Comments on: Should I use frequent flier points or Air Miles to travel to Australia? http://www.australiaflightbargains.com/should-i-use-frequent-flier-points-or-air-miles-to-travel-to-australia/ UK to Australia flight sales 2011 & 2012 > Sydney travel deals > Cheap Airfares to Perth, Cairns, Brisbane & Melbourne > Round The World tickets with Asia, Pacific & Africa stopover options > Budget airline routes > Australia domestic flights Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: keith http://www.australiaflightbargains.com/should-i-use-frequent-flier-points-or-air-miles-to-travel-to-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-211 keith Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:28:40 +0000 http://www.australiaflightbargains.com/?p=1156#comment-211 Surely, to collect enough points for a free flight to Oz, you'd have to fly with the same airline once a week for about ten years? I collect points on trips to Oz, and usually redeem them on flights to Europe ... furthest I've been on them is Amman (and I didn't collect those; I won them in a TV travel quiz show) And, I wonder, is there any central system where you can collect points from several airlines? Surely, to collect enough points for a free flight to Oz, you’d have to fly with the same airline once a week for about ten years?

I collect points on trips to Oz, and usually redeem them on flights to Europe … furthest I’ve been on them is Amman (and I didn’t collect those; I won them in a TV travel quiz show)

And, I wonder, is there any central system where you can collect points from several airlines?

]]> By: Unexpected Traveller http://www.australiaflightbargains.com/should-i-use-frequent-flier-points-or-air-miles-to-travel-to-australia/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Unexpected Traveller Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:19:42 +0000 http://www.australiaflightbargains.com/?p=1156#comment-210 Lovely article - many thanks for your thoughts! To continue with your BA example, if they are so stingy at giving out points for a trip, this should be factored into your calculations. You may save £ 50 or £ 100 on a trip compared to (for the sake of argument) Qantas, but if the difference in miles is substantial, it may make it worth using Qantas. In this day and age of alliances, you can also use your Qantas points on BA ;-) The Unexpected Traveller Lovely article – many thanks for your thoughts!

To continue with your BA example, if they are so stingy at giving out points for a trip, this should be factored into your calculations. You may save £ 50 or £ 100 on a trip compared to (for the sake of argument) Qantas, but if the difference in miles is substantial, it may make it worth using Qantas. In this day and age of alliances, you can also use your Qantas points on BA ;-)

The Unexpected Traveller

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