When Dale Cockroft takes his seat at the finals of the swimming at the Olympic Games in Paris , he'll probably be feeling extra smug. Because the 52-year-old Sydney catering assistant will have flown there using his Flybuys points. While many Aussies never manage to accrue enough rewards points to go anywhere, determined Dale had enough after converting them to Velocity Points to get from Sydney to Paris and back.
READ MORE: Highlights of the Paris 2024 Olympic torch relay to add to your travel list READ MORE: These are the world's cleanest airlines for 2024 And while Cockroft collects some of his points by using a Virgin Money credit card, he says he accumulates the majority using a little-known method. He logs onto the Flybuys app and completes surveys on what's called the Pureprofile Perks section, usually when he's on public transport. "I get the vast majority of my points that way.
It's a fantastic way of getting points without spending money," he told 9Travel. READ MORE: What to look for in a good holiday rental: 'Can make or break your holiday' It'll be the second trip to Europe Cockcroft has done using his points over the past almost four years he has been collecting them. It's a vast difference to most Aussies who often get nowhere despite years spending cash trying to collect enough loyalty points.
He is now aiming to use them to get to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina in Italy. Cockroft had only previously been overseas once as a kid, b.
