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If they make positive changes to Points Club and particularly PC Plus that'll be interesting too. Very hard to get PC Plus unless you're either flying an awful lot (in which case you'll likely be minimum Gold) or if you're getting a lot of money on credit cards. So any positive changes to this...

Points in J to Europe on QFF are already significantly higher than most other airlines especially if travelling on a partner airline. That combined with poor availability on QF metal in particular (but more recently across OW in general) makes them an unattractive proposition, though the recent...

Each carrier does set their own redemption rates BUT surely not for a different carrier's FF program. JL decides how many JL miles are needed for one of their seats, it doesn't dictate how many QFF points are needed for one of their seats. Ultimately the decision to charge 144,600 or 159,000...

Qantas Silver. Called to make a booking I couldn't do on the website. Took 20 mins to get through, pretty sure it was someone in Hobart. Very straightforward, great service (apologised quite unnecessarily a few times for a short wait) and got sorted very quickly. No complaints at all and happy...

Oh I think you've misunderstood me here. This is purely for QFF - booking award seats on QF metal for the same mileage band is a little cheaper points wise than on partner airlines. So it's 144,600 Qantas points for one way in J to the maximum mileage one way in J with QF (and until around...

QF points required for long haul J CRs are already some of the highest in the industry when compared to their equivalents, though given the ubiquity of Qantas points you might fairly argue this isn't a direct comparison. They might equalise the points needed for QF bookings with other airlines...

Pre pandemic you'd usually see the same availability for a lot of OW airlines as on their own award schemes - eg CX. Suspect that's changing as scarcity is greater. Qatar's reduced availability is across the board and to pretty much every destination and wasn't this bad 4-5 months ago. If there...

Access to QR J reward seats even with QR's own Avios has hugely dried up over the last few months. Thought initially this was a Euro summer availability thing, but it's continued throughout September 2024. So less than zero chance for QFF even if there was some miraculous easing of relations.

There could be a lot more more churners, but anecdotally I think a lot of people who could be doing it are anxious about effects on future credit applications. Not sure PC+ would be enough to assuage those concerns. I churn four cards a year and my credit score is >900, probably partly because...

For churners it is just about achievable with four top level cards churned a year. Usually doing that in three month spaced out intervals means it doesn't set off too many alarms re multiple applications for credit enquiries either. Increasing the target by 100k would take a lot of churners...

Interesting the email was sent out. Do we know if Points Club has been a success for the airline and if not are they trying to get more people to qualify? It's rare we'd see *actual* enhancements to a program in this day and age, unless they'd be tied in to a higher points bracket. I've...

Agreed, though AY are selling these cheaper J fares that lack seat selection and lounge access so maybe they're classing them as part of this on seat selection. Does seem a bit excessive for J though, I agree J should have both of these things as standard (a handful of people on cheapest fares...

Rates are the same effectively, Australian earn rates are double too so it evens out. US Amex transfers are a bit of a shame as it'd probably be a fun (though long) way to get to JFK... 1690600856 Saver availability is often quite good though if you book early enough. Eg booked LHR - MEL for...

A year out from now starts getting into European summer holiday territory where availability will be poor for a lot of FF programs. Was only looking at Qatar availability through Velocity until this announcement, but there was pretty decent availability even on that for non peak times. Would...

No, you're in the wrong here. This shows MH may be limiting seats after the 30th. This isn't down to the QF 353 day deadline though. You can still see seats for routes even after the 353 deadline for other airlines. Search for example LHR - CMB and enter 30/06/2023 as the date with flexible...

I was looking at CMB - MEL on UL (not for OWA just for a single trip), they've abruptly blocked off daily seats appearing on this from July 1st 2024 despite appearing before. You can still get LHR - CMB from July 1st currently, though I wonder if this is a school holiday thing as VIC school...

Anyone know why there's so much award availability DXB - BNE even in F if you look 11 months out, but nothing at all in the other direction? Surely loads would be similar both ways?

Okay, noted. Guess best not to risk it...

Setting off on my RTW in J in a few weeks. MEL - NRT HND - JFK (JFK - GIG on LATAM separately via QFF) GRU - LHR LHR - CMB CMB - MEL Absolutely no dramas with mine... My flights are still ticketed... Does seem almost impossible to start a route like this any time soon unless you're Platinum...

Very little even to Asia Miles. Devaluation incoming which might improve availability...