For the past 17 years, Australian Frequent Flyer (AFF) has held an annual weekend member gathering somewhere in Australia.
This year’s AFF member gathering will be held in Brisbane from 18-20 October, which is just a few weeks away!
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What to expect at an AFF weekend gathering
AFF social events are a perfect opportunity to meet other frequent flyers and put faces to names, including AFF moderators, staff and other members. These “offline” gatherings are also a great place to share travel tales and learn new tricks, including some of the ones that are just too good to publish on an online forum.
Our members are a friendly bunch and always welcoming to new members. So even if you haven’t been to an AFF gathering before, you’re bound to meet some interesting people and enjoy the weekend away!
Most attendees fly into the host city on Friday and then depart on Sunday. There’s typically an informal dinner on Friday night, optional activities during the day on Saturday, and the main event is dinner on Saturday night. This dinner often includes guest speakers and prizes.
Many of our members also bump into each other in either the Qantas or Virgin Australia lounges when flying out on Sunday afternoon. (If you don’t already have lounge access, there’s a good chance another AFF member will be able to guest you in 🙂 )
You can read about some of our previous gatherings here:
Schedule for the 2024 Brisbane gathering
This year, Friday night’s dinner will be held at Chu the Phat and the Saturday night event will be at George Williams Hotel. There are also two Saturday activities to choose from:
- Activity A: An “Aviation Enthusiast Experience” including a visit to Queensland Air Museum (with optional Boeing 737 flight simulator experience), a picnic lunch and a wine flights tasting
- Activity B: A “Wine, Arts and Crafts Experience” including a behind-the-scenes tour of Ocean View Estates Winery and a visit to Montville in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland
You can find full details including estimated costs in this AFF post.
Who can attend?
AFF events are open to all AFF members, as well as partners and +1s.
Our members often use the terms Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum to describe their attendance. For those unfamiliar with the AFF lingo:
- “Platinum” means you’re planning to attend and have booked flights/accommodation
- “Gold” means you’re likely to attend but will need to confirm at a later time
- “Silver” means you’re unlikely to attend at this stage
- “Bronze” means you’re unable to attend.
Registration and payment
To register for the upcoming Brisbane gathering, please send a conversation message on the AFF forum to NM, the volunteer moderator who is organising this event. In your message, please include which activities and dinners you would like to attend. You’ll find further details and instructions here.
Thank you very much to those who have already registered!
Registered attendees will soon receive a personal message on AFF with confirmation of the dinners/activities they will attend and payment instructions.
Members are responsible for paying for their own meals and activities. There’s also a $5 registration fee per person to attend our weekend gatherings, which covers the cost of administrative overheads, name tags, and so on.
Follow all the action on the AFF forum
For more details about the upcoming gathering, see the dedicated AFF thread:
Can’t attend our next gathering?
If you can’t make it to Brisbane from 18-20 October, no worries! We have lots of other events throughout the year. Our members are also welcome to organise their own events and promote them on our Meetings & Social Events forum.
