Tag Archives: Redemption

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How To Redeem Points For SriLankan Airlines’ Melbourne Service

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 […]

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Qantas Currently Not Showing AA and Some BA Award Space Online

There have been a few reports lately that people are having trouble finding American Airlines awards through Qantas. I came across a post on Flyertalk about the situation and I thought I’d investigate it a little further. Here’s an example routing from Los Angeles to San Francisco: As you can see, there looks to availability on American […]

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You Can Now Fly Emirates To The USA With Alaska Miles from Australia!

Alaska Milage plan recently had some changes to their program like the ability to now book Japan Airlines awards, but they also added the ability to fly Emirates through to the USA, this was previously not allowed, and flights had to be Ex Asia. Here’s an example flying Sydney – Dubai – Los Angeles The […]

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Tutorial – Use AAdvantage Miles For Cheaper Qantas Redemptions

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 […]

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How To Travel In Business Or First To The USA From Australia With Points

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 […]

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