Guides
30 plain-English guides to earning and spending points in Australia. Every guide is dated and links to the sourced data behind it. New to the game? Start at the top.
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New to points? These cover the concepts everything else builds on.
Where points come from, which currency to pick, and how to start without overspending.
Why fixed award charts hold the value, and how we flag dynamic, estimate-only pricing.
oneworld + a fixed chart, or partnerships and sweet spots? How the two big AU programs differ.
No program is universally best — the framework to pick the right one for the way you fly.
Stop guessing — calculate what a point is really worth before you redeem, in cents per point.
oneworld, Star, SkyTeam — what alliances mean for earning and redeeming from Australia.
Transferring too early, hoarding too long, valuing too high — the traps and the fixes.
Earn points faster
Cards, transfers and ground partners — building a balance without flying.
Find the seat first, then transfer — how moving flexible points to airlines really works.
Most Qantas Points are earned on the ground — cards, bonuses and partners, in the right order.
The flexible currency that feeds many programs — hold, then transfer only when you find a seat.
Most Velocity Points come from the ground — Flybuys, cards and bonuses, used well.
Activity clocks, hard expiries and the one-transaction trick that keeps balances alive.
Book better redemptions
Finding seats, program sweet spots and getting real value per point.
The best-value Qantas Classic redemptions from Australia, and how to read the zones.
Where KrisFlyer miles go furthest from Australia — Suites, Saver business, stopovers and Saver vs Advantage.
Qsuite, Singapore via KrisFlyer and cheap domestic seats — where Velocity Points deliver most.
Seats, not points, are the constraint — how to actually find award space from Australia.
The #1 business-class sweet spot, in depth — booking Qsuite to Europe via Doha on points.
One currency, five programs — how to earn and spend Avios well, and dodge BA's surcharges.
Showers, suites and doors that close — the realistic paths to first class on points.
The most underused trick in award travel — break your journey in the hub for little or nothing.
Upgrades clear from waitlists and hide fare-class traps — when they're worth it, and when not.
Award bookings are usually far more flexible than cheap cash fares — book early, adjust later.
Four seats is 4x the points and 4x the scarcity — the strategies that make family awards work.
Destinations on points
Route-by-route playbooks for the places Australians actually fly.
Qsuite, Emirates, Singapore — the routes to a flat bed to Europe on points, and how to book them.
LAX, SFO and JFK on points — the programs that work from Australia and what to expect.
Tokyo on points — Qantas, JAL and ANA from Australia, premium-economy value and the seasonal crush.
Bali on points — when it's worth it over cheap cash fares, and how to book it.
Singapore, Bangkok and KL on points — the programs, the hubs and the medium-haul sweet spots.
The easiest international redemption from Australia — and when cash beats points across the Tasman.
Hotels
Free nights, category charts and when points beat cash.