redeem points

Received this email from Virgin Australia Business Flyer: Of course, I just transferred most of the points out of my account last week 🥹

First attempt!!!!! Was seeking Pixel 8 Pro 512Gb for best price..... Telstra had their Telstra Plus points and pay option that BF price started a week early and did not change Black Friday and I don't believe will change for Cyber Monday but ends Monday midnight. Rang Telstra Thursday and...

Looks like Qatar Airways and JetBlue launched a new partnership earlier this month which includes reciprocal award redemptions. This could be an interesting new option for people with Avios (or Amex points that can be converted to Avios) to book JetBlue flights, especially their trans-Atlantic...

Other than making a dummy reservation, is there an online calculator to compute QF points required to book an international multi-sector route on QF and partner airlines?

Bit of a strange one while doing some flight research. Male (Maldives) > Colombo > Melbourne on Sri Lankan Airlines is 100,000 pts +$247 in Economy or 86,200 points and $341 in Business. Wouldn't be a difficult decision if I was in a position to make a firm booking right now!

So I've just booked a flight on BA (with QFF points) in business class (rewards) on which I was able to select seats quite easily (QF Gold / OW Sapphire). Turns out that I had to make another booking for a family member on the same flight, and unfortunately they had no status so wasn't able to...

Hi all, looking for some advice. My Velocity redemption for SQ SIN-MEL was moved forward by 10 minutes, and this tiny change is leading to some unfortunate consequences. The current situation is: - I’ve noticed in the SQ online Manage Flight portal that there’s a banner saying I’m not ticketed...

Very excited to have just snagged 3 United Polaris reward seats from LAX to BNE in March. How good are seats.aero alerts! I only had enough Velocity points for one seat so booked one seat with Velocity (95,500 Velocity points) and the other 2 with Air Canada Aeroplan (a bargain 75,000 Aeroplan...

Howdy, I recently made a PE reward return booking SYD>LA. QF there, AA back.. Unfortunately I needed to update the passenger name (different person entirely), spoke to QF within 24 hours and they advised as AA was involved they were unable to change name but we could cancel, and the...

Hello all! I've currently got a J redemption SIN-MEL and looking at changing it to BKK-MEL. There's no longer J seats available on the BKK-SIN leg but I'm ok to take this flight in Y. Given the zones are the same, the miles required should technically be at the same rate right? I had assumed...

A lot of points collectors seem to think that a sign of success is having a balance in the millions. I don't subscribe to this theory - let me explain why. I've just spent every last point in my Velocity account. I'm very happy with this result because it means I've been able to spend the...

KrisFlyer is offering 25% off all Economy Saver awards across the entire SQ network, for travel between January and July 2024. Also 25% off Premium Economy Saver awards on selected non-stop routes from Singapore to the USA. Book by Sunday 22 October. Seems to be in lieu of the usual monthly...

Hi all, I was wondering what you all would consider a minimum threshold for redemption points value for it to be worth spending Qantas points on? Obviously different things will have different values, such as hotels, classic flight awards, upgrades etc. I'm mainly thinking of using my points on...

Has anyone had any success redeeming Business Class flight Sydney to Honolulu.

I was looking at using my QF points for flights to and from Maldives next year. CX, UL, MH are the QF partners that operate flights to Male. However I can’t seem to even enter MLE as a departure airport on the QF website. (I wanted to book one way from Maldives back) Despite on some dates I was...

I was trying to book a redemption flight for me and my partner from Helsinki back to either/or SYD/MEL/CBR/DPO, but could not find a single redemption flight to Australia for December/Jan. Then I found alternative flights all the way to KL, which is an excellent place for a few days' break. Now...

Hi everyone, I am close to finally booking a "COVIDed out" Maldives trip (Luxury Escapes) and need some advice on air travel, please. I have 683,000 Velocity points and hope to use them to access business class (2 people) for the SYD-SIN-SYD legs. We are planning a couple of nights in...

This notice was in today's Qantas Platinum newsletter: I hadn't really noticed before that you couldn't previously use Qantas points on JAL domestic routes in premium cabins. But it's also quite possible that I just never looked into it. Is this a new thing? FWIW I'm currently *only* seeing...

Hi all Platinum VA FF, booked redemption flight via VA for Qatar return flight MAD-MEL Aug/Sep back in March. At booking and receipt of QR PNR, I selected and paid for basic economy reserved aisle seats. A month ago, there was a small schedule change (30 mins here or there) - I think perhaps...

Managed to get a FJ redemption from SFO-NAN-AKL in business with a 12 hour daytime layover in Nadi for early November for ~ 90k points. Taxes were minimal (75 USD). Will probably stay in New Zealand for 1-6 days before flying back to Oz. There were no seats of QF for months either side. Has...