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

No Availability: What’s the Point of Buying LifeMiles in 2022?

LifeMiles, the frequent flyer program of Star Alliance member Avianca, is known for its regular and generous promotions that make it cheap to buy miles. For example, during the current offer running from 4-26 July 2022, you could earn 125-145% bonus LifeMiles on all purchases. Before the pandemic, buying LifeMiles during a promo was often … Continued

Qatar Airways Resumes Canberra-Doha Flights

Qatar Airways will add a second daily service between Doha and Melbourne from 1 October 2022, with the service continuing from Melbourne to Canberra. The daily Canberra-Melbourne-Doha flights will be operated by Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777-300ER with Qsuites in Business Class. This will be the schedule: QR989 Canberra 14:30 – Melbourne 15:45 / Melbourne 17:15 – … 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