Qantas Business Rewards – Qantas’ loyalty program for SMEs – has an EOFY promotion offering 50% bonus status credits on new flight bookings.

If you’re looking for a quick boost to your status balance, this is a good deal.

Status holders enjoy special perks on the ground and in the air.

To take advantage of this offer, you must register and book a flight between 29 April 2019 and 7 May 2019 for travel until 30 June 2019.

An eligible flight for the purpose of this promotion means any Qantas operated flight with a QF flight number on the ticket where status credits are normally earned.

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Around a year ago, Woolworths joined the Qantas Mall shopping portal (now known as Qantas Shopping) allowing Qantas Frequent Flyer members to earn 2 Qantas Points per dollar when shopping with Woolworths online.

Shopping online via Qantas Shopping (and Virgin Australia’s similar Velocity eStore) is one of the easiest ways to boost your points balance.

Until Friday (tomorrow), you can earn double the usual points with Woolworths online, bagging 4 Qantas Points per dollar spent, which of course is in addition to any points you’ll earn through Woolworths’ own loyalty program or your credit card rewards program.

As is usual with Qantas Shopping, you’ll have to first log into your Qantas Frequent Flyer account and then follow the link to Woolworths, making sure cookies are enabled on your browser so Qantas can track your purchase (you can check if cookies are enabled here).

The bonus points will be credited to your Qantas Frequent Flyer account within a few weeks.

Once you’ve made your purchase, you can pick it up for free or get it delivered.

And, of course, make sure you pay with a high points-earning credit card, like the Qantas American Express Ultimate Card which earns 1.25 Qantas Points per dollar spent and has a huge 100,000 bonus points available right now for new Card Members.

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Emirates has launched an attractive promotion offering a free hotel stay for one night in Dubai for customers travelling either to Dubai or beyond.

This is available in all classes of travel, including economy.

All the offer details are on Emirates’ website here, but in short:

• You must book a flight on emirates.com/au using the promotional code ANZDC19 between 16 and 30 April with a hotel stay from 1 May to 30 November 2019
• The flight can be one-way or return but must originate in Australia
• The offer is valid only on Emirates marketed flights, operated by Emirates and flydubai (i.e. no codeshares) and excludes points bookings
• After booking and paying, the complimentary stay will be processed and an accommodation itinerary will be emailed to you directly from the Emirates Contact Centre
• Economy class travellers can choose from the Rove Downtown Dubai or Rove City Centre Deira, which are three-star hotels, while business and first class travellers can stay at the five-star JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai
• The promotion includes bed and breakfast for up to two adults and one child under 12 using existing bedding
• The connection or stay time in Dubai must be at least 10 hours.

If you’re travelling beyond Dubai and want to stay in Dubai for less than 24 hours (which counts as a layover rather than a stopover), you can book a one-way or return fare and simply choose an itinerary with a long layover, like the example below.

If you want to stay longer than 24 hours, this would count as a stopover, and you’ll have to use the “Advanced search” feature to make it a multi-city booking. When I played around with this for an itinerary from Melbourne to Dubai, the price was the same as if I’d booked a fare with just a layover.

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Qantas and Emirates have launched complimentary promotions offering double points on new flight bookings made until this Monday 8 April 2019.

Qantas is dishing out double Qantas Points on eligible Qantas and Emirates operated flights with a QF flight number worldwide.

For residents of Australia or New Zealand, an eligible flight means any domestic or international Qantas or Emirates operated flight with a Qantas (QF) flight number.

For residents of other countries, an eligible flight means any domestic or international Qantas operated flight with a QF flight number (i.e. no Emirates codeshares).

You must register for the Qantas offer here and book the flight between 12.01am (AEDT) 4 April 2019 and 11.59pm (AEST) 8 April 2019 for travel between 11 April 2019 and 29 February 2020.

Emirates is also offering double Skywards Miles when flying on any route within the Emirates and Qantas network.

This promotion is only available to residents of Australia and New Zealand who fly on a Qantas or Emirates operated flight with an Emirates (EK) flight number originating from Australia and NZ.

You must register for the Emirates offer here and book the flight between 0.00am 4 April 2019 and 11.59pm 8 April 2019 Dubai time for travel to 11.59pm 29 February 2020.

You can check out all the offer T&Cs on the airlines’ websites via the links above.

This is a great opportunity to boost your points balance if you have a trip in mind. Happy travels!

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Virgin Australia is offering triple Velocity Points on new flight bookings made until Monday 1 April 2019.

Triple points are available for all flights marketed and operated by Virgin Australia, booked between 12.01am AEDT 25 March 2019 and 11.59pm 1 April 2019 inclusive, for travel to 18 February 2020. Of course, the fare class must be one that normally accrues points.

To take advantage of this deal, you must activate the offer.

Flights can be booked via the Virgin Australia website or your preferred travel agent. Virgin Australia is running a sale the moment offering discounted fares on a range of routes.

This is a great opportunity to earn more points if you have a trip in mind.

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Virgin Australia and American Express have teamed up to offer discounted airfares to holders of an American Express Velocity-branded credit card.

From now until 31 March 2019, discounts of up to 30% off selected domestic flights and up to 25% off selected international Virgin Australia operated flights are available in economy, premium economy, and business class.

The exact discount depends on the fare type, with the biggest savings on flexible fares in premium cabins. The full T&Cs are available on the offer page here.

To be eligible for this offer you must:

1. be an American Express Velocity Platinum, American Express Velocity Gold, American Express Velocity Escape or American Express Velocity Business Card Member
2. book an eligible fare through the dedicated Virgin Australia offer page here (using promo code AMX19) between 12:01am AEDT 18 March 2019 and 11:59pm AEDT 31 March 2019 inclusive
3. enter a valid Velocity membership number at the time of booking.

Fares must be booked 21 days in advance for travel through to 12 February 2020. Travel blackout periods apply from 18 April 2019 to 22 April 2019, and 21 December 2019 to 29 December 2019.

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