFlyer miles in Australia through credit cards or – from 19 July 2022 – by transferring points over from Velocity. As well as redeeming KrisFlyer miles for Singapore Airlines flights, miles can be redeemed to fly … Continued

Velocity Introduces Carrier Charges on Singapore Airlines

Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program has announced a range of changes to redemptions on Singapore Airlines, and there’s both good and bad news. The good news is that Singapore Airlines Premium Economy reward seats are now once again available to book using Velocity points. Velocity Frequent Flyer has also announced that the ability to … Continued

Warning: Don’t Change Qantas Reward Bookings via Call Centre!

There appears to be a systematic problem where Qantas call centre staff are accidentally cancelling confirmed Classic Flight Reward bookings when customers call to enquire about changing their flights. Over recent months, multiple Australian Frequent Flyer members have reported that their Classic Reward bookings were cancelled without their knowledge after they phoned Qantas. In each … Continued