It’s common knowledge that you can redeem Qantas points for Emirates flights. It also works in reverse; you can redeem Emirates Skywards miles on Qantas. If you happen to have spare Skywards miles, Qantas redemptions are relatively good value. But, as we’ll explain shortly, you shouldn’t transfer points to Skywards for the specific purpose of … Continued
It’s just become much easier to redeem your Virgin Velocity points for flights to Hong Kong and China! Following the launch of Virgin Australia flights to Hong Kong, you can also now redeem your Velocity points with Hong Kong Airlines and Hainan Airlines. The Opportunity It’s just become a whole lot easier to redeem your … Continued
Emirates has announced it will commence daily flights from Auckland to Bali from 14 June 2018. The surprise announcement comes as Emirates withdraws from the Melbourne-Auckland and Brisbane-Auckland routes next month. Qantas also recently announced a new route from Melbourne to Bali. Qantas will start daily Melbourne-Denpasar flights from 23 June 2018 using Boeing 737s. … Continued
Virgin Australia is currently offering 30% off Velocity reward seats until the end of February! The discount applies to Virgin Australia, Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Alitalia reward seats, as well as Air New Zealand trans-Tasman flights, in all classes of travel. This reward seat discount is a great deal, especially for Premium Economy and Business … Continued
Last week we showed you how to redeem Qantas points for trans-Atlantic flights between North America and Europe. This week we turn our attention to Virgin Australia Velocity trans-Atlantic reward flights. Virgin Australia doesn’t have quite as many partner airlines as Qantas, but there are still plenty of options across the Atlantic. Velocity reward seats … Continued