Podcast #86: Cheap Round-the-World Fares in 2022

If you’re planning a trip overseas and want to visit multiple continents in the same trip, it could be worth booking a round-the-world ticket. Not only does this give you pretty good flexibility, but it can even be cheaper than just booking a point-to-point Qantas flight from Australia to Europe or the Americas. For example, … Continued

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

Qantas Oneworld Award Not Just for Round-the-World Trips

The Oneworld Classic Flight Reward is a very popular Qantas Frequent Flyer redemption, and for good reason. For just 132,400 Qantas points in Economy or 318,000 Qantas points in Business Class (plus taxes), you could fly around the world with up to five stopovers! But the Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward (sometimes referred to as … Continued

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

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