Round The World

Round The World Travel is a popular topic at the Australian Frequent Flyer. As frequent flyers we all enjoy flying and there is nothing better than flying around the world!

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Podcast #83: Travelling to Argentina in 2022

South America was the last continent to have direct flights to Australia restored following the pandemic. But the 3x weekly LATAM Airlines flights from Sydney to Santiago via Auckland were not yet running when Gus Higgins needed to travel to Argentina during February and March 2022. Instead, he redeemed Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book … Continued

Alaska Airlines 737 in Oneworld livery

Alaska Airlines Becomes a Oneworld Member

Alaska Airlines has become the newest member of the Oneworld alliance, after joining on 31 March 2021. Alaska Airlines is now the second Oneworld member in the USA, after American Airlines, and joins the other 13 member airlines including Qantas, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc, which joined a year ago. … Continued

4 Apr 2021 Oneworld
Podcast #41: Farewell to the Queen of the Skies

Podcast #41: Farewell to the Queen of the Skies

This week, Australia said farewell to a national icon. Over the past 49 years, Qantas has operated almost every variant of the Boeing 747 in existence. In fact, the flying kangaroo was once an all-747 airline. Now, the queen of the skies has been placed into early retirement in the Mojave desert. The iconic Boeing … Continued

Podcast #30: Qantas Double Status Credits Returns

Qantas Frequent Flyer surprised everybody this week by releasing a new Qantas Double Status Credits offer! In Episode 30 of the AFF on AIR podcast, travel agent extraordinaire Alan Lam (a.k.a. “madrooster” on AFF) joins AFF Editor Matt Graham to discuss the best Qantas status runs to book with Double Status Credits, and things to … Continued

British Airways Boeing 747 in Oneworld livery

The British Airways Oneworld Multi-Carrier Reward

The British Airways frequent flyer program can be very useful when redeeming Avios for short-haul flights, including Qantas domestic flights around Australia. But British Airways Executive Club redemptions are notoriously expensive on long-haul routes, especially in Business and First Class. If you want to redeem Avios for something other than a short-haul flight, though, you’re … Continued

Final call

Last Chance to Redeem Qantas Points Before Devaluation

There are now just days before the major 2019 devaluation to Qantas Frequent Flyer reward and upgrade pricing takes effect. After 11.59pm on Tuesday 17 September, Qantas will increase the number of points required for Classic Flight Reward and Oneworld Award bookings in Premium Economy, Business and First Class. This applies not only to flights … Continued

14 Sep 2019 Qantas
Qantas 747s in Sydney

How to Spend 300,000 Qantas Points

Thanks to a current ANZ mortgage offer, it’s possible to earn 300,000 Qantas Frequent Flyer points from a single promotion. And even if you’re not in the market for a mortgage, it’s still possible to earn 300,000 points relatively easily by signing up for a few credit cards with generous sign-up bonus points attached. So, what … Continued

29 Jul 2019 Qantas
Oneworld airlines crew 20th birthday cake

Podcast #15: The Qantas Oneworld Award

Learn how to fly around the world using your Qantas Frequent Flyer points with the Qantas Oneworld Award, also known as the Oneworld Classic Flight Reward! In Episode 15 of the AFF on AIR podcast, Matt chats to James Green, an award travel consultant at Frequent Flyer Solutions. This episode also includes the latest frequent … Continued

The Qantas Oneworld Award – AIR015

  Learn how to fly around the world using your Qantas Frequent Flyer points as Matt chats to James Green, an award travel consultant at Frequent Flyer Solutions. This episode also includes the latest frequent flyer news and discussion on redeeming Alaska Airlines miles.   Episode contents: 0:45 – Fortnightly news round-up 4:10 – Interview … Continued