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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Guide to buying AAdvantage miles for cheaper Business & First Class travel with oneworld partner airlines
This points currency is great for domestic Qantas Business Class, oneworld Business to Europe, and Cathay Pacific First awards.
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How to buy and redeem points for cheap Qantas & Cathay Business Class using Alaska Mileage Plan
Mileage Plan are selling miles again, though with recent program devaluations in the frequent flyer world, we’d only recommend buying if you have a specific redemption in mind.
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How to buy United miles for cheaper Star Alliance Business & First Class flights
The United Airlines MileagePlus program is running a targeted buy miles sale, with an up to 100% bonus on miles purchases until 24 May. This offer is best for specific redemptions rather than for speculative purchases.
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Guide to buying Avianca LifeMiles for cheap Star Alliance travel
Avianca’s frequent flyer program LifeMiles is offering an up to 125% bonus on miles purchased until the 30 May. The current offer represents good value if have a specific Star Alliance redemption in mind.
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How to buy Hilton Honors points for cheaper Hilton hotel nights
Hilton Honors is offering a 100% bonus on purchased points until 7 June, which could be good value for topping up points balances for specific redemptions.
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A guide to buying Velocity Frequent Flyer points
Previously, you could only top your Velocity balance up when you had 80% of the required points for a redemption and you had to phone; now you only need 50% and you can do so online.
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Guide to buying Avios for cheap Business Class flights within Australia, 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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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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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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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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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.