How to Fly to Mauritius with Points from Australia

Mauritius is a beautiful island nation in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Africa. This French-speaking destination is a great place for a holiday, and vaccinated travellers can currently enter the country without needing to quarantine. At the moment, getting to Mauritius from Australia is a bit of a challenge. With the direct Air Mauritius … Continued

Qantas Frequent Flyers Blocked from Redeeming Qatar Qsuites

Update (25 March 2022): There have been some changes to the Qatar Airways award seat access given to Qantas Frequent Flyer members. Qatar Airways Business Class is popular with many Australian frequent flyers, especially as all flights to Australia will soon feature the airline’s award winning Qsuites product at the front of the plane. Qatar … Continued

Good Qantas Business Reward Availability to Delhi

Classic Flight Reward availability on Qantas long-haul flights in Business Class has been rather limited lately, with seats unavailable on many of Qantas’ popular international routes. But one Qantas route with ample award availability at the moment in Business Class is Melbourne-Delhi, a route that Qantas started flying in December 2021. Qantas currently flies 4x … Continued

Qantas Points Plane Will Land As Perth Reopens

Western Australia will finally reopen its border to the rest of Australia and the world next week, with quarantine-free travel once again permitted from just after midnight on Thursday, 3 March 2022. A lot of flights into Perth next Thursday are already looking quite full. Clearly, a lot of people have been waiting a long … Continued

Emirates Skywards’ Confusing Classic Reward Rules

When redeeming Emirates Skywards miles to book Emirates Classic Reward flights, there are two categories available – Saver and Flex Plus reward tickets. Saver rewards cost fewer miles than Flex Plus rewards, but Flex Plus rewards are available on more flights. Seems simple, right? Well, not so fast… For some reason, Emirates also attaches additional … Continued