Unusual Air New Zealand Award Availability

When it comes to releasing Business Class award seats to partner airlines, Air New Zealand would have to be one of the world’s stingiest airlines. But there is now a surprisingly good amount of Business Class award space on certain routes including Melbourne-Auckland, for travel dates within the next three months. Although New Zealand’s national … Continued

A Creative Route to the USA with Qantas & Velocity Points

If you’ve tried to use Qantas points or redeem Velocity points for Business Class seats to the United States lately, you’ve probably noticed that there isn’t much reward seat availability right now! Occasionally you might get lucky and find a direct Qantas flight to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth or Vancouver (just across the … Continued

Perth to Tahiti for just 13,500 KrisFlyer miles!

KrisFlyer, the frequent flyer program of Singapore Airlines, is full of hidden gems! And it’s relatively easy to earn KrisFlyer miles in Australia through credit cards or – from 19 July 2022 – by transferring points over from Velocity. As well as redeeming KrisFlyer miles for Singapore Airlines flights, miles can be redeemed to fly … Continued

Fly Korean Air to Seoul with Emirates Skywards Miles

If you’d like to fly to South Korea, which recently reopened to overseas tourists, Korean Air offers direct flights from Sydney to Seoul (Incheon) four times per week. This Airbus A330-300 service will increase to daily from 31 October 2022. Korean Air is part of the SkyTeam alliance, but award seats on the airline are … Continued

Last Chance to Redeem Velocity Points for Delta Flights

There’s only less than two weeks left to redeem Virgin Australia Velocity points for Delta flights, but the partnership is going out with a bang! Delta award availability on the Sydney-Los Angeles route is now surprisingly good, with Velocity reward seats available to book on various dates in both Premium Economy (Delta Premium Select) and … Continued