Earlier last week, Srilankan Airlines announced that will be serving Melbourne from late October. The carrier will be using their A330-200 for the 10-hour flight from their home airport of Colombo. As the airline is part of Oneworld, there are quite a few options for redeeming points on the new service. It’s also worth pointing out that […]
Getting Hyatt points in Australia is extremely difficult for some unknown reason, this post explains why that is and how you can earn them. Why is that? We have no Hyatt-branded credit cards In Australia, we’ve got a number of banks and most of them aren’t the best for frequent flyers. Unlike in the U.S […]
In this post, I’ll be continuing on with the ‘how to travel to….from Australia’ series. If you’ve missed the previous instalments, they are listed below: How To Travel In Business Or First To The USA From Australia With Points How To Travel To The Middle East In First Class With Points From Australia How To […]
In this post, I’ll be talking about how you can get from Australia to Asia using points in Business Class. This is a continuance from the posts listed below: In the post, I’ll only be listing the carriers that are easiest to redeem points for. There are a lot of Asian based carriers that fly […]
If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you should know by now that I travel to the Middle East ALOT. Why? because I love to fly the ME3 as they have some of the best premium products in the air and I love the country, it’s a very interesting and relaxing place as strange […]
Earning Qantas point is getting easier and easier every day, and anyone can do it. For those who don’t fly often, these tips will really benefit you and may even give frequent flyer’s some tips. You’ll now earn a lot more miles on the ground rather than in the air, and that’s something we’ll be […]
For a few weeks now Flybuys and Velocity have been running a promo for a 15% bonus on points when transferring. I decided I may as well transfer them over and get some value out of them rather than leave them with Flybuys. This post will explain how to transfer your Flybuys to Velocity points. […]
Without a doubt, my favourite frequent flyer program would still have to be American Airlines AAdvantage. The program offers some fantastic value, always has miles on sale and has some brilliant redemption partners. I’ve talked about the program a little bit for Etihad first class redemptions, but today I am going to talk about redeeming these […]
It’s no secret getting flights from Australia to the USA, or the opposite is getting extremely difficult to travel to, especially in a premium cabin. The route is popular with both tourists and business people making it an extremely popular route. The route can be VERY expensive for both off-peak and peak seasons which isn’t affordable for […]
Wouldn’t it be so amazing to see how many business class seats are left for sale or what’s the chance of my upgrade clearing? Well, fortunately, there are program’s enabling everyday people to do this. Expertflyer and KVS Tool are programs that will change how you fly. Each program has different levels of membership which may seem expensive […]
Many years ago upgrades were incredibly easy to get, especially if you had status. However, as we’ve seen the past few years upgrades are getting more and difficult to get for ‘free’ but airlines are making them easier to get for a fee. Most people will be aware of upgrading with points, and that’s pretty easy […]
For a long time now it’s been known that sadly Qantas does not have the most valuable frequent flyer program. This isn’t the best for frequent flyers but now a lot of airlines are following and going Revenue based. However there are ways to get cheaper Qantas redemptions. First of all lets look at the 3 award […]