How Many Points Do You Need for a Reward Flight?

Are you sitting on a gold mine of valuable frequent flyer points or credit card reward points? Don’t let them go to waste!

Depending on which loyalty program you’ve collected your points with, and how many you have, you could have enough for a reward flight – or perhaps even a trip around the world!

To give you an idea of the value of frequent flyer points, this guide shows you what you could do with different amounts of Qantas Frequent Flyer points, Virgin Australia Velocity points and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer miles. These are three of the most popular loyalty program currencies in Australia. It’s also possible to transfer points from most Australian credit card reward programs to Velocity and KrisFlyer.

Please note that the quoted amounts are for one passenger and exclude any taxes & carrier charges payable when redeeming points for flights.

Wherever it is you’d like to go, Frequent Flyer Concierge can help you to get there. Once you have enough points to book a reward flight to your preferred destination, simply request a quote and the team will help you to turn your dream trip into reality!

Qantas Frequent Flyer

Qantas Frequent Flyer uses distance-based award charts. The cost of a Classic Flight Reward booking depends on the airline and number of miles flown.

Here are some examples:

For other routes, you can check the cost of any Qantas Classic Flight Reward using the Classic Flight Reward charts on the Qantas website:

• Award chart for flights on Qantas, American Airlines, Fiji Airways, Air Vanuatu and/or Jetstar
• Award chart for flights on Jetstar only
• Award chart for flights on all other Oneworld and Qantas partner airlines
• Oneworld Classic Flight Reward chart (round-the-world)

The cost of Qantas award flight/s is based on the total distance flown. You can check the distance of any route/s using Great Circle Mapper.

See our Oneworld Classic Flight Reward guide to learn how you could use your Qantas Points to fly around the world.

Virgin Australia Velocity

Velocity Frequent Flyer also uses distance-based award charts. The cost of a Velocity Reward Seat booking depends on the airline and number of miles flown.

Here are some examples:

Note that Velocity uses three tiers of Reward Seat pricing for domestic Economy redemptions.

For other routes, you can check the cost of any Velocity Reward Seat booking using the award charts on the Velocity Frequent Flyer website:

• Award chart for flights on Virgin Australia
• Award chart for flights on Virgin Atlantic & United
• Award chart for flights on Air Canada, ANA, Etihad, Hawaiian Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines & South African Airways

The cost of Velocity award flight/s is based on the total distance flown. You can check the distance of any route/s using the Velocity Mileage Calculator or Great Circle Mapper.

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer

Singapore Airlines, a member of Star Alliance, uses region-based award charts. This means the cost of a KrisFlyer award ticket depends not only on the airline/s flown, but between which geographical regions you’re travelling.

Here are some examples of prices for KrisFlyer Saver awards:

For other routes, you can check the cost of any KrisFlyer award using the award charts on the Singapore Airlines website:

• Award chart for flights on Singapore Airlines
• Award charts for Star Alliance redemptions
• Award chart for flights on Virgin Australia

The cost of any KrisFlyer award is based on the geographical regions of your origin and destination. You can also use the Singapore Airlines Miles Calculator to check the number of miles earned or redeemed on any route.

See our guide to the KrisFlyer Star Alliance Round-the-World Award for more information on round-the-world bookings using KrisFlyer miles.

Got credit card reward points?

Most major bank reward programs allow you to transfer your points to a frequent flyer program! The list of available airline programs and the rate at which points are converted will vary. In many cases, points transfer at a 2:1 rate, so 200,000 credit card points may be worth 100,000 airline miles.

If you’re wondering how you can use your credit card points, we’ve put together a simple tool that lets you see which airline frequent flyer programs you could transfer into! Check out the AFF Credit Card Points Transfer Assistant →

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 70 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

You can connect with Matt by posting on the Australian Frequent Flyer community forum and tagging @AFF Editor.