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I was just looking at some domestic itineraries in Japan on ANA, and many have connection times as low as 20 minutes. Being Japan, I bet they probably work too! Don't think I've seen such low MCTs before.

There’s a bit of nasty weather this evening south of Brisbane. A Link Airways Saab 340 was en-route this evening from Tamworth to Brisbane when it encountered weather ahead of it that was so bad that it turned around and diverted back to its origin. As you can see from the map, there wasn’t...

A pet peeve at many Hilton hotels in Australia & New Zealand is the extra charge for barista coffee when having breakfast. You can get filter/machine coffee for free but get slugged $5 for a barista-made flat white, latte or cappuccino. I mostly stay with IHG, Accor and Radisson hotels and...

Book by 9 December using promo code NT100. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/promotions/flights/take-off.html

To complete the trilogy of threads I've started this morning (see here), what's your favourite place to visit if you want to experience a big, bustling city? My personal favourite is Berlin, but New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore all come to mind as well as places I really enjoy.

Following on from this thread: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/whats-your-favourite-holiday-destination-for-spending-time-in-nature.121640/ I'll ask a different question here. Where would be your ideal destination for a relaxing beach/resort holiday? If I had to...

People often ask me what my favourite destination is. It's really hard to answer this because I like lots of different places for different reasons. Like, if you wanted a city holiday, my recommendation would be totally different than if you wanted a beach resort holiday, or to spend time in...

Have you flown so much with a particular airline that you've flown (either on that airline or in general) to everywhere in their route network? I guess this would be easier to achieve on a smaller airline with fewer destinations. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any airline that I...

Qantas is giving 25% off Economy & Premium Economy Classic Rewards to Paris, Santiago, Honiara and Port Vila. Book by 6 December. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/member-offers/classic-flight-rewards.html This coincides with Qantas releasing extra reward seats to these destinations...

Interesting - this notice now appears on the home page of the Jetstar website in New Zealand: https://www.jetstar.com/nz/en/help/compensation-for-delays-and-cancellations

Flight Centre Travel Group has just launched its own loyalty program called World360 Rewards. Covers Flight Centre, Cruiseabout and Travel Associates. Looks like you can earn points on travel bookings and with various other partners like Bupa, ANZ and TerryWhite Chemmart, and redeem the points...

It's that time of your again! This thread is a place where you can post 2025 Black Friday & Cyber Monday travel deals that are relevant to Australians.

Air New Zealand will rebrand its Airpoints program to Koru in April 2026. Other than the name change, it seems the only real difference will be a new "Koru Black" tier which sits above Platinum. https://www.airnewzealand.co.nz/koru-loyalty-programme

Has anyone else noticed that Virgin Australia now has a regularly scheduled red-eye flight from Cairns to Melbourne?! VA1302 operates six days per week, leaving CNS at 23:55 and arriving MEL at 04:15. I wonder why, and if anyone is actually choosing to book this! 🤔

Virgin Atlantic Flying Club is launching lifetime status recognition in the form of a "High Five" program. If you fly with Virgin Atlantic in five different years, you'll get a bonus of 12,000 Virgin Points and 10% bonus points on future flights...

You may have read recently that Virgin Australia systematically increases its "D" class Business fares 28 days before departure: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/qantas-virgin-increase-fares-closer-departure/ Did you know that VA also systematically adjusts its Economy X pricing...

As many AFFers would know, Emirates flies an Airbus A380 every day between Sydney and Christchurch. According to the most recent BITRE stats, Emirates filled only ~41% of seats between Sydney and Christchurch in August 2025. It was around 53% in July 2025, 39% in June 2025 and 44% in May 2025...

In the past, if you were arriving from a yellow fever risk area such as Africa or South/Central America, you would be ineligible to use the SmartGates on arrival as you'd need to show your yellow fever certificate to a Border Force officer. This would inevitably result in long lines if you were...

Virgin Atlantic will commence HKT-LHR flights 3x weekly from 18 October 2026. A seasonal route running during the northern winter period. https://corporate.virginatlantic.com/gb/en/media/press-releases/virgin-atlantic-launches-flights-to-coughet.html A bit of a way off yet, but what's...

Ethiopian Airlines and Etihad have expanded their partnership. You can now earn & redeem miles on each others' flights with both of their loyalty programs. E.g. these are some examples of Etihad Guest redemptions on Ethiopian: