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🇦🇺 Made for Australian flyers

Australian points & award travel, decoded.

Earn frequent flyer points faster with the right cards and transfer partners — then spend them on the cheapest award seats by route, cabin and program. Data sourced and dated, so you can check it yourself.

How many points for your route?

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Last updated 14 June 2026

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203

award routes

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Earn — build your balance

Which Australian credit cards and loyalty programs earn points fastest, which flexible currencies give you the most options, and when transfer bonuses make a deal.

See the best cards, how-long-to-earn and transfer tools.

Burn — spend them well

Tools and pages showing the points cost of award flights by route, cabin and program — with a clear line between fixed published charts and dynamic, estimate-only pricing.

Browse award flights or try the award-cost lookup.

Loyalty programs

All 25 programs

Velocity Points

KrisFlyer miles

Avios (Qatar Privilege Club)

Aeroplan points

Flying Blue Miles

Popular award routes from Australia

Points cost by program and cabin, from fixed published charts — Qantas FF, KrisFlyer, BA Club, JAL compiled so far, with more as each chart is sourced and verified.

Melbourne → Los Angeles

7,927 mi · 12,758 km

Melbourne → Singapore

3,749 mi · 6,034 km

Melbourne → Hong Kong

4,605 mi · 7,412 km

Sydney → Los Angeles

7,494 mi · 12,061 km

Sydney → London

10,576 mi · 17,020 km

Sydney → Tokyo

4,867 mi · 7,833 km

Sydney → Auckland

1,342 mi · 2,159 km

Perth → Singapore

2,431 mi · 3,912 km

Guides & how-tos

Plain-English guides to earning and spending points from Australia — written for real trips, with sources and a last-updated date.

Points 101: how to start earning points in Australia

Where points come from, which currency to pick, and how to start without overspending.

Best frequent flyer program in Australia: how to choose

No program is universally best — the framework to pick the right one for the way you fly.

How to find award seat availability (the skill that matters most)

Seats, not points, are the constraint — how to actually find award space from Australia.

How to book Qatar Qsuite business class on points from Australia

The #1 business-class sweet spot, in depth — booking Qsuite to Europe via Doha on points.

What are your points worth? A cents-per-point guide

Stop guessing — calculate what a point is really worth before you redeem, in cents per point.

How to earn Qantas Points without flying

Most Qantas Points are earned on the ground — cards, bonuses and partners, in the right order.

Hotel programs

Wyndham Rewards

Marriott Bonvoy

IHG One Rewards

ALL — Accor Live Limitless

Choice Privileges

Free tools

Award-cost lookup

Route + cabin → programs and points, fixed vs dynamic.

Points value (cpp)

What your points are really worth in cents.

Transfer calculator

Card currency → program, including bonuses.

How long to earn

Spend and time to hit a points target.