With six out of every ten frequent flyer points coming from credit cards, getting the right mix of cards in your wallet is important to planning your next trip.
Acknowledging that everyone’s personal circumstances are different, here is just a sample of highlights from credit card providers this month. Continue reading…
Online sports store onsport.com.au has boosted its Velocity points earn rate to 15 points per $ spent until next Monday. Continue reading…
flybuys are becoming more and more useful for frequent flyers, but despite having numerous partners, opportunity for earning points is still limited.
In this guide, we explain how products offered by Coles Financial Services can increase your flybuys points earn from your spend at Coles checkouts by up to six times. Continue reading…
With the big 100,000-point sign-up bonuses on offer with the American Express Explorer and Business Explorer cards, we thought we’d pick out five of our favourite award redemptions that you can use your points on. Continue reading…
Qantas Frequent Flyer has launched a partnership with Jaguar and Land Rover, offering 1 Qantas Point per $1 spent on eligible new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles from authorised Australian retailers.
This guide lists current offers that will give you bonus Qantas Points for purchasing products and services from Qantas Frequent Flyer partners. Continue reading…
Last week, we wrote about the benefits of holding elite status with Qantas Frequent Flyer, which gives you perks like lounge access, priority seat selection and access to more award seats.
With both the the American Express Qantas Ultimate and ANZ Qantas Frequent Flyer Black currently offering 75 Status Credits as well as a large 75,000 Qantas point sign-up bonus, if you’re in the market for a new Qantas Point-earning card, one of these could be a good way to go. Continue reading…
If you’re new to the frequent flyer game, Singapore Airlines’ loyalty program KrisFlyer is one of the top five to join for travellers based in Australia.
Until 14 April 2017, KrisFlyer is offering 500 bonus miles for new and reactivated accounts.
All you have to do is enter promo code JOINKF2017 at the bottom of the registration form.
If you have an expired KrisFlyer account, it seems that you are eligible for the bonus points too.
You can expect the points to deposit into your account within 48 hours.
Then you are on your way to building a KrisFlyer balance which you can use on one of our 9 favourite KrisFlyer redemptions.
KrisFlyer is the only frequent flyer program that allows redemptions for First Class Suites
Or, you could transfer your KrisFlyer miles to Velocity Frequent Flyer at a rate of 500 KrisFlyer miles = 370 Velocity points.
To read more about why you should join (for free), take a look at our post on 7 reasons why KrisFlyer is one of our favourite frequent flyer programs (and 4 downsides).
Supplementary images courtesy Singapore Airlines and KrisFlyer.
Aquire is Qantas’ loyalty program aimed at small-to-medium enterprises, from which points can be transferred to your personal Qantas Frequent Flyer account at a ratio of 1:1. You can read all about the program in our guide here.
Under Aquire’s 2017 Back to Business promotion, eligible flights booked by 31 January and taken by 28 February 2017 will earn 600 bonus Aquire Points. Continue reading…
British Airways Executive Club regularly offers bonus Avios earn on tickets purchased for British Airways flights, however, they are usually only valid for travel within the next 2-3 months, which is less generous than Qantas Frequent Flyer promotions which generally run a month or two longer.
Having said that, this triple Avios promotion represents good value if you were already planning a trip from Australia/New Zealand to Europe, or between Europe and North America, before the end of March. Continue reading…
If you are a member of the IHG Rewards loyalty program (covering the InterContinental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn hotel brands), you’ll get a bonus points challenge every quarter, giving you the chance to boost your IHG points balance.
The latest Accelerate promotion is open for registration and valid for stays between 1 January and 15 April 2017. Continue reading…
