<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Points to Point</title><description>Personal writing on flights, frequent flyer points, and whatever I&apos;m currently researching.</description><link>https://pointstopoint.com/</link><language>en-au</language><atom:link href="https://pointstopoint.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>No appeal, no explanation: how chasing points cost me my Apple account</title><link>https://pointstopoint.com/blog/apple-gift-card-account-lockout/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pointstopoint.com/blog/apple-gift-card-account-lockout/</guid><description>The prize was an extra 300 Qantas points and the indefinite suspension of my 12-year-old Apple ID.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>qantas</category><category>apple</category></item><item><title>Two reward systems, one points balance: how Qantas Classic and Classic Plus diverge</title><link>https://pointstopoint.com/blog/classic-vs-classic-plus/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pointstopoint.com/blog/classic-vs-classic-plus/</guid><description>Classic Plus is the worse deal, and it gets worse the more the ticket is worth. A Sydney to London return in business runs 332,600 points off the award chart, or about 778,000 through Classic Plus for the identical seat.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>qantas</category><category>frequent flyer</category></item><item><title>Curfew-free Sydney airport opens in October, resetting east coast schedules</title><link>https://pointstopoint.com/blog/western-sydney-airport-opens/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://pointstopoint.com/blog/western-sydney-airport-opens/</guid><description>Western Sydney International takes its first passengers on 25 October. A runway able to operate at any hour is the point of it, and the schedules already built around that are unlike anything Mascot can fly.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>aviation</category><category>sydney</category></item></channel></rss>