Frequent Flyer

Emirates and Virgin Blue end reward partnership

Emirates will close its Skywards frequent flyer partnership with Virgin Blue's Velocity Rewards a...

Qantas boosts international baggage limits

High-status frequent flyers are the winners in Qantas’ June 1st rejig of international chec...

Virgin Blue to upgrade airport lounges

Virgin Blue will begin an extensive three-month upgrade of its lounges at Sydney, Melbourne and B...

Priority Pass lounges expand to more airports

The Priority Pass network of airport lounges adds Wellington, Vancouver and Toronto to its intern...

AirNZ's new 777-300ER debuts on Auckland-LAX

Air New Zealand’s new business class and premium economy ‘Spaceseat’, along wi...

ROUNDUP: Top 5 stories of the week

It won't surprise anyone that Australian Business Traveller readers were most intereste...

Redeem Velocity points for QLD flood relief

Virgin Blue is encouraging its Velocity Rewards members to turn in their points in exchange for a...

AirNZ's new 777-300ER in Melbourne & Brisbane

Air New Zealand’s new business class and premium economy ‘Spaceseat’ are makin...

Lounge access restricted for Qantas Platinums

Qantas' most valuable Frequent Flyers – those with top-tier Platinum status – only have a few we...

Frequent Flyer: George Freney, conTgo

George Freney is the Managing Director, APAC for conTgo, a company that provides SMS alerts to tr...

Frequent Flyer: Jeff Putt, Microsoft Australia

Jeff Putt is Microsoft's Australian Windows supremo, in charge of marketing each new version of M...

China officially bans Skype

China has officially declared Skype and other third-party VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) se...

Frequent Flyer: Anne Costello, Text 100 Public Relations

From her base in Sydney, Anne Costello buzzes around Asia in her capacity as Regional Director, S...

Virgin Blue & Air New Zealand alliance approved

Update The New Zealand government has today approved the trans-Tasman alliance between Air New Z...

Frequent Flyer: Clair Deevy, Microsoft

As the Community Affairs Lead in Asia for Microsoft, Aussie ex-pat Clair Deevy travels throughout...

AirNZ's new premium economy seating

Air New Zealand’s new Business Premier and premium economy ‘Spaceseat’ will mak...

'Tunnels' speed airport security checks

We could all be spending a lot less time in airport security lines in the near future if the Inte...

Virgin Blue to join Star Alliance?

Virgin Blue may ink a partnership with Star Alliance as part of the carrier's push towards what i...