The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Monday, 1 April 2019
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| Loyalty Dilemma: Qantas or Virgin? |
Choosing between Qantas and Virgin Australia is a common dilemma facing Australian frequent flyers. Although Qantas has a stronger route network - both domestically and internationally - sticking with Virgin can have its advantages.
Last year, AFF member juliusg flew a mixture of both Qantas and Virgin Australia in Business class. This year, this member has decided to direct their loyalty to just one airline. In deciding between airlines, juliusg compared them on 11 different criteria and ultimately decided to stick with Virgin Australia and its Velocity Frequent Flyer program. |
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| Triple Qantas Status Credits! |
| Qantas today released its best promotion since the days of Marginal Any Seat Awards! Right now, earn triple Qantas status credits on all new flight bookings for travel on Qantas or any Oneworld partner airline. Jetstar flights, as well as any Qantas codeshare flight with a "QF" flight number are also eligible to earn triple status credits. To participate in this promotion, you'll first need to register. You can earn triple more... |
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| Lowest Ever Price on Avianca LifeMiles |
| Avianca LifeMiles are a popular currency as they can be bought at large discounts and redeemed for premium cabin flights on Star Alliance airlines. This can be a lucrative way to book Business and First Class flights for much less than the retail ticket price. Avianca regularly offers up to 145% bonus miles on LifeMiles purchases. But, thanks to a current "share LifeMiles" promo, you can acquire LifeMiles even cheaper more... |
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Upcoming Webinar:
SkyTeam for Australians |
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7 of 19 SkyTeam airlines fly to Australia. There is even a dedicated SkyTeam Lounge at Sydney Airport. Yet, the SkyTeam alliance is totally overlooked by Australians.
Don't be deterred... this is precisely the reason that SkyTeam frequent flyer programs can work to your advantage! If you've ever tried to redeem Qantas points for international flights out of Australia, you've probably come across the lack of award availability. But you'll have a far greater choice of flights with SkyTeam airlines.
New to the SkyTeam alliance? No worries - earning status is not too difficult either! In fact, you can even get a free status match if you already hold status with a non-SkyTeam airline. It is also possible to earn SkyTeam miles in Australia (including from credit card spend) and SkyTeam airlines have their own redemption sweet spots.
The upcoming Frequent Flyer Solutions webinar will show you exactly how you can benefit from the SkyTeam alliance. Be sure to join Matt at 8pm (AEST) on Wednesday, 10 April 2019 to learn more!
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| Virgin Australia's Website Doesn’t Work |
| Virgin Australia is not exactly known for its excellent IT. But even the most basic function of the Virgin Australia website - the ability to search for flights - has not been working properly for weeks. If you too are experiencing what some AFF members have described as the "circle of doom" - a blank page that doesn't load, showing nothing but a rotating circle - there are some workarounds. But it really should not be necessary more... |
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| WOW Air Fails to Wow Passengers, Investors |
| Iceland's debt-ridden low-cost carrier, WOW AIR, has ceased operations. As of 28 March 2019, all WOW AIR flights have been cancelled and stranded passengers have been told to book new tickets on other airlines. Icelandair, the country's other major airline, has been offering discounted tickets to stranded passengers. Meanwhile, affected passengers that booked with a credit card may be able to more... |
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