Why Airlines Removing Award Charts Should Concern You

United Mileage Plus has removed its award charts and will shift to “dynamic” award pricing for travel from 15 November 2019. United gave no warning about the changes and they have attracted universal criticism, with many frequent flyers seeing this as a major devaluation of the United Mileage Plus loyalty program. United Airlines sold these … Continued

Double Alaska Airlines Miles on Qantas Flights

Alaska Airlines is currently running a promotion which could be of interest to savvy Australian flyers. You can currently earn double Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan miles on Qantas trans-Pacific flights between the United States and Australia. With this promotion, even an Economy class ticket to the United States could earn you enough Mileage Plan miles … Continued

How to Earn SkyTeam Status in Australia

Many Australians have status with Qantas or Virgin Australia. But very few Australians are even members of a SkyTeam frequent flyer program – let alone have SkyTeam status. The good news is that earning SkyTeam status is not that difficult. And holding SkyTeam Elite Plus status can be very handy if you ever fly with … Continued

Double Qantas Points on Qantas & Emirates Flights

You can now earn double Qantas Frequent Flyer points on all new Qantas and Emirates codeshare flight bookings made by midnight on Monday, 8 April 2019. The promotion covers flights taken between 11 April 2019 and 29 February 2020. To participate in this offer, you’ll need to first register on the Qantas website. Qantas marketed … Continued

How to find Oneworld, Star Alliance & SkyTeam Award Availability

The most rewarding part of collecting frequent flyer points is redeeming them! But trying to find award availability can be a frustrating, time-consuming exercise. If your frequent flyer points are with an airline in one of the three major alliances – Oneworld, Star Alliance or SkyTeam – you can redeem points to fly on any … Continued