kaz
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- Jan 10, 2006
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Hi
I'm currently VA gold and QF silver (QF silver for next 12 months only as I only accrued 15 SC in last 12 months but they still comp'd me silver for another12 months) :shock:
however all my business domestic travel is with VA (approx 2 flights per month) so my points accrual for flights goes to my Velocity account BUT my credit card purchases are made with my Westpac Amex Earth card and Woolworths QFF card so those both cards accrue to my QFF account.
I have just redeemed almost all of my QFF points for 2 x Syd - DFW trip next year, so now I'm reassessing which program I want to start collecting points to for future reward flights and I will change credit cards if I need to align with the correct rewards program.
I have been booking award seats with QF for over 5 years and I have never had any problems booking QFF award seats as I normally plan my international travel at least 8 months or more in advance and I travel outside school holidays ( I only use my points for O/S travel),
However when I search reward seating availability online with Velocity to assess flight availability for example to Syd - Singapore; I received the message 'No seats available for selected dates' and I searched for every month next year...so nothing available at all. !!
I found the same with alot of other destinations I searched for availability.
So my question is, do other Velocity members have any trouble redeeming reward seats through Velocity ? Is Qantas better for award seat availability ?
I don't want to apply for a Velocity partnered credit card to start accruing Velocity points only to find out that Velocity does not have a good redemption availability for flights overseas, as my credit card purchases will be accruing most of the the points I accrue.
My credit card purchases average $5000 per month (I put all purchases and bills on my credit card)
Any advise / thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks
I'm currently VA gold and QF silver (QF silver for next 12 months only as I only accrued 15 SC in last 12 months but they still comp'd me silver for another12 months) :shock:
however all my business domestic travel is with VA (approx 2 flights per month) so my points accrual for flights goes to my Velocity account BUT my credit card purchases are made with my Westpac Amex Earth card and Woolworths QFF card so those both cards accrue to my QFF account.
I have just redeemed almost all of my QFF points for 2 x Syd - DFW trip next year, so now I'm reassessing which program I want to start collecting points to for future reward flights and I will change credit cards if I need to align with the correct rewards program.
I have been booking award seats with QF for over 5 years and I have never had any problems booking QFF award seats as I normally plan my international travel at least 8 months or more in advance and I travel outside school holidays ( I only use my points for O/S travel),
However when I search reward seating availability online with Velocity to assess flight availability for example to Syd - Singapore; I received the message 'No seats available for selected dates' and I searched for every month next year...so nothing available at all. !!
I found the same with alot of other destinations I searched for availability.
So my question is, do other Velocity members have any trouble redeeming reward seats through Velocity ? Is Qantas better for award seat availability ?
I don't want to apply for a Velocity partnered credit card to start accruing Velocity points only to find out that Velocity does not have a good redemption availability for flights overseas, as my credit card purchases will be accruing most of the the points I accrue.
My credit card purchases average $5000 per month (I put all purchases and bills on my credit card)
Any advise / thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks
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