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Travel Pointers Ep 3 – Our First Times in First Class & Easy Ways to Earn Points

My inaugural First Class flight? 1A on the Emirates Airbus A380. I started strong!

Chris Chamberlin in First Class — Travel Pointers Ep 3 – Our First Times in First Class & Easy Ways to Earn Points

Join Point Hacks News Editor Chris Chamberlin and Australian Frequent Flyer Editor Matt Graham for the third episode of Travel Pointers – ‘Our First Times in First Class & Easy Ways to Earn Points’.

Travel Pointers is a brand-new podcast for frequent flyers. In our third episode, Chris and Matt dive into some of the ways they earn frequent flyer points, other than the obvious path of actually flying! This also includes tips on how you can earn frequent flyer points in Australia for free.

Your hosts also reminisce about the very first time that they each flew abroad in First Class. And, how they used frequent flyer points to do it.

Chris Chamberlin flying First Class — I’d just come from the shower… and should have packed some hair product. I learned for next time!

Show notes: Our First Times in First Class & Easy Ways to Earn Points

Each episode begins with a segment discussing a selection of recent news relevant to Australian travellers. In this episode, Chris and Matt discuss:

To learn more about the other topics discussed in this episode, you can also read:

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