Has it got much harder to get decent points value for 2024?

[Silvia]

try with China Airlines via Taipei, they sometimes have availability and it's a great product!

 

[jonedwards80]

try with China Airlines via Taipei, they sometimes have availability and it's a great product!

nice business class?

 

[jase05]

nice business class?

Yes IMO.
For some reason I get decent sleep and find them incredibly comfortable. I really do rate their business class product

 

[Silvia]

yep, low taxes and great J product. A great use of QF points IMO.

 

[djkelly69]

I am not what availability is like, but Virgin/Velocity now have a tie-up with ANA, so could definitely look at transferring some of your Amex points to Velocity for Tokyo flights.

Plus I believe there is a 20% bonus on transfers to Velocity from Amex at the moment.

 

[jonedwards80]

Wonderful thanks all!

Does Velocity have a similar booking system like Qantas? ie... using Multi City + Classic Rewards

 

[serfty]

Wonderful thanks all!

Does Velocity have a similar booking system like Qantas? ie... using Multi City + Classic Rewards

No - as much as Qantas get criticism for their Web site failures, Velocity only have online simple one way or return booking searches.

Although if you call to book I suspect you'd get better service than the Qantas telephone lotto provides.

 

[Silvia]

Be sure you look for Business Rewards.
You need to book and select where it says you are booking with points.

 

[knagelli]

So one way to Tokyo for 500k seems way too much for you?

Are you referring to revenue tickets purchased with points or the reward ticket option for 500k points ?

 

[jonedwards80]

Are you referring to revenue tickets purchased with points or the reward ticket option for 500k points ?

it was a reward ticket but as per the other responses, its just a standard price and to be ignored apparently!

 

[jonedwards80]

One more thing on this…

So I’ve found some options Bris to Tokyo via Jakarta. Thanks for the assistance!

That said, I’m slightly short on points to get Tokyo to Brisbane. Is it common to book the journey there whilst one sees availability, but book eye return later when I have more points and other flights show up in the system?

 

[jase05]

One more thing on this…

So I’ve found some options Bris to Tokyo via Jakarta. Thanks for the assistance!

That said, I’m slightly short on points to get Tokyo to Brisbane. Is it common to book the journey there whilst one sees availability, but book eye return later when I have more points and other flights show up in the system?

I’d grab them whilst you can.
No guarantee other seats will open up

 

[Silvia]

How short of points are you? I agree, I would grab whatever is available as seats don’t last very long

 

[jonedwards80]

A mere 2500 short I think! Will jump on it today…

 

[tdimdad]

A mere 2500 short I think! Will jump on it today…

If that's QFF points, you can top up 3,000 points for $128. It's like adding a bit to the taxes & fees of your flights.

 

[jonedwards80]

Oh really? Cool. Is that just done on the QFF website?

 

[jase05]

Oh really? Cool. Is that just done on the QFF website?

Yes, buy top up points and book them ASAP

 

[Silvia]

yes agree, would be best to buy them as top up and then just get the tickets. Good luck!

 

[adammarcos]

Hi all,

Last year I started on my journey of points accumulation. I got my work CC working for me (Amex Platinum) and was very lucky to be able to get away a bit in 2023.

With a bit over 1 million Amex points I was able to:
- Fly business return Brisbane to Noumea (2 ppl)
- Stay 3 nights in high end resort in New Caledonia
- Fly economy return Brisbane to London (3 ppl)

Nox Vidmate VLC​

And here we are, wanting to book 2024 travel plans and it’s a bit of a struggle. I have around 750k Amex points and all I want to book 2 return business class flights to Tokyo for myself and my partner.

Yet it seems to be a struggle with a similar ish points value. Qantas seems to be 1 million FF points (2 million Amex) and other airlines are similar.

Has there been a massive rise in points required this year? I’m super sad I can’t really get close to this in 2024…

Sadly you just missed a massive release of classic flight awards. Keep looking. Seats to Tokyo pop up with relative frequency outside of peak travel seasons.