Buying Frequent Flyer Points Guides
Buying points can be a great day to cheaply, and relatively easily, travel in Business and First Class by immediately redeeming them for frequent flyer points flights.
Here are a range of guides to buying frequent flyer points - which frequent flyer programs offer points purchases, and how to redeem them for cheap Business and First Class travel to different destinations.
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How to buy Hilton Honors points for cheaper Hilton hotel nights
Hilton Honors is offering a 50% discount on purchased points which could be good value for topping up points balances for specific redemptions.
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Using miles with AAdvantage to redeem for Trans-Tasman Business Class travel on Qantas or LAN
In this guide, we show you how you can use American Airlines’ AAdvantage progam for cheap Trans-Tasman Business Class flights with Qantas and LAN, particularly when travelling further afield to cities like Adelaide, Darwin and Perth.
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How to buy and redeem points for cheap Qantas & Cathay Business Class using Alaska Mileage Plan
Alaska Airlines is one of the most useful frequent flyer programs for Australians looking to buy points for cheap Business and First Class, with redemption opportunities with Qantas, Cathay Pacific and other airlines all stacking up with significant savings versus buying a paid fare.
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Guide to buying AAdvantage miles for cheap Business & First Class travel with oneworld airlines
American Airlines is running another promotion for purchasing AAdvantage miles – offering up to 85,000 bonus miles plus 10% off which comes out to 1.83 US cents per mile.
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Ends September 12th: United offering up to 75,000 bonus Mileage Plus miles when buying miles - good for Star Alliance Business Class to Asia
United Airlines MileagePlus program is running a flash sale with an up to 100% bonus on miles purchases until September 12th 2017 – usable for cheap Star Alliance redemptions to Asia and beyond.
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Virgin Australia Business Class redemptions with Virgin America Elevate Points
Virgin America’s Elevate frequent flyer program is pretty niche, but has one really specific use for New Zealanders – low tax/surcharge redemptions for Virgin Australia, which ‘can’ be good value for select Business Class flights […]
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Guide to buying Avios for cheap Business Class flights to Australia, and within the US and Asia
Top up your British Airways Executive Club balance with Avios to use for cheap last-minute Business and Economy Class flights on Qantas flights in Australasia, American Airlines in the US, and Japan Airlines and Cathay Pacific in Asia. Note that sale offers are only for current Executive Club members.
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Route & airline options when using American Airlines AAdvantage miles to get to Europe from Australia or New Zealand
American Airlines AAdvantage miles are some of the most valuable out there, so when AAdvantage miles go on sale, the astute points-collectors take note and consider buying them to redeem for Business or First Class […]
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Guide to buying Avianca LifeMiles for cheap Star Alliance travel
Avianca’s frequent flyer program LifeMiles is offering a 100-125% bonus on miles purchased, with the bonus increasing the more miles you buy. The current offer represents good value if you missed out on the last promotion in December and have a specific Star Alliance redemption in mind. If not, hold off.
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The basics of buying airline and hotel points or miles - why you’d want to, and what you need to know to get a deal
Many overseas frequent flyer and hotel rewards programs sell their miles or points to their members, often with chunky bonuses to get you to sit up and pay attention. If you’ve been reading Point Hacks […]
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The marvellous & murky world of online points & miles brokers
Go behind the scenes of the elusive mileage broker businesses, where you can sell all of your miles to a broker who gets full control of your account, and buy miles from another who runs over 500 frequent flyer accounts.