pythonisman
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Next year I'll be doing a fair bit of travel on QF & partners, and I haven't done anything serious for quite a while. Currently on 0SCs and Bronze.
I'm flying QF J SYD-SIN, then MH J SIN KUL NRT and return in Feb (with potentially JL domestic hops in Japan). This is between 30/Jan - 23/Feb.
Using the QFF points calculators, this looks to be 480SCs and about 25k points, but given I have no other QF sectors this membership year, I won't get Silver until I fly 2 more times.
In early (~7th) March I'll be flying most likely with QF J to the east coast of the USA and return for work (QF is work's preference). Given the distance flown on QF metal (I'm contemplating bouncing via MEL/BNE and LAX to maximise points/SC earn as the fares cost about the same) is it worth a short weekend away to get the additional 2 sectors on QF metal, to get Silver before the USA trip? This would then (I assume) earn me +50% points bonus, which could be fairly significant?
(Assuming MH D/Z class fares redeem in time for my status to change before I leave, which from reading around may be a bit of a gamble either way?)
I'm also doing a side trip from SIN in Asia in Feb, but haven't yet worked out who to fly with. Do 3K "plus pack" flights exist / count towards the minimum QF sectors like JQ do?
My understanding is after all of this I'll make Gold and be sitting on a bit over 1,000SCs. As a current VA Plat I'm contemplating whether it's worth trying to divert my earnings elsewhere, but this might be a "grass is always greener" question. Either or Gold will make me happy I think!
Appreciate any thoughts or feedback. Also if there were any good AA mileage runs out of MIA that could take me somewhere exciting for a weekend in the USA that'd be great too- I'll have one weekend to work out what to do there (and who wouldn't wanna push for WP eh?)
Edit:
Looks like the difference between Silver and Bronze for the USA trip would be around 11,000-12,000 QF Points, so not sure if that's worthwhile or not. But a weekend away visiting mates is always as good an excuse as any right...?
Also if I fly on a QF ticket through from Australia to Miami on a QF flight number (but operated by AA), I assume the earn there is as on AA, not on QF right?
I'm flying QF J SYD-SIN, then MH J SIN KUL NRT and return in Feb (with potentially JL domestic hops in Japan). This is between 30/Jan - 23/Feb.
Using the QFF points calculators, this looks to be 480SCs and about 25k points, but given I have no other QF sectors this membership year, I won't get Silver until I fly 2 more times.
In early (~7th) March I'll be flying most likely with QF J to the east coast of the USA and return for work (QF is work's preference). Given the distance flown on QF metal (I'm contemplating bouncing via MEL/BNE and LAX to maximise points/SC earn as the fares cost about the same) is it worth a short weekend away to get the additional 2 sectors on QF metal, to get Silver before the USA trip? This would then (I assume) earn me +50% points bonus, which could be fairly significant?
(Assuming MH D/Z class fares redeem in time for my status to change before I leave, which from reading around may be a bit of a gamble either way?)
I'm also doing a side trip from SIN in Asia in Feb, but haven't yet worked out who to fly with. Do 3K "plus pack" flights exist / count towards the minimum QF sectors like JQ do?
My understanding is after all of this I'll make Gold and be sitting on a bit over 1,000SCs. As a current VA Plat I'm contemplating whether it's worth trying to divert my earnings elsewhere, but this might be a "grass is always greener" question. Either or Gold will make me happy I think!
Appreciate any thoughts or feedback. Also if there were any good AA mileage runs out of MIA that could take me somewhere exciting for a weekend in the USA that'd be great too- I'll have one weekend to work out what to do there (and who wouldn't wanna push for WP eh?)
Edit:
Looks like the difference between Silver and Bronze for the USA trip would be around 11,000-12,000 QF Points, so not sure if that's worthwhile or not. But a weekend away visiting mates is always as good an excuse as any right...?
Also if I fly on a QF ticket through from Australia to Miami on a QF flight number (but operated by AA), I assume the earn there is as on AA, not on QF right?
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