Virgin Australia extends status match trial and new perks for top-tier customers
Virgin Australia is extending its recent status match trial period by two months and also giving top customers more time to enjoy perks that were added over the summer. Discover Gold trial In December 2020, Virgin offered elite members of rival frequent flyer programs a three-month Velocity Discover Gold [...]
Qantas brings back ‘mystery flights’
Many of us who were around in the 1990s will remember Qantas' 'mystery flights', whereby you could rock up at the airport and be placed on a random flight to any destination across the [...]
Get up to 20% bonus Velocity Points and potentially elite Velocity status on transfers from Amex
Velocity Frequent Flyer and American Express have launched a promo offering up to 20% bonus Velocity Points on transfers from Amex's Membership Rewards program, plus some Amex card members can get Velocity gold or [...]
Rex adds Gold Coast, Adelaide to domestic city network
Rex is adding three new routes to its domestic city network, which commenced today with the inaugural Sydney-Melbourne flight this morning. While the airline previously said Brisbane would be next to join the network, [...]
Qantas, Jetstar offer free changes and cancellations of reward bookings until January 2022
Hot on the heels of the announcement yesterday that Qantas and Jetstar plan to resume international flights in October, we thought it was worth highlighting to our readers that it's possible to speculatively book [...]
Qantas and Jetstar prepare to resume international flights from late October
Qantas and Jetstar are now planning to restart regular international passenger flights to most destinations from 31 October 2021 – a four month delay from the previous (and overly optimistic) estimate of July, which had [...]
Virgin Australia debuts new lounge design with reopening of Adelaide space
Virgin Australia reopened its Adelaide lounge today after a much-anticipated multi-million dollar makeover. Designed by Brisbane’s WMK Architecture, the stylish 283-seat Adelaide space sports a fresh look that will eventually be rolled out across [...]
Qantas, Virgin launch new routes for holidays by the sea
Qantas and Virgin Australia are both launching new routes and increasing flight frequencies in time for the Easter holidays. From 1 April 2021, Qantas will commence three new routes to both Coffs Harbour and Byron [...]
American Express card members get free subscription to Chris Hemsworth’s Centr app
OK, we admit, this isn't travel related - but we do love our American Express cards here at The High Life and we know many of our readers will be excited about this new [...]