So a little-known trick that can sometimes get you super cheap premium cabin fares, is to actually purchase miles & points and then redeem them for award flight as opposed to directly buying the revenue ticket. Many overseas airlines sell large amounts of frequent flyer points that are designed to top-up

As discussed in the previous Guide Series post on finding award availability, one of the great ways to secure award flights is to leverage the partner relationships of airlines to secure award seats on airlines other than the one you have the miles & points with. One excellent example is using

In my getting started guide I touched on the golden rule of miles & points which is to only use them for true award seats and not any-time or points + pay tickets. Now whilst this might sound obvious, the challenge many people have is finding these golden award seats. I have

I thought it would be good to write a getting started post that addresses many of the questions around miles & points from what they are, how to earn them and most importantly how to use them. If you already have a good understanding of miles & points then this post is

Over the comming weeks I will be working on a series of guides, tutorials and tips to help people get started with miles & points or maximise thier use. The guides will focus mainly on miles & points from an Australian perspective. I will aim to get a new guide out each