Redeem Points is a popular topic at the Australian Frequent Flyer, as much of our focus is about getting the best value when redeeming your frequent flyer points.
Etihad Guest has quietly ended its partnerships with Czech Airlines and Brazil’s GOL Airlines. It comes just a month after Etihad Airways also ended its partnership with Air Seychelles. Etihad Guest members are no longer able to earn or redeem miles with any of these airlines. But in some good news, Etihad Airways has recently … Continued
Qantas Frequent Flyer is currently giving 40% off the points required to book Classic Flight Rewards to Norfolk Island! Until 11 July 2021, you’ll get a 40% discount off the Qantas points to Norfolk Island when booking travel until 29 August 2021. This discount is available on both Economy and Business reward flights. In addition … Continued
Emirates First Class is arguably one of the best ways to fly, and before the pandemic it was a hugely popular frequent flyer points redemption for Australian frequent flyers. But Emirates has been quietly making it a lot harder for frequent flyers to book or upgrade into a First Class seat using points. Emirates eliminating … Continued
Air New Zealand will take over from Qantas on the routes between Australia’s mainland and Norfolk Island from 30 August 2021, for at least two years. This means you now have just a few months left to redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points to fly to Norfolk Island, while Qantas is still operating services from Sydney … Continued
Qantas Frequent Flyer is giving 30% off the points required for Qantas and Jetstar Classic Flight Reward seats until Friday 28 May 2021. This promotion covers travel dates between 1 July and 9 December 2021. The discount is available on reward seats within Australia and New Zealand. It’s even valid on Jetstar domestic flights in … Continued
Earlier this year, Devon Indig’s partner Shalini needed to fly to the Netherlands for three months to care for her ageing mother. With Australia’s border closed and a high risk of getting bumped off a return flight back to Australia, it was a difficult and risky endeavour. It could have also been very expensive. There … Continued
Many Australian frequent flyers would know the struggle that can be redeeming Qantas or Velocity points. But, as difficult as this can seem at times, it’s nothing compared to the challenge of redeeming points or miles in many overseas frequent flyer programs. At least with Qantas, most partner airline awards are available online and if … Continued
Singapore Airlines will continue extending the validity of expiring KrisFlyer miles, for six months at a time, until at least March 2022 (previously June 2021). It’s welcome news for Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer members who are concerned that their miles could expire before they have a proper opportunity to redeem them, particularly as international borders remain … Continued
With New Zealand opening back up to travellers from Australia, but flights looking quite expensive, now could be a good time to redeem your frequent flyer points for a trip to New Zealand! Qantas, Jetstar and Air New Zealand are all running flights between Australia and New Zealand. This provides plenty of choices for Australians … Continued
The final internal state border within Australia was removed today as Western Australia resumed allowing quarantine-free travel from Victoria. It’s the first time there have been no interstate border closures within Australia for almost a year! With domestic travel opening back up, but international borders still closed for the foreseeable future, now is a great time … Continued
ANZ Rewards members should be able to transfer their points to Virgin Australia’s Velocity Frequent Flyer program again “in the not-too-distant future”. But ANZ hasn’t yet committed to an exact date for Velocity point redemptions to resume. ANZ, alongside all other Australian banks, suspended point transfers from its credit card loyalty program to Velocity Frequent Flyer … Continued
Update: Please note that Etihad Guest ended its partnership with Virgin Australia in June 2025. Unfortunately, you can no longer redeem Etihad Guest miles on Virgin Australia. You can of course redeem Velocity Frequent Flyer points to book reward seats on Virgin Australia flights. But did you know that most Etihad Guest redemptions on Virgin … Continued