Australia and the Pacific islands are some of the most difficult destinations to score premium award seats at reasonable rates due to their enduring popularity as a bucket-list item for many travelers, as I discovered when looking to redeem points and miles to fly from Australia to the U.S.
With many popular programs now using dynamic pricing, business-class awards priced at 250,000 points or miles (or more) one-way, per person, are, unfortunately, the norm, not the exception.
However, there are a few ways to find better redemptions. For example, while I couldn't initially find anything suitable for a recent booking when I searched many months in advance, one tool helped me find a 12 1/2-hour business-class flight on Fiji Airways for only 75,000 miles.
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on The Points Guy Articles.
