The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Thursday, 14 February 2019
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| Credit Card Retention Offers Are Dead |
When calling up to cancel your credit card, it was previously common practice for the bank to offer reduced fees, bonus points or other inducements to keep the card. But credit card retention offers such as annual fee waivers are no longer legal in Australia. When cancelling a credit card, banks are now required to action the request without suggesting an alternative or attempting to retain the customer.
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| Finnair Business Round-the-World Sale |
| You may be aware of the Oneworld Explorer round-the-world fares that allow you to circle the globe on Oneworld airlines. But did you know that several Oneworld airlines, including Finnair, sell mini round-the-world tickets for just a fraction of the price? Finnair sells a round-the-world product that allows you to travel to Europe via Asia, returning via North America with up to 5 stopovers in total. Travel in the opposite direction is also possible. Costing less than a return more... |
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| New Qantas Card Has a $1,200 Annual Fee |
| Qantas has launched a brand new premium credit card aimed at high-income earners. The Qantas Premier Titanium MasterCard comes with a range of unique benefits, but has an eye-watering $1,200 annual fee. In Australia, only the Amex Platinum and Amex Centurion charge cards have a higher annual fee - and they arguably come with many more benefits to justify the cost. So, other than a fancy metal card, what benefits does the Qantas more... |
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Upcoming Webinar:
Must-Have Online Tools for Frequent Flyers |
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Do you plan and book your own travel? Finding the best flight deals, managing your frequent flyer accounts and monitoring award availability can be time-consuming. But to make your life easier, there are some extremely useful websites and online tools that can save you time while greatly improving your travel experience!
Expert Flyer is one of the must-have tools in a frequent flyer's toolkit. You can use Expert Flyer to search for upgrade and award availability, view real-time airline seat maps, check minimum connection times, view fare information, set alerts and much more! There are also numerous websites that can help you to find award availability quickly and easily.
Want to learn which online tools to use, and how to use them? Be sure to attend the upcoming Frequent Flyer Solutions webinar, which will show you how to become an expert frequent flyer! The webinar will include live demonstrations of Expert Flyer and ITA Matrix.
This webinar will be take place at 8pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, 27 February 2019. To attend this webinar - or receive a recording of the replay - you must register in advance.
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| The Virgin Status Run That Wasn't |
| If you're just a little bit short of the requirements to reach a higher airline status tier, it can be tempting to undertake a status run. This is exactly what clipped_wings and her husband decided to do recently. This member's husband had already earned enough Velocity status credits to maintain Virgin Australia Platinum status, but still needed two more qualifying "VA" flight sectors. To earn more... |
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| United Reduces Flights to Sydney |
| United Airlines will cut back its flights from Sydney to Los Angeles and Houston during the northern summer period. From 31 March until 26 October 2019, frequency on United's Sydney-Los Angeles route will be reduced to 3x weekly. Meanwhile, service on the Sydney-Houston route will drop to 4x weekly. Both flights currently operate daily using Boeing 787 Dreamliners. From more... |
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| 50% Bonus on Buying British Airways Avios |
| Avios is the currency of the British Airways Executive Club program. With Avios, short-haul redemptions on Qantas are exceptional value. For example, it costs just 4,500 Avios in Economy or 9,000 Avios in Business to fly from Sydney to Melbourne. Avios are somewhat difficult to earn in Australia. But you can buy Avios directly from British Airways. From time to time, bonuses are even offered. more... |
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| ANA Launches Perth-Tokyo Flights |
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will launch daily, non-stop flights from Perth to Tokyo's Narita Airport from 1 September 2019. Want to use points to book a seat? There are currently two award seats available in both Economy and Business class on most dates.
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| Click here for full details |
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