Tips First Class vs. Business Class - How should you use your points I often get asked why I 'waste' my points on First Class travel rather use them for Business Class travel. So before I start, let me be clear, this article is going to talk about a lot of #firstworldproblems. With that in mind let's take a look at what I
Japan-2018 Review: Japan Airlines $10 Class J Upgrade JAL's domestic Business class is branded class J and if purchased in advance will only cost you ~$10 above a normal Economy ticket. The domestic 777's also offer First class but it was a significant step up in cost. So I decided to fork out the extra $10 and give it a try.
News Wide Open Partner Awards on Singapore Airlines Sydney to Singapore A quick post that might help someone currently looking to get to Singapore. I happened to notice that Singapore airlines have wide open Business class availability on their new SQ288 Sydney-Canberra-Singapore flight that launches on May 1st this year. It seems that most days have at least 2 Business class
Tips Case Study: Business class for cheaper than economy! I always love it when I manage to get a good deal! As I have said before the miles & points game isn’t about travelling for free it is all about getting good value travel and I just did exactly that and scored business class flights on Singapore Airlines to
Japan-2018 Travel: Exploring Tokyo in the Snow Upon landing into Haneda, we realised that Tokyo had had a lot of snow overnight and found out later on that it was, in fact, the most snow Tokyo had seen in 4 years!
News Easy & Cheap Way to Get 16,000 Qantas Points Qantas Assure is running another promotion with Hello Fresh until the 7th of March that allows you to earn 16,000 Qantas points by ordering two meal delivery boxes. Hello Fresh is one of the many meal delivery services that have popped up in Australia that offers pre-packaged fresh food
Japan-2018 Review: Thai Airways 777 Business Class Bangkok to Tokyo I was looking forward to this flight from the day I booked it and realised that it was on a 777-300er that had been refitted with Thai Airways new business class product.
Virgin Australia Virgin are Offering 30% off ALL Award Seats Virgin Australia have just launched a very interesting promotion where they are offering a 30% discount on the points required for all reward flights booked between now and the 28th of February for travel from the 15th of March 2018 to the 9th of January 2019. What makes this very
Lifemiles Lifemiles February 125% Promotion on Purchased Miles Lifemiles recently ran a promotion in early February with a 100% bonus on transferred miles which I didn't cover as it is generally more complicated to use. But today they launched their first purchase miles promotion for 2018 offering miles purchases with up to a 125% bonus. Lifemiles is one
Japan-2018 Review: Thai Airways Bangkok Lounge & Spa Probably one of the best things about travelling on Thai Airways business or first class is getting access to the fantastic spa at Bangkok Airport. Business class guests get a complimentary 30-minute back or foot massage and first class guests get a complimentary 60-minute full body massage.
Tips Sometimes it Pays to Hang Up and Call Again! These days you can do most things related to miles & points online, but sometimes you still need to call a contact centre. Especially if you want to book complex itineraries not available online. Unfortunately booking Etihad First class with Velocity points is one of these cases. The online booking tool
BOOKED: Emirates A380 First Class I have spoken earlier about our desire to do another Europe trip later this year. My plan has always been to use up some Qantas points and finally get a chance to try Emirates First Class. Well, the trip is coming together and the Emirates flights are locked in! Originally
Japan-2018 Review: Thai Airways 747 Business Class Sydney to Bangkok Boarding was scheduled for 3:30pm so we left the Air New Zealand lounge around 3:20pm as I wanted to get on the plane nice and early to take some photos before other passengers boarded. When we got to the gate it was the usual chaos before a flight boarding
News Qantas Launch New Saftey Video Qantas have just launched a new inlflight safety video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCsCYy5qq4w&feature=youtu.be] and it is a little cringe-worthy! The video is shot in different Qantas destinations around the world "Playing cricket on a rooftop in Tokyo, riding in the front seat of a
Japan-2018 Review: Air New Zealand Sydney Lounge Air New Zealand opened a new lounge at Sydney airport back in 2015. It is accessible to guests travelling in business class on any Star Alliance airline as well as Star Alliance gold members and is located upstairs at Sydney international terminal right next to the Singapore Airlines lounge. After
Qantas Dreamliner will go to Brisbane Qantas has announced that from the 1st of September they will be operating a daily Dreamliner service from Brisbane to Los Angeles with fares going on sale today. The daily Dreamliner service will be QF15/16 and then continue on to JFK as QF11/12. Between September and December Qantas
What is it Really Like to Plan a Holiday With Flights Using Miles & Points December and January have been a busy few months for me in terms of holiday planning. I would say that on almost every day in the last 6 weeks or so I have done at least one (if not more) search for award availability! Which got me thinking about the
Japan-2018 Introduction: Skiing and Sightseeing in Japan 2018 has certainly rolled around the corner very quickly, it seems like only a few weeks ago I was organising this trip and posted about the great $1,600 return business class flights I got from Sydney to Japan
Reviews REVIEW: Aloft Hotel Perth Perth has changed a lot in the last few years, with several new hotels popping up. Aloft Perth is part of the SPG group and sits under the W brand, it opened in May 2017 and is located just up the road from Crown Casino. The Room We were staying
Merry Christmas & Upcoming Blog Posts Well, it has been a very busy end of the year for me and unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to take too many flights for the blog. But I do have a few things lined up for the new year. I wanted to take the time to wish everyone
News Emirates Brand New First Class Suites So I am pretty late to the party on this, I have unfortunately been a little sidetracked with my actual job to spend much time on the blog lately. But for those that may not have already seen it Emirates recently unveiled there branch new first class suite at the
Alaska Mileage Plan Currently Offering 40% Bonus on Miles Purchases I have written about Alaska Mileage Plan before in my Guide Series on buying miles and points in Australia. Mileage Plan is an interesting program that can give you access to some great award flights via thier partner network. Alaska Mileage Plan is more of a boutique program, they are
News Virgin Australia Now Let's You Buy More Points Virgin Australia has just made some rather large changes to it's 'Velocity Points Booster' program that allows you to buy Velocity points meaning you can now buy points online via credit card rather than over the phone. Velocity Points Booster has been available for awhile now, but it was quite
News Qantas Mall Offering Great Bonus For Xmas Online shopping portals are a great way to earn extra points on everyday purchases. For the month of December Qantas are offering some pretty amazing bonus offers for purchases via the portal of up to 10 points per $! I have written about using shopping portals before in my introductory guide
News Singapore Airlines Launch New Suites & Business Class Products The day has finally come, Singapore Airlines today announced there brand new Suites and Business class product that will be installed in all new A380 aircraft on order and also retrofitted into existing aircraft. Singapore Airlines has already taken delivery of the first of five brand new A380's that will
