Round The World

How to Book a Cathay Asia Miles Oneworld Multi-Carrier Award

Fly around the world with up to 5 stopovers for 265,000 Asia Miles in Business Class with Cathay Pacific's Oneworld Multi-Carrier Award.

10 Oct 2023 Cathay Pacific Points Inspiration

KrisFlyer Round The World Awards: Difficult to Book

Singapore Airlines' Star Alliance Round The World Award is an excellent use of KrisFlyer miles. But it has become difficult to book one successfully.

21 Sep 2023 Singapore Airlines

How to Book a First Class Round-the-World Ticket

There are a few different ways to book a First Class round-the-world ticket from Australia, using either money or frequent flyer points.

27 Mar 2023 Planning & Booking

New KrisFlyer Round-the-World Award Booking Service Fee

Singapore Airlines has quietly introduced a USD250 (~AU$370) service fee for new KrisFlyer Star Alliance Round-the-World Award redemption bookings.

3 Mar 2023 Singapore Airlines

How Finnair Is Reinventing Its Business Model

Just a few years ago, Finland’s geographical location was a huge strategic advantage for Finnair, a member of the Oneworld alliance. Its business model revolved around its ability to offer short travel times and efficient connections between Europe and Asia, via its hub airport in Helsinki. Unfortunately for Finnair, COVID-19 decimated demand for travel to … Continued

10 Nov 2022 Other Airlines

Podcast #92: The Singapore Airlines Round-the-World Award

Many Australian frequent flyers will be familiar with Qantas’ Oneworld Classic Flight Reward – the multi-city award that lets you fly up to 35,000 miles on Oneworld airlines, with up to 5 stopovers, for a cost of 318,000 Qantas points + taxes in Business Class. Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer also offers its own version of this award … Continued

3 Sep 2022 AFF on Air Podcast

Podcast #86: Cheap Round-the-World Fares in 2022

If you’re planning a trip overseas and want to visit multiple continents in the same trip, it could be worth booking a round-the-world ticket. Not only does this give you pretty good flexibility, but it can even be cheaper than just booking a point-to-point Qantas flight from Australia to Europe or the Americas. For example, … Continued

11 Jun 2022 AFF on Air Podcast

Podcast #83: Travelling to Argentina in 2022

South America was the last continent to have direct flights to Australia restored following the pandemic. But the 3x weekly LATAM Airlines flights from Sydney to Santiago via Auckland were not yet running when Gus Higgins needed to travel to Argentina during February and March 2022. Instead, he redeemed Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book … Continued

30 Apr 2022 AFF on Air Podcast

Qantas Oneworld Award Not Just for Round-the-World Trips

The Oneworld Classic Flight Reward is a very popular Qantas Frequent Flyer redemption, and for good reason. For just 132,400 Qantas points in Economy or 318,000 Qantas points in Business Class (plus taxes), you could fly around the world with up to five stopovers! But the Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward (sometimes referred to as … Continued

21 Apr 2022 Points Inspiration Qantas

Alaska Airlines Becomes a Oneworld Member

Alaska Airlines has become the newest member of the Oneworld alliance, after joining on 31 March 2021. Alaska Airlines is now the second Oneworld member in the USA, after American Airlines, and joins the other 13 member airlines including Qantas, Cathay Pacific, British Airways, Qatar Airways and Royal Air Maroc, which joined a year ago. … Continued

4 Apr 2021 Oneworld

Podcast #41: Farewell to the Queen of the Skies

This week, Australia said farewell to a national icon. Over the past 49 years, Qantas has operated almost every variant of the Boeing 747 in existence. In fact, the flying kangaroo was once an all-747 airline. Now, the queen of the skies has been placed into early retirement in the Mojave desert. The iconic Boeing … Continued

25 Jul 2020 AFF on Air Podcast

Podcast #30: Qantas Double Status Credits Returns

Qantas Frequent Flyer surprised everybody this week by releasing a new Qantas Double Status Credits offer! In Episode 30 of the AFF on AIR podcast, travel agent extraordinaire Alan Lam (a.k.a. “madrooster” on AFF) joins AFF Editor Matt Graham to discuss the best Qantas status runs to book with Double Status Credits, and things to … Continued

22 Feb 2020 AFF on Air Podcast