{"id":152816,"date":"2025-02-27T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/you-can-now-redeem-avios-to-fly-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-remote-airports-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T22:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:00:44","slug":"you-can-now-redeem-avios-to-fly-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-remote-airports-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/you-can-now-redeem-avios-to-fly-to-one-of-the-worlds-most-remote-airports-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"You can now redeem Avios to fly to one of the world’s most remote airports – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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One of the world’s most remote airports is now more accessible thanks to one of the easiest points and miles currencies to earn.<\/p>\n

St. Helena Airport (HLE), located 1,200 miles off the coast of Africa in the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, receives only one weekly departure and one weekly arrival year-round. The service is provided by South African regional carrier Airlink, which is based in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Previously, travelers could only redeem United MileagePlus<\/a> miles on Airlink, and at the time of publication, no award seats to or from St. Helena were available through United Airlines.<\/p>\n

Qatar Airways Privilege Club<\/a> members can now redeem Avios to book Airlink flights, including this unique route, following Qatar Airways’ purchase of a 25% stake in Airlink.<\/p>\n

This service originates at Johannesburg’s O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) once weekly and stops at Namibia’s Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB). The return journey from St. Helena to Johannesburg is nonstop.<\/p>\n

Airlink also operates a limited seasonal nonstop service from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to HLE on a handful of Christmas and New Year’s dates.<\/p>\n

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