G'day all! And today it's a look at my first international flight this year, which luckily for me was in Business Class on Singapore Airlines. It's fair to say I was super excited about this flight - I used around 53000 Velocity points to get it, which is around double the points you need for …
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Andy Versus Qantas (why I’ve Had It With Australia’s Main Airline)
Howdy all! Well, how’s everyone doing today? Do I need a new sign in phrase? Not feeling very creative I guess at the moment. So yeah, we need to talk about Qantas. Australia’s National Airline with a decided monopoly over all things aviation in my home country. Sadly, it’s an airline whose reputation has taken …
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Velocity and Qantas Frequent Flyers Compared
Howdy all. Something different for a Sunday for you. I wanted to look today at the two main frequent flyer programs that exist in Australia. If you’re a frequent flyer in Australia, if you love hunting down points, well there here are your two main options. Of course, there are many other choices you could …
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Frequent Flyer Fun – Earning Points
Howdy all. This one is probably just relevant for those living in Australia, but today I want to discuss the different ways there are to earn Frequent Flyer points, mostly focusing on the ways I have earnt points myself. I belong, I think I’ve said last week, to a few frequent flyer programs, and the …
Frequent Flyer Fun – Using Points
So after last week’s post about my frustrations with Qantas’s Frequent Flyer programme, I thought I’d write a post about earning and using frequent flyer points, because I do love to collect and use the points, even if sometimes there are headaches associated with the programs. Here in Australia Qantas probably is the program with …
Qantas Frequent Flyer Frustrations
As the year of 2017 is winding up, it is no surprise to anyone who knows me that I already have decided on my travel plans for next year. I’ll be writing more on those nearer the end of the year, but I have been doing a few bookings with frequent flyer points, and I …