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Daniel Sciberras

Daniel Sciberras

Daniel lives and breathes loyalty programs, and has spent over two decades researching the best ways to earn and redeem loyalty points for maximum value. He travels for both business and leisure and is a frequent traveller to Europe and the US. In his downtime, he enjoys CrossFit, hitting the beach and playing tennis.
Daniel Sciberras was last modified: November 2nd, 2021 by

Daniel: value traveller

Daniel loves the word ‘optimise’ when it comes to travel. That is, maximise the comfort for the lowest cost. And it is this word that allured him to the world of frequent flyer points. There is no cash fare that can ever ‘outvalue’ a great long-haul premium seat redemption. So naturally, you’ll find him sitting at the pointy end of the plane more often than not. There is just simply no better way to travel than that.

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Bank Rewards Program Credit Cards

Bank Rewards Programs are where your credit card earns points in the bank&#8217;s points currency, which can then be transferred out to frequent flyer programs on demand &#8211; we call these &#8216;flexible points programs&#8216; as they offer a number of benefits and differences over &#8216;direct-earn&#8217;, airline-branded credit cards. Flexible points programs and linked credit cards &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

Bank Rewards Programs

Citibank Frequent Flyer Credit Cards

Citi have a range of frequent flyer linked credit cards, primarily through a number of accounts linked to Citi Rewards, which is Citi&#8217;s credit card points earning program. There is a full guide to Citibank Rewards and the cards in the range here. Citi also partner with Emirates for their Skywards MasterCard, which is useful &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

Citi Rewards


No Annual Fee Frequent Flyer Credit Cards

Frequent Flyer credit cards with no annual fees let you earn points into either a frequent flyer program, or into a bank rewards program from which the points can then be transferred to frequent flyer programs. Points earned from spend on your credit card with no annual fee can be a great way to increase &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

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No Overseas Transaction / Exchange Fee Credit Cards

Frequent flyer or travel credit cards with no overseas / foreign transaction fees usually let you earn points into either a frequent flyer program, or into a bank rewards program from which the points can then be transferred to frequent flyer programs. Points earned from spend on your credit card with no overseas transaction fee &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

Guide to credit cards with no overseas transaction fees | Point Hacks

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Guides

Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer program partners with many credit card rewards programs in Australia, and between Singapore Airlines and it&#8217;s subsidiary Silkair, flies to all major Australian cities. KrisFlyer also provides well-priced redemptions on Singapore Airlines flights, especially in Business and First Class. As a result, it&#8217;s a program you need to know about if you&#8217;re &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

A beginner's guide to understanding the program

Beginner&#8217;s Guides

Knowing how to get started with frequent flyer programs, rewards programs and points in general is really hard. There are heaps of deals, offers and things you can get caught up in. We&#8217;ve collated all of the Point Hacks guides that are suited to people taking their first steps in earning more points and using &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

Qantas & Virgin Australia’s repatriation flights cost

Virgin Australia Velocity Frequent Flyer Guides

Velocity Frequent Flyer is loyalty program of Virgin Australia. Since Virgin Australia&#8217;s rebrand and relaunch undertaken since the early 2010s, Velocity has become a real competitor to Qantas Frequent Flyer for customer loyalty. The key differences of Velocity to Qantas Frequent Flyer are consistently good award seat availability on most of Virgin&#8217;s routes; partnerships with &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

Transferring reward points to Velocity Frequent Flyer

Etihad Guest Guides

The Etihad Guest frequent flyer program has a number of uses for Australia-based travellers. Earning Etihad Guest miles is possible from Virgin Australia flights and American Express Membership Rewards-linked credit cards. Using Etihad Guest miles is most effective for Etihad&#8217;s own flights from Australia to Europe and beyond; and on Virgin Australia&#8217;s domestic flights. Etihad &hellip; <a href="https://www.pointhacks.com.au/author/daniel-sciberras/">Continued</a>

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24 May 2019.

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