Author: Mark

Qantas and Accor Live Limitless – ALL have finally launched their long-awaited partnership. First announced in November 2020, the partnership offers eligible members the chance to earn in both programs. As a result, you can earn Qantas Points when staying in an Accor Hotel across Asia Pacific. Going the other way, you can also earn Accor ALL Reward Points when flying on Qantas services. How it works Earning Qantas Points on Accor stays QFF members will be able to earn three Qantas Points per dollar on their room bookings at Accor properties in Australia and across the Asia Pacific region.…

Qantas has launched a new round of its Gold Fast Track Offer. Once again, Qantas has its sight set on the Frequent Flyers of over a dozen airlines. The Fast Track offer works pretty much the same way as the previous version of the offer.  For the most part, it is just the qualifying dates that have changed. This time around, the challenge is running from 1 December 2021 to 28 February 2022. If you are accepted into the challenge, you can lock in Gold Status by earning 100 status credits in that three-month period. This compares quite favourably with…

With all of the challenges that small businesses have faced over the last few years, many small businesses have been fighting for survival. As a result, many have put their business dreams on hold. American Express has launched a new competition for American Express-accepting small businesses. The Dream Backers competition has a prize pool valued at up to AU$150,000. At the end of the competition,  one lucky small business will win the chance to unlock its boldest business dreams. Competition Details In order to enter the competition, you need to be a small business in Australia actively trading and accepting…

Virgin Australia has revealed a trial of new Business and Economy seating. The new seats have been fitted in two of its aircraft in order to gauge passenger feedback. Feedback from frequent flyers will inform their decisions on the layout of future aircraft. Overall, the new seats are designed to improve the comfort of passengers on board. However, in doing so, there is a slight reduction in the number of seats overall. While Business retains the same number of seats, Economy loses a row, with the number of Economy seats falling from 168 to 162. Business Seats The new layout…

Hyatt has launched a flash sale, offering a free night when booking a stay of two or more nights. The offer runs between 10 November and 16 November and is available at 9 properties across Australia. Hyatt Flash Sale Details Offer: Book two or more nights, and get one night free Booking Dates: 10 November – 16 November 2021. Stay Dates: Stays must be completed by 30 April 2022. Under this sale, the greatest benefit comes from a two-night stay. Essentially, that works out as pay for one night, and get the second night free. Keep in mind that this…

Qantas Frequent Flyer has partnered with share-trading platform Superhero. As an introductory offer, Superhero is offering new and existing investors the chance to earn up to 15,000 Qantas Points. Offer New and existing traders who sign up to Superhero and Qantas Frequent Flyer can: Earn up to 5,000 points on the first 10 Eligible Trades (500 points per trade). Earn up to 10,000 points for transferring their existing US and or AU share portfolio to Superhero (5,000 points per transfer). Also, earn 100 points per trade ongoing and one point per $5 transferred from AUD to USD within the platform…

Choice Privilege members can now get 4 cents per litre of fuel at United service stations across Australia. To take advantage of this offer, Choice Privileges members will need to sign up for a United Fuel Discount Card. This is a free card, although it does require an additional signup. Competition To celebrate the new partnership, Choice Privileged is running a competition where you could win a $5,000 hotel voucher, and a $3,500 fuel voucher. To enter the competition, you simply need to sign up for a Choice Privileges/United Fuel Discount Card. The competition is open to Choice Privileges members…

Velocity has just launched a new offer of bonus points and status credits when using one of its international partners. The offer is available on your first flight departing Australia between 1 December 2021 and 30 June 2022. The promotion celebrates the resumption of international travel from Australia. It follows the announcement earlier this month of Velocity resuming of earn and burn on its international partners. Now, they’ve thrown a bonus into the mix. Bonus Details Bonus Offer: Earn up to 6,000 Points and 60 Status Credits Activation: You must Activate the offer by 12 December 2021 Travel: You must…

IHG Rewards has joined other programs in extending elite status for another year. In the case of IHG Rewards, they have announced that they will be extending elite status through to February 2023. In addition, IHG will also continue to pause the expiration of points until 31 December 2022. Status Extension IHG Rewards will be extending the status of its elite members through to February 2023. So, if you are Gold, Platinum, or Spire you will have this extended. IHG has said this should be reflected in members’ accounts over the next few weeks. Points Expiration As with a number…

In late September, GHA advised members that the Discovery program was about to ‘evolve’. Since then, they have handed out snippets of information about what changes members would see in the new program. In this post, I am collecting together the pieces of announcements, to get a picture of what we can expect. As the program is not launching until December, we may not get the full picture until then. Changes Four status tiers In the new program, there will be four tiers – Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Titanium. Silver is the newly introduced entry tier and will be the…