An Australian mum is buying new luxury appliances, free gift cards and boxes of wine with Frequent Flyer points after her travel plans were cancelled due to the pandemic.
Olivia White, 30, from Melbourne, said she has been thinking about the value of all her travel points recently, now that international travel is banned due to the coronavirus and the ‘furthest we can go is the post box’.
But while you might not know it, Olivia said your points can in fact get you a range of things on the ground – from wine to Netflix subscriptions and even household items.
So what do you need to know?
An Australian mother who saved $30,000 inside 12 months by being frugal has shared the best ways to use your Frequent Flyer points when you’re not flying (Olivia White pictured)
Top of Olivia’s list of things you can get your hands on with your Frequent Flyer points is household items, available via the Qantas Shop (pictured)
1. HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
Top of Olivia’s list of things you can get your hands on with your Frequent Flyer points is household items.
And whether you’ve needed a new computer for ages or are in the process of jazzing up your kitchen now that you are home and cooking more, there is plenty online at the Qantas store.
‘The Qantas store is a great place for finding hundreds of items from big retailers,’ Olivia said on her website.
Some of the best-selling items include a Dyson purifying fan (worth 88,870 points), a Tefal cooking set (worth 106,950 points) and a Bose speaker (worth 37,150 points).
Simply log in and browse categories including Sport and Fitness, Electronics, Homewares and Outdoors to use your points.
Olivia has already managed to pick up some luxury appliances.
2. WINE
Qantas Wine could be a good way to use your points as it is delivered straight to your door and offers you deals from local winemakers (pictured)
If, like much of the population, you have found that you are drinking slightly more in isolation, then Qantas Wine could be a good way to use your points.
‘Delivered straight to your door, there are always great specials and offers also from local winemakers,’ Olivia said.
She added that this way of using your points is also a good way to support local businesses, and there is a broad range of options available from both Australia and New Zealand.
For more information about Qantas Wine, visit the page here.
It’s also worth noting that if you earn over a certain amount of points in a membership year, then you might be eligible for Points Club, which gives you a complimentary Premium Qantas Wine membership.
Olivia highlighted that you can get gift cards for subscription services like Netflix and Spotify – which can be a ‘great way to offset costs at the moment’ (stock image)
3. GIFT CARDS
One of the more surprising ways to use your Frequent Flyer points on the list is through gift cards.
Olivia highlighted that you can even get them for subscription services like Netflix and Spotify – which can be a ‘great way to offset costs at the moment’.
You can also convert your points to Woolworths gift cards, which might go some way to helping you offset the cost of your increased grocery bills (Olivia pictured with her daughter)
4. SUPERMARKET BILLS
You can also convert your points to Woolworths gift cards, which might go some way to helping you offset the cost of your increased grocery bills.
Olivia said she has done this occasionally, in order to bring the cost of the weekly shop down.
Finally, the mother-of-two said you can just sit on your points and use them to travel once the coronavirus pandemic has passed (Olivia pictured with her family)
5. SAVE THEM
Finally, the mother-of-two said you can just sit on your points and use them to travel once the coronavirus pandemic has passed.
‘If you’re in it for the long haul and are likely to travel once this is all over, then I strongly suggest you sit on them,’ Olivia said.
‘It is good to note that Qantas has offered a 12-month extension on status tiers and points expiry.’