American Express has launched a new partnership with Sydney International Airport that will deliver a range of benefits to American Express Proprietary and Network Card Members. The aim of the initiative is to provide Card Members with an effortless travel experience when they travel through Sydney's Terminal 1.  

Card Members will receive the following benefits:   

• A complimentary trolley when they swipe their American Express Card at any of the six trolley dispensers at the Terminal 1 Departures Roadway at Sydney International Airport
• $30 statement credit when they spend $100 or more on their registered card in store at Sydney Airport Tax and Duty Free during the nominated period. 
• Card Members and all airport guests will receive complimentary WiFi and access to complimentary mobile phone charging stations which are all sponsored by American Express.   

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At the Gold, Platinum and Executive Platinum tiers (likened to Qantas Silver, Gold and Platinum, respectively) travellers enjoy more generous loyalty bonuses than Qantas Frequent Flyer, and do so across most of American Airlines' partner airlines. While the earning rates on some Qantas flights aren't as high as in Qantas' own program, fewer points are needed when it comes time to redeem them. 

As both a Star Alliance member and a partner to Virgin Australia, KrisFlyer members have lounge access and other benefits when travelling with the likes of Thai Airways, United Airlines, and of course, Virgin Australia and Singapore Airlines. 

Significantly Elite Miles - the KrisFlyer equivalent to status credits - can only be earned on Virgin Australia flights when booked as part of an overseas trip with an SQ flight number. That makes the program great for frequent international travellers, but less so for those who rarely have their passport stamped.

While not aligned to oneworld, Star Alliance or SkyTeam, Emirates' partners includes Qantas, Japan Airlines, Korean Air and Virgin America, on which travellers can both earn and redeem Skywards miles.

Qantas Frequent Flyer provides those all-important status credits when booking codeshare flights with Emirates, but by booking EK-coded flights, you'll be able to earn Skywards tier miles instead.

That includes sectors on Qantas' own aircraft booked through Emirates, so you can still use Qantas to boost or maintain your Emirates frequent flyer level.

Cathay's programs are a slightly complex arrangement - everyone can earn points through the Asia Miles program, but only paid-up members of The Marco Polo Club have a chance at elite status. Like American Airlines, Cathay Pacific's Oneworld membership sees perks like lounge access, priority check-in and boarding available to eligible Marco Polo Club members on Qantas and other Oneworld flights.

Silver members can visit Cathay Pacific and Dragonair business class lounges whenever flying with either airline. Cathay doesn't award anything on the cheaper economy seats, so the program is best suited to business class passengers or those travelling on flexible fares.

Aegean Airlines Miles&Bonus 

Star Alliance member Aegean Airlines doesn't even fly to Australia, but there is a reason it makes the top five list. Aegean's Miles&Bonus frequent flyer program has a very low threshold for earning Gold status, which then delivers Gold-grade perks across all other Star Alliance airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Asiana Airlines and United.

Earning just 20,000 'tier miles' is enough to net you Aegean Gold, and you can do that with a single flight from Melbourne to New York.

From $1405.00* per person  

(Amex Points 140,500** per person)   

BRISBANE - NEW YORK 

ECONOMY CLASS  

From $1762.00* per person

(Amex points 176,200** per person)

MELBOURNE - DALLAS  

ECONOMY CLASS   

From $1782.00* per person   

(Amex points 178,200** per person)     

PERTH - LOS ANGELES

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*Conditions apply: Return Economy Class Fares. Travel dates to Los Angeles and New York from 14 October 2014 - 19 January 2015 - 31 March 2015. Travel dates to Dallas from 14 October 2014 - 24 November 2014 and 17 January 2015 - 31 March 2015.   

**Higher Amex Membership Reward points apply to Business Ascent tier and David Jones Cards only.

From $790.00* per room/per night 

(Amex points 79,000** per room)  

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