Recent content by Emkay

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A 2016 post indicated that all was well, but have subsequent 'improvements' to Qantas' FF scheme introduced any new qualifications to retaining lifetime status? Since recently retiring from the workforce after 50 years, the final decade being at WP, I have been quite content to drop back to LTG...

The best SC earn I can see using a A$6499 DAS17 fare for my Japan trip netts 640 SC for me. Add that to the 420 SC I will earn for my other planned trip next year gets me up to 1060, then I can expect 2 x 50 SC bonuses (one for each 500 SC earned), bringing me tantalisingly close to the 1200...

Thanks so much - I now have a few alternatives to consider. As the Japan trip is not until fairly late in the year, I could consider milking the DCIR26 a lot harder, using all the allowable sectors, starting in HKG, but only travel through Asia and back to Oz during that year - if I can get the...

Thanks madrooster, the J return is certainly a lot cheaper than DCIR 26000! But I have just retired and am wondering whether I can retain WP for a few more years despite reduced travel needs, long enough to blow my 900,000 pts on award J travel for my wife, while I continue to purchase mine. The...

Can anyone advise approximate current costs of business class OneWorld Circle Pacific fares out of Australia? I know they come at three price levels, depending on mileage, and I will probably be looking at the 26,000 mile option. My wife and I plan to fly to Japan for a cruise, she on award...

Big trip starting this coming weekend, firstly BNE-SYD-HKG on QF flights in J as the final two sectors of a OW Circle Pacific fare started in HKG 12 months ago, ticketed by CX, from which I have been on an 11 month stopover in my home port. Six hrs after landing in HKG I start a new OW OWE J...

A lot of the higher cost of the non-Oz fares is due to the loss on conversion. The A$ amounts I quoted above were calculated using the foreign currency 'buy cash' price on the ANZ website. Credit cards may give better rates than those. If you can work out how to pay using OzForex ( OzForex -...

Just created DONE4 itineraries in the ow RTW site starting in the diferent cities, and got the site to calculate the price for each

I followed Sefty's advice and obtained the following base prices, for comparison with the HKD price quoted by Himeno: ex PDG CNY74,690 ex HAN USD11,352 ex SYD AUD12,006 Additional charges for taxes etc vary with routing and sectors flown but can total nearly A$2K for a 16 sector itinerary...

There used to be a website showing prices of ow ONE and CIR fares from a mass of starting points around the globe, but it disappeared. Differences were quite significant. Does anyone know where to find such info now?

Thanks guys, really appreciate the confirmation (well, as confirmed as it can be with the rules so hazy!) I didn't want to shell out the $$ without some form of checking. So far, I haven't found any way of buying this fare at much less than the standard ex-HKG price on offer at the OW RTW Plan...

I am still unclear on QFF SC earning under the new T&C. I would really welcome a second opinion on what SC I could expect to earn from the following DONE4 itinerary - and third and fourth opinions too, of course! I have included my 'reading' of the new earn rates (totaling 1600) as a target for...

Thanks dajop - would you kindly let me know the QF codeshare number for AY82?

Thanks moa999, had missed your table. This thread is massive!