The Frequent Flyer Gazette
Thursday, 22 August 2019
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| Flybuys Hacks to Earn Free Flights |
If you're a Flybuys member and shop at Coles every week, you're probably disappointed with the lack of meaningful rewards. Sure, you might score $10 off your shopping every once in a blue moon. But there is so much more to be gained from the Coles Flybuys loyalty program with some clever points hacks!
In this guide, we'll explain how to supercharge your Flybuys points and redeem them for valuable rewards like free flights on Virgin Australia and many other airlines. With these Flybuys tricks, you could earn enough Flybuys points for a free flight by spending as little as $400 on groceries at Coles - an amount which would ordinarily reward you with a discount of just $2 off your shopping. |
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| Qantas Earns $1.27bn Yearly for SYD-MEL |
| Qantas made US$861 million in revenue last year just from flying between Sydney and Melbourne, according to OAG analysis. That's around AU$1.27 billion at today's exchange rate. This ranks Qantas' Sydney-Melbourne route as the second-highest revenue earner of any route, for any airline, anywhere in the world. The only route that is more profitable is British Airways' flights between London Heathrow and New York’s JFK more... |
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| ScootBiz Class Renamed to ScootPlus |
| Low-cost carrier Scoot will rename its business class product to ScootPlus from 2 September 2019. Scoot says that the name change "seeks to better reflect the product customers will experience on board". With the name change, Scoot aims to position ScootPlus as closer to Premium Economy on other airlines. In reality, ScootBiz was always a premium economy product as the seats are not lie-flat, but wide recliner more... |
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Upcoming Webinar:
How to Redeem Points to Europe |
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**Bonus webinar for Premium Economy, Business & First Class members**
Want to redeem your frequent flyer points for a holiday to Europe? You're not alone! Many Australians save up their points in the hope of travelling to Europe in Business or First Class... but the competition for award seats is intense, especially if you wish to travel during the peak European summer period of June-August.
It is most definitely possible to fly from Australia to Europe in comfort and style, using your frequent flyer points - even during the school holidays. But some preparation, skill and a bit of luck is required. The key is knowing when to book, which frequent flyer programs to use and how to find award availability on flights that aren't shown online.
In the upcoming Frequent Flyer Solutions webinar at 8pm (AEST) on Wednesday 28 August, Matt will show you how to effectively redeem your points to destinations across Europe in all classes of travel. As well as how to redeem Qantas and Virgin Velocity points, he will also introduce several excellent international frequent flyer programs.
This is an exclusive bonus webinar for Premium Economy, Business Class & First Class members of Frequent Flyer Solutions! Learn more about Frequent Flyer Solutions membership →
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| Qantas Lifetime Platinum Isn't Worth It |
| Qantas announced in June's Qantas Frequent Flyer changes that it will introduce a lifetime Platinum status tier. This is sure to pique the interest of many frequent flyers. Unfortunately, the bar has been set so high that it's not worth aiming for. To earn lifetime Qantas Platinum status, you would need to achieve a lifetime total of 75,000 Qantas status credits. Currently, lifetime Qantas Frequent more... |
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| Earn Qantas Points at TerryWhite Chemmart |
| Qantas Frequent Flyer last month launched a points-earning partnership with TerryWhite Chemmart. To celebrate, you can currently earn 1,000 bonus Qantas points for spending $30 at any TerryWhite Chemmart pharmacy in Australia. The bonus points are in addition to the usual 2 Qantas points per dollar earned on any purchase from participating stores. To earn Qantas points with more... |
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