{"id":137040,"date":"2020-02-19T00:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/news\/australia-japan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T15:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T15:52:47","slug":"australia-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesopedia.com\/en\/guide\/tutorials\/australia-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia and Japan: using British Airways Executive Club Avios miles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Foreword<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In my article about the logistics of our 5 months world tour as a family<\/a>, I had listed all the loyalty programs that would be useful to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, I’ll show you our use of Avios miles<\/strong> from the British Airways Executive Club<\/a> program, with very concrete cases saving us hundreds or even thousands of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, you will find the many ways to earn Avios miles<\/strong> with credit cards available in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Avios miles in Australia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In Australia, you cany use British Airways Executive Club Avios miles for travel with the Australian airline Qantas, a member of Oneworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Australia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

However, it is often a good idea to compare prices with local low-cost airlines such as Jetstar<\/strong> or Tigerair<\/strong>, or even other competing airlines such as Virgin Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, in some situations, we chose to pay for our airfare to travel with Jetstar (and redeem travel points on those purchases<\/a>), while in others we used our British Airways Executive Club Avios miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Australia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sydney – Melbourne<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Qantas offers flights every 15-30 minutes between Sydney and Melbourne virtually all day, and many seats are available on British Airways Executive Club, which can be booked with Avios miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Australia<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There is stiff competition with other airlines on this route, but we ended up choosing to use our Avios miles for several reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n