Australian airlines fare poorly in global ranking of frequent flyer programs

[futaris]

Hidden risks of frequent flyer points and one traveller's $5,000 lesson

Millions of Australians are signed up to airline loyalty schemes, but a new global ranking finds travellers are getting poorer value than from overseas carriers.

www.abc.net.au

 

[RooFlyer]

Some commentary from the Australian on line





very surprised that Aeroplan didn’t rank better

 

[elanshin]

Some commentary from the Australian on line



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very surprised that Aero pp lan didn’t rank better

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Either very flawed methodology or as some comments around suggests its a very NA focused viewpoint and Aeroplan on AC or UA is dynamic pricing.

 

[RooFlyer]

The remainder of The Australian’s presentation.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hidden risks of frequent flyer points and one traveller's $5,000 lesson

Millions of Australians are signed up to airline loyalty schemes, but a new global ranking finds travellers are getting poorer value than from overseas carriers.

www.abc.net.au

This highlights, unfortunately, why any delay/cancellation scheme needs to be primarily about communication than compensation.

The passengers had no idea what to do or how to enforce their rights when they were standing at the airport.

Their contract of carriage was with United - which they didn’t know, and were unable to enforce.

Buying walk-up tickets on the spot? Shouldn’t have been necessary.

Buying walk-up tickets because they might lose one night’s accommodation in Rome? Did they contact their insurance company?

They have rights under the Montreal Convention and their contract of carriage, but no one told them.

So maybe the government has a point here.

 

[cambriamarsh]

The remainder of The Australian’s presentation.

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Where was Air NZ Airpoints?

 

[RB001]

Where was Air NZ Airpoints?

32 out of 59.

Creators of this ranking:

The World’s Best Airline Rewards Programs 2025 - point.me

This ranking uses extensive data to analyze earning opportunities, redemptions, and policies and crown the best airline loyalty programs of 2025.

www.point.me

 

[futaris]

http://archive.today/2025.09.11-054724/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/ranking-of-the-worlds-airline-loyalty-programs-deliver-a-surprise-for-qantas-frequent-flyers/news-story/7767f9891989e4f1e93ed1f03cf3d4a9?amp

 

[RooFlyer]

... suggests its a very NA focused viewpoint and Aeroplan on AC or UA is dynamic pricing.

Reading the report, that pretty much sums it up. AFF's own rankings probably a better resource for Australian usage.

How Much a Frequent Flyer Point is Worth: Our Valuations

We've created a sophisticated model that calculates the average value to an Australian of frequent flyer points and credit card reward points with different programs. Find out which programs have the most and least valuable points!

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[elanshin]

Ah i think i get QF rating here. They scored 1/4 for redemption rate but 3/4 for availability. That would indicate they're looking predominantly at CR+'s availability. We on AFF would be expecting the opposite rating.

 

[SYD]

Ah i think i get QF rating here. They scored 1/4 for redemption rate but 3/4 for availability. That would indicate they're looking predominantly at CR+'s availability. We on AFF would be expecting the opposite rating.

But the US airlines score better overall and have terrible availability on many routes - unless you wait until 2 wks out. Dynamic pricing every otherwise.

These things tend to be US / Euro centric.

I’m scratching my head why FB topped the list!

 

[PERLHR]

But the US airlines score better overall and have terrible availability on many routes - unless you wait until 2 wks out. Dynamic pricing every otherwise.

These things tend to be US / Euro centric.

I’m scratching my head why FB topped the list!

I always see pretty good availability on AA tbh and often on routes served and operated by Qantas but not available on QF unless you pay with half a million points or something else ridiculous . I can also understand why it would.be US and Euro centric. I miss certainly the coming and goings within and further afield from Europe. Some of the routes and points needed to fly were just stunning and available!

 

[SYD]

I always see pretty good availability on AA tbh and often on routes served and operated by Qantas but not available on QF unless you pay with half a million points or something else ridiculous . I can also understand why it would.be US and Euro centric. I miss certainly the coming and goings within and further afield from Europe. Some of the routes and points needed to fly were just stunning and available!

Yes, as I said AA (and UA, DL) will release a lot of seats 2 to 3 wks out (a huge amount) but not 330 days out.