The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Thursday, 11 April 2019
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| Why Airlines Removing Award Charts Should Concern You |
United Mileage Plus has removed its award charts and will shift to "dynamic" award pricing for travel from 15 November 2019. United gave no warning about the changes and they have attracted universal criticism, with many frequent flyers seeing this as a major devaluation of the United Mileage Plus loyalty program.
United Airlines sold these "award travel updates" to its frequent flyers as "introducing a broader range of award prices". This is PR marketing spin at its finest. The changes are not positive and frequent flyers - even those who never fly United - should be worried as more airlines are likely to follow. |
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| 15,360 Qantas points (and Wine) for $360 |
| It's common knowledge on AFF that buying wine from Qantas Wine can be a quick, easy and great value way to top up your Qantas points. But a current Qantas Wine deal is one of the best we've ever seen! Qantas Wine is offering 15,000 bonus Qantas points on cases of 12 bottles of Heirloom Vineyards Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 or Heirloom Vineyards McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016. These cases cost $360, and as more... |
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| Top 5 Credit Card Deals for April 2019 |
| Credit card sign-up bonuses are one of the easiest ways to accumulate frequent flyer points quickly and relatively cheaply! By applying for a credit card and paying the annual fee, you can earn tens of thousands of frequent flyer points towards your next trip. If you're thinking about applying for a new credit card, why not take advantage of these great sign-up deals and top up your frequent flyer points? To help you more... |
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| Would you like help to redeem your points? |
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| Are you ready for next week's devaluations? |
| Several loyalty program devaluations affecting Australians will take place after next weekend. Over the coming days, Amex Membership Rewards, Westpac Altitude Rewards and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer are all changing their programs for the worse. It's now your last chance to prepare for the upcoming changes! So we thought we'd give a quick recap of what's changing next weekend and how you can ensure your existing points don't lose any value. more... |
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| Double Alaskan Miles on Qantas Flights |
| Alaska Airlines is currently running a promotion which could be of interest to savvy Australian flyers. You can currently earn double Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles on Qantas trans-Pacific flights between the United States and Australia. With this promotion, even an Economy class ticket to the United States could earn you enough Mileage Plan miles to fly from Australia to Hong Kong in Business class. Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles are more... |
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