Why can you book a flight from Australia to Doha but not the other way around? Here are a couple of workarounds.

You’ve been busy building up your points balance and planning a fancy holiday. So when can you get first dibs on those reward seats?

Struggling to use your points to fly at the pointy end? Put Award Nexus to work, grab a coffee and let the software find what you’re looking for instead!

Do you sport a shiny Qantas Platinum or Platinum One frequent flyer card? Then you have access to one of the Red Roo’s greatest perks: the ability to request reward seats.

A fantastic offer for couples and families offering deep discounts on award flights.

Qantas is increasing capacity to Bali, Manila, Singapore, Port Moresby and Christchurch from December to February, with award space generally opening up from January on.

In August last year we noticed that Velocity award availability had dropped markedly for Virgin Australia flights between Australia and the US. Up to that point, Virgin’s flights from Sydney and Brisbane to Los Angeles were a ‘go to’ spot for those with points to burn and looking to get to the US in Premium … Continued

From late March through to the end of this year (December 21st, to be precise), Japan Airlines has made a heap of First Class award seats available. Many days have at least two seats, while others have 4 or more. Feel like taking the whole family to Japan in First Class? This is the opportunity. … Continued

Qantas’ new Sydney to San Francisco service took off in mid-December. I’ve been monitoring award availability on the route for some months as I’ll be flying it later this year, and wanted to tweak some of my travel dates. Overnight the award calendar opened up for Business Class, and there are plenty of dates with … Continued