The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Thursday, 27 June 2019
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| American Airlines Status Challenge Unlocks Qantas, Oneworld Benefits |
The American Airlines Status Challenge offers a fast-track to AAdvantage status and unlocks perks with Qantas and other Oneworld airlines!
American Airlines offers the opportunity to earn AAdvantage status by completing a 90-day "challenge" that can be achieved by taking just one Qantas flight. Anyone can commence an American Airlines status challenge for a small fee. Unlike the status match challenges offered by United and Delta, you do not need to already hold status with another airline. Plus, now is the perfect time to get started. |
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| Virgin Australia Los Angeles Flight Delays |
| Virgin Australia's long-haul network is in disarray after one of the airline's Boeing 777s was taken out of service nearly two weeks ago. As a result, multiple Virgin Australia flights between Australia and Los Angeles have been cancelled or rescheduled over the past weeks. The affected aircraft is still undergoing maintenance. Virgin Australia has just five Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, which it uses for its flights between Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and more... |
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| Emirates Fifth-Freedom Routes |
| Dubai-based Emirates Air Line is one of the world's largest users of fifth-freedom flights. All over the world, Emirates currently has 15 fifth-freedom tag flights that operate as a continuation of a service originating in Dubai to a third country. By flying on Emirates fifth-freedom routes, you can experience the excellent Emirates service without ever going to Dubai. Emirates has a fleet of long-haul Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 aircraft, each fitted more... |
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Upcoming Webinar:
How to Earn Easy Airline Status with Status Challenges |
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If you already have elite status with one airline, did you know that you can leverage this to get a free status match challenge with other airlines? That's right, you can enjoy perks like airport lounges, access to priority queues and more upgrades... before you've even flown with an airline!
Qantas, Virgin Australia, American Airlines, United, Delta and Air Canada are among the list of airlines that all offer fast-tracks to elite status. In fact, using status challenges, you can reach top-tier status on all three of the major airline alliances - Oneworld, Star Alliance and SkyTeam - extremely easily.
In most cases, you'll get to enjoy the perks of your status during the challenge period - regardless of whether you meet the specified target. And if you complete the challenge successfully, you'll get to keep your status for up to two years.
Even if you don't yet have status with any airline, you can still take advantage of status challenges! Some airlines offer a very achievable challenge to obtain status for a small fee. For example, it's possible to complete an American Airlines status challenge by taking just one Qantas flight, and you'll then get to keep your Oneworld status for up to 19 months!
The upcoming Frequent Flyer Solutions webinar will show you everything you need to know to maximise status challenges and easily obtain top-tier airline status.
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| Virgin's Lounge Alternative in Dunedin |
| Since Virgin Australia's divorce with Air New Zealand in October last year, Virgin passengers have no longer been able to use Air New Zealand lounges. Since then, Virgin Australia has built new lounges or made alternative arrangements at most international airports across Australia and New Zealand. For example, it opened a new lounge at Wellington Airport in April. This has not been the case at Dunedin Airport. As a more... |
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| Last Chance to Book Aer Lingus Awards |
| It's now your last chance to book Aer Lingus award flights using Qantas points or Cathay Pacific Asia Miles. Both Qantas and Cathay Pacific will end their partnerships with the Irish airline on 1 July 2019, meaning your last day to book award flights will be next Sunday, 30 June. You can book flights up to 330 days in advance. |
| Click here for full details |
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