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.
Qantas Frequent Flyer members can now redeem their points across the entire China Airlines network, rather than just on flights between Australia and Taipei.
Qantas says it will release "tens of thousands" of additional Classic Flight Reward seats on international Qantas flights from 11am (AEDT) this Friday, 24 February 2023.
Qatar Airways has all but removed the ability for Qantas Frequent Flyer members to use their points for Qatar reward seats.
Qantas is routinely blocking domestic connections on international Classic Flight Reward itineraries when treating them as married segments.
Fifth-freedom flights can truly be a great way to travel. Fares are typically well-priced and you'll often travel in greater comfort.
Emirates will return to the Melbourne-Singapore route and add additional daily flights to Sydney and Brisbane in early 2023.
As Chinese airlines restore capacity to Australia, this should bring down airfares and increase award availability - and not just to China.
Virgin Australia will launch its long-awaited flights to Tokyo from Cairns, with daily Boeing 737-8 MAX services from 28 June 2023.
With SeatSpy, easily find award availability by route across the next year on airlines including Etihad, Virgin Atlantic & British Airways.
Finding Velocity Frequent Flyer reward seat availability to the USA or Canada in Business Class can be difficult - but it's not impossible!
Qantas has made every seat on 21 domestic routes available to book as a Classic Flight Reward across six weeks in January and February 2023.
In episode 98 of AFF on Air, Matt and James from Award Flight Assist explain where to find Qantas, Velocity or KrisFlyer reward flights.