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You may have noticed that a few forums have moved. This post is just a heads-up that we've done a minor tidy-up of the forum today to make it a bit more user-friendly and remove a small number older forums that weren't getting much (or any) activity lately. We haven't deleted any discussion...

For 25 years, Australian Frequent Flyer (AFF) has been Australia’s leading online community of frequent flyers. Seven years ago, we expanded our horizon with the introduction of Frequent Flyer Solutions (FFS), providing premium services and expert training to complement the AFF community...

Frequent Flyer Concierge is a service that helps Australians to redeem their frequent flyer points effectively for travel. Launched as Award Flight Assist in September 2016, we've now helped thousands of customers to redeem many millions of frequent flyer points! As the service continues to...

As you know AFF is generally pretty tolerant about what our members can post – as long as a post meets our posting guidelines, it's OK. While this policy has served us well and adds to the diversity and vibrancy of our community, it does at times lead to conflict. This is especially true when...

Since 1998, Australian Frequent Flyer (AFF) has been helping its members to travel better and get more out of their frequent flyer points. We now want to help even more people and are reaching out to the AFF community to expand our editorial team. Would you like to share your knowledge of...

You’ve probably noticed by now that we’ve given the AFF forum a bit of a facelift to align it with the look of the Australian Frequent Flyer home page and articles. We’ve replaced that “baby blue” colour that we know some of you didn’t like with the same colours as the main website, and updated...

Thanks to the many AFF members who attended this evening's free webinar on Surviving the Award Availability Dumpster Fire in 2023. Feel free to share your thoughts/ideas and help us improve the experience for everyone: Would you attend the next webinar? What topics would you like us to address...

It’s been an interesting few years, especially for a community of people who like to travel. However, it’s time for AFF to wind up the ongoing discussion of COVID-19 topics that are not directly related to travel. Any discussion or debate of COVID-19 topics that is not directly related to travel...

The next Frequent Flyer Solutions (FFS) webinar will take presented by Matt Graham at 8pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 1 February 2023. The topic will be "Surviving the Award Availability Dumpster Fire: How to Use Your Points in 2023." Webinars are a great way to learn more about a current topic...

This thread is specifically for new members to ask questions relating to Virgin and the Virgin Velocity Frequent Flyer program. Our more experienced members will be then be able to answer your questions. Please note that this thread is specifically for new and/or inexperienced members, so...

This thread is specifically for new members to ask questions relating to Qantas and the Qantas Frequent Flyer program. Our more experienced members will be then be able to answer your questions. Please note that this thread is specifically for new and/or inexperienced members, so please keep...

I’ve spent a bit of time thinking about this post, what I’m going to say, the tone etc. But then I realised that what I'm about to announce isn't actually that important to anyone other than myself, so I'll keep it brief and tell it as it is. After 24 years, I’m finally hanging up my AFF hat...

As you may know, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called the Federal general election for 21 May and we now enter the official election campaign. As such, I thought a timely reminder about our Posting Guidelines is in order. In particular from Revised Posting Guidelines (17 Sept 2020): So...

As a frequent flyer, the chances are that you often travel overseas and need foreign currency. You also know that the traditional ways of getting foreign currency is expensive, coughbersome and slow. Banks and credit card companies usually add their own margin on top of the real exchange rate PLUS...

Wine Selectors is offering some huge discounts on Liebherr Wine Fridges, with up to $907 off. Plus, each cabinet comes with a bonus Wine Selectors gift card that you can use to stock your new fridge with free wine! Hurry, this offer ends on 27 February 2022. GO TO DEAL

PLEASE NOTE: This thread is for the offering of Lounge passes For Free. Members may accept passes whenever they are offerred but may not solicit for them or otherwise propose to swap, trade or barter them where it would breach Qantas' Complimentary Lounge Invitations terms and conditions or...

You're probably aware of the many Energy comparison services available in Australia. These services make it easy for you to get a better deal by comparing what you are currently paying your current provider with alternative providers. If they find you a better deal, they can then facilitate you...

As you may be aware, we experienced a major outage at our Data Centre on Monday morning. The outage lasted for 3 days!! It goes without saying that I apologise for AFF not being available for such an extended period and thank you all for your patience and understanding. I know that many of our...

Please see my announcement for full details of what happened.

You may have noticed that we've made some changes to our upgrade options. (As a reminder, it's free to join AFF and all AFF members can fully participate in our community. Registered members have the option to become an AFF supporter.) First and foremost, we haven't increased our prices! Nor...