Lots of First Class Award Availability to Beijing

Looking for a way to fly to China in style? There is currently tons of Air China First Class award availability between Sydney and Beijing, with up to 4 First Class seats available for redemption on many dates. Air China flies daily from Sydney to Beijing. It currently serves this route using an Airbus A330 … Continued

Qantas Mulls Classic Flight Reward Changes

Qantas is considering an overhaul to its Classic Flight Rewards to “better address the needs of customers”. The enhancements would involve increasing the number of points required for some Qantas award flights. But award availability on some routes would increase to compensate for this. There would also be changes to the Qantas-imposed carrier charges that … Continued

Booking a Qantas Oneworld Award in First Class

The Qantas Oneworld Award is one of the best uses of Qantas Frequent Flyer points. For a fixed amount of Qantas points, it’s possible to fly around the world with up to five stopovers! Qantas’ Oneworld Classic Flight Reward, as it’s officially known, can be used to fly up to 35,000 miles on any Oneworld airlines. … Continued

5 Reasons NOT to Transfer Velocity Points to KrisFlyer

You may already be aware that point transfers from Virgin Australia Velocity to Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer will become more expensive from 1 January 2019. The current transfer rate of 1.35:1, which applies in both directions, will increase to a 1.55:1 rate. Given the upcoming devaluation, you may be tempted to transfer some or all of … Continued

Should I Transfer Velocity Points to KrisFlyer Now?

On 1 January 2019, transfers between Velocity Frequent Flyer and Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer will become more expensive. It’s currently possible to transfer points between each program at a 1.35:1 rate. But next year this will increase to a 1.55:1 conversion, representing around a 15% devaluation. Given the upcoming changes to KrisFlyer transfers, you may be … Continued