Qantas adds flights to Indonesia’s national capital from a second Australian state capital. Bookings are now open, including when using Qantas Points.

Flights from Australia to Bali are slated to recommence in March 2022 with Qantas and Jetstar. Here’s how you can fly there with points.

Virgin Australia is ramping up with four new routes, starting just in time for the busy summer holidays. Tassie, Queensland and South Australia just got a whole lot closer.

The airline has struggled for decades to make this route work. What should you do if you’re booked to travel on it next year?

I expect award availability on this route to increase by around one-third.

It’s mostly good news for those with access to airports in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. We go over how to use your points to book an award flight.

From 31 October 2016, Emirates will make three changes to its New Zealand services, replacing the Boeing 777s that it currently uses for Sydney to Bangkok as well as direct Auckland to Dubai services with Airbus A380s.

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.

The airline cuts back on its overseas stopovers, with Hong Kong, Moscow, Munich and Barcelona out, and Manchester and Milan joining Tokyo, Seoul, Frankfurt and Singapore as stopover options.