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In episode 13 of the Travel Pointers podcast, Matt Graham and Wilson McTaggart discuss the best ways for Australians to earn and use Avios.
Garuda Indonesia offers arguably the best Economy Class experience between Australia and Bali, with comfortable seats on its Airbus A330 and tasty food.
Velocity Frequent Flyer now lets you "Pay with Points" for food & drink purchases on board Virgin Australia flights. But is this good value?
South African Airways has refused to provide advertised status benefits including priority check-in at its home airport to a Velocity Gold member.
Qantas Platinum and Platinum One frequent flyers can request the release of additional Classic Flight Reward seats on Qantas flights.
Qantas has not offered all-day check-in at Sydney Airport since 2020, unless you're flying with hand luggage only. If you have checked luggage, the earliest you can check in is around six hours before departure.
There are so many horror stories about car rental companies trying to overcharge or even outright scam their customers. The problem is that they're incentivised to do so!
Westpac is changing the earn rates and introducing monthly points-earning caps on its Altitude Rewards, Altitude Qantas and Altitude Velocity credit cards from 1 August 2025.
Buying Aegean Miles+Bonus miles during a promotion could be good value, especially when redeeming for certain types of Star Alliance award flights.
Cathay Pacific will resume flights from Adelaide to Hong Kong in November 2025, with a seasonal 3x weekly A350 service. There are currently lots of reward seats available, including in Business Class.
Australia's public servants booked 20% more Qantas domestic flights than the monthly average during Qantas' latest Double Status Credits promotion.
You can upgrade your Virgin Australia flight using Velocity points, by bidding for a paid upgrade or as a Velocity Platinum member.