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Virgin's 20% Velocity bonus
Got a swag of ‘plastic points’ sitting on your credit card or charge card? Virgin Australia is now offering a 20% bonus if you...
Extra Singapore Airlines flights to BNE, ADL
Singapore Airlines passengers travelling from Adelaide and Brisbane to Singapore will have three extra flights per week to choo...
No premium economy for Finnair
Finnair will be one of the world’s first airlines to fly the all-new Airbus A350 in 2014, but it’s not about to joi...
Best seats: business class, BA A319
Travelling to a European city on British Airways? You're quite likely to be on one of the airline's Airbus A320 planes -- so he...
The world's 10 safest airlines
In brief: The European-based Air Transport Rating Agency (ATRA) has released its list of the world's 10 safest airlines –...
More Strategic flights to US from BNE, MEL
In brief: Strategic Airlines' flights from Brisbane and Melbourne to Honolulu haven't started yet, but the airline -- soon to b...
Q trials priority domestic boarding for Platinums
Update Qantas will launch dedicated ‘express lanes’ at airports around Australia beginning this month, allowing business clas...
MEL, ADL get new Malaysia Airlines A330 cabins
Malaysia Airlines passengers from Melbourne and Adelaide will be the latest to see the airline's newest seats and cabins when ...
Qantas actively considering inflight internet
Qantas' on-again, off-again plans to provide inflight internet for customers might be back on the table. The flag carrier told...
Frequent Flyer profile: Andrew Mamontis, Kaspersky
Andrew Mamonitis is the Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand for Kaspersky Lab, one of the world's leading computer sec...
The best seats on QantasLink's Boeing 717
Flying on one of QantasLink's regional Boeing 717 planes? We've got the lowdown on the best seats to pick for extra legroom and...
Singapore Airlines: USA private jet connections
Business travellers connecting through Los Angeles LAX, San Francisco SFO or Houston IAH can take advantage of Singapore Airlin...
Virgin's bittersweet business class upgrades
When Australian Business Traveller compared Qantas Frequent Flyer with Velocity Rewards in June, one of the most obvious defici...
SkyTeam: extra baggage for frequent flyers
Global airline network SkyTeam has set standardised extra baggage allowances for its high-tier Elite and Gold Elite frequent fl...
Virgin's family-friendly Velocity
Virgin Australia chief John Borghetti has come up with a very clever point of differentiation for its frequent flyer program: b...
Virgin Australia to codeshare flights to Hong Kong
Virgin Australia will start codeshare flights to Hong Kong on Virgin Atlantic aircraft from early next year. The flights will ...
Codeshare flights now get Qantas baggage allowance
UPDATE: Qantas has alerted us to a recent change in its baggage policy that now allows passengers flying on a QF coded flight t...
Virgin boosts bonuses to match Qantas
One thing that Virgin Australia didn't trumpet loudly enough this morning is that it quietly boosted its points-earning bonuses...