IHG is welcoming its guests to the next chapter of travel with a veritable shirt ton of perks! Though, that’s not to say it will write your clients into the latest instalment of its Twilight fan fiction blog.

With each passenger booked earning sellers one step closer to a free holiday, we suspect the families and friends of your local travel agents are about to get bombarded with Wendy Wu brochures.

Virgin celebrated its loyalty program’s latest partnership by using drones to deliver “convenience from the skies”, which sounds equal parts exciting and terrifying.

Meanwhile, Travel Weekly’s deputy editor kicked off the new year by waking up on her bathroom floor and promptly putting herself to bed for the rest of the day.

This story is for all the frequent flyer status whores out there, particularly the PPS Club and KrisFlyer Elite ones.

In a move that has surely pissed of Alan Joyce, Virgin’s CEO has gone and poached one of her fave ex-colleagues from the flying kangaroo.

After signalling its intention last year, the flying kangaroo has officially hopped into the home insurance space and placed a nice little bonus points offer on the table for Qantas Frequent Flyers.

ATTENTION POINTS JUNKIES: want to make up for lost time from the COVID slowdown? Here’s a timely hack from Qantas and Accor.

Are you seeking other ways to boost your Velocity points than by buying a case of Virgin Wines or signing up for another credit card? Look no further.

Unfortunately, Travel Weekly’s editor won’t be able to take advantage of this sweet new offer after spending all of his Velocity points on a new sandwich press and a Fitbit.

Unfortunately, we don’t have a Road & Rail Wrap for you today. Instead, we give you a yarn about a caravanning association that’s caught the eye of the ACCC – and not in a good way.

The administrators of Virgin Australia have whittled down the number of suitors after spending the weekend mulling over all the non-binding offers. Find out who they are here.