a potential quick way (rather cheap) up the status levels with QFF

[mikal1988]

So i have been doing some research as to get to the next level of status with QFF

Im currently Bronze and just got my 16K reward for my ANZ FF card (I'm rather new to all this - and excited) and after a while of playing around saw that Jetstar does the normal Friday Fare Frenzy and this includes $9 fares a lot, they also have the 'Plus' bundle option which then gets you QFF points and SC - for $15 extra

From my emails i can see that its mostly MEL - NTL that have the $9 fares and if my calculations are correct it will take 15 round trips (up and back in the same day) and you will gain enough SC to go to the next level

Not bad for a total of $720 and an extra 30,000 points, obviously it will be a bit draining to do so but for someone who wants to get to that next level so when they do proper INTL flights with QF get a % bonus on future points

Let me know people is this a good find or does someone out there have an even better idea?

Thanks

[danielribo]

I've never actually though of using the dirt cheap fares as a bit of a status grab. I guess for $9 + $15 it's fairly good value. If you had a free day that would otherwise be spent doing nothing, a quick day return with some QP time beforehand wouldn't be a bad way to spend it.

[mikal1988]

exactly my thoughts - i could spend more than the $48 for the round trip on beers at the pub and doing this people can actually benefit from it

Mikal

[casanovawa]

But if he's bronze then he doesn't have access to the QP does he??? So you'd spend $720 to get to PS??? Problem is, for me anyway, PS is not really worth having or not worth that amount of money anyway, you'd have to spend the same amount again to get to SG which would then get you entry to QP... PS will only get you a few paltry benefits which may be of value to you, I'm not sure, or else you could go spend not much more than $720 and just buy a QP membership and get access to Aust QPs and some ACs and rapidly shrinking number of BA lounges, bit of extra baggage and a few other things... Up to you but to get to PS it might be a cheapish way if you have 15 days to spend if you can only go up and back once in a day... Is the flight back the same price as the flight up???

[awilcockson]

rapidly shrinking number of BA lounges

not shrinking any more

http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...tml#post549804

[richie9x]

Often those really cheap Jetstar specials are limited to certain times on certain days (Tuesday, Wednesnay and Saturday). Which is fine if you are free on those days. And sometimes they can be asymmetric, that is cheap one direction but normal fare in the reverse direction.

[casanovawa]

Hmmm, trust that after about 4 months of hearing nothing the thing is resolved on the very day i make this comment... But that is good news re BA...

[mikal1988]

no real reason to get to silver but being young i think that gaining silver and potentially going up the ranks will be a good thing and to have a decent status by the time i reach 30 (when i foresee myself doing the bulk of my flying).

i mainly posted as an idea cause some one might want to do it and i think its better as you need 300SC to get to silver and a return MEL - LHR flight in discount economy will only get you 120SC and cost you nearly 1.5K

[samh004]

A very nice idea, if I could see some intra-QLD flying for those prices on JQ I’d jump at the chance. By your rates it’d cost $2880 to requal Platinum, and that I can do! Plus 120,000 points

I’ll actively look at what JQ can do for me from now on!

[amaroo]

A very nice idea, if I could see some intra-QLD flying for those prices on JQ I’d jump at the chance. By your rates it’d cost $2880 to requal Platinum, and that I can do! Plus 120,000 points

I’ll actively look at what JQ can do for me from now on!

For a first or nearly first time poster mikal1988 is showing the signs of a first rate AFF'er

I think the idea is very good.