Award Availability is a popular topic at the Australian Frequent Flyer. The ongoing challenge is to find an award ticket on the flight you want and when you want it.
We now have a somewhat absurd situation where Qantas Frequent Flyer members can access Emirates First Class reward seats, but not a large cohort of Emirates' own Skywards loyalty program members.
Emirates is now restricting access to its First Class reward seats to Skywards members who have status. It's given barely two days of notice about this change.
Malaysia Airlines will resume direct flights between Brisbane and Kuala Lumpur from 29 November 2025. There's currently lots of reward availability on these flights in both Economy and Business.
Avios just became even more useful, with Qatar Airways Privilege Club adding Garuda Indonesia as a new partner. There's lots of Business Class award availability to both Bali and Jakarta!
This may be an unpopular opinion, but frequent flyer programs that allow unredeemed points to expire generally offer better and more consistent value to members.
Airlines including British Airways and Finnair guarantee a minimum number of reward seats on every flight. To help it overcome the perception that there aren't enough reward seats to go around, should Qantas do the same?
We've put together a list of the most common error codes that you'll encounter on the multi-city booking page of the Qantas website.
Hawaiian Airlines will end its partnership with Virgin Australia on 30 June 2025, as it prepares to form a new partnership with Qantas.
Emirates will end its fifth-freedom flight between Melbourne and Singapore on 30 March 2025, replacing it with a third daily non-stop Melbourne-Dubai service. The new flights will have Premium Economy and "Game Changer" First Class.
Airlines have changed the way they release reward seats, holding them back until much closer to departure. To maximise your chances of finding reward seats in 2025, you also need to change your mindset.
In episode 7 of the Travel Pointers podcast, Matt Graham and Wilson McTaggart share their best tips for finding reward flight availability in 2025 - including the airlines and routes with the most Business Class availability.
Our overview shows the most useful websites, tools and apps for frequent flyers in 2025, including Flighty, Seats.aero, AeroLOPA and more.