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Qatar J availability to Europe does appear to fairly abruptly disappear from mid June 2024 (Y available still)...this side of things appears to definitely be a downgrade.

Thanks for this comprehensive reply! I guess my main interest is long haul J but 22,500 Avios for the few times I might want to travel to Perth is quite tempting. And although I never would redeem for long haul Y usually, 13k points to SIN in a respectable BA Y sounds like a steal to be...

I'm pretty happy with the ability to book Qatar J to Europe for 90k pts one way, but which of these other Avios opportunities are truly beneficial for those of us in Australia? oneworld is already bookable through QFF and Asia Miles and J award availability on most routes to/from Australia is...

For those flying to Europe, those who prefer to speculatively plan a trip 11 months out clearly win out here. Qatar has good availability in June 2024 and 40,500 points less than SQ for J along with just a 25 USD cancellation charge. Not even that expensive to make 3-4 dummy bookings and cancel...

A lot hinges on whether QR redemptions get devalued too. Very favorable 90k QR redemptions to Europe one way, but also using BA Avios MEL - SYD in J for 12,500 Avios and MEL - BNE J for 16,500 Avios. Better domestic opportunities with Avios than with SQ, though these were always bookable...

So having a look at Avios on QR and it's not bad at all. Searching early June 2024. Carrier charges aren't too bad - LHR - MEL is A$670ish even with the UK's obscenely high taxes. 90k Avios one way. Can do JFK - MEL, though confusingly some of these are Flexi awards so double. But can find...

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Velocity has consistent availability for QR if you book early enough. I booked to London for Feb next year and can see availability in May 2024. This bodes well for availability via Avios. I don't know how peak season looks though, whereas SQ was always quite good for that if booked in advance...

The carrier charges are terrible but I'll maintain it's still a good use of points to fly EK F. It is an experience in of itself - as opposed to just flying in comfort - and particularly if you manage to get a seat on the new 777 F (decent availability on some routes) then it can be pretty...

Will be doing F both ways on this in four weeks time. Is there any chance I'll be able to use the shower or will that be limited? Aware there will be no caviar (sadly)

I once read someone asked for it in SYD FCL before 11am and they made it for them (off menu). Not sure if this was a one off though! Off back to SYD FCL in a month, might give it a go!

Loads of availability on QFF for these BNE flights. Booked STN - DXB - BNE in F for 25/2/24. It was earlier than anyone can book them through EK apparently, so second flight was showing up as 26/2/23 for a couple of days. Also need to do flexible date search on the multi city if you want the...

Don't call up. I booked mine back in late October 2022 for August - October this year. Same thing happened to me and points still haven't been taken. Ticket numbers etc all valid and have the points still in my account in case they realise they need to take them.

Recently QF released a whole bunch of J seats to DFW over winter 2023. Some are still available eg QF21 MEL - DFW on 21/7/23. They can also be booked on Asia Miles. AFAIK if it's bookable by Bronze on QFF it should be bookable by OW partners, I don't think QF restrict their availability...

Actually I'd forgotten how cheap Singapore's carrier charges were. $99 for MEL - LHR and $480 for LHR - MEL, largely because of UK's departure tax. Given the good availability on KrisFlyer and potential for other programs on Amex I still think it's a decent shout - $5kish return business to...

My usual annual points strategy is 4 x Qantas CCs churned a year and Tax/super paid through Amex/Sniip. 4 x Qantas CCs got me Points Club Plus per year which is quite a handy extra. I think now it'll be 3 x Qantas CCs churned, tax/super through a low % Qantas Visa/MC platform (would clear PC+...

Shame, having a mix of points helps massively helps too. Only program where it might still be worth it via Amex is Asia Miles as they still only charge 85k points with Cathay and 90k with other programs one way to/from Europe. With Amex Platinum this would be $1,520 in card fees - wouldn't be...

Disaster about Sniip increasing the Amex charge. There's no other option now is there? And even with Amex Platinum @ 1.125 airline points per dollar, 2% isn't really worth the points is it?

I'm Krisflyer Elite Gold and flying DPS - MEL on VA economy next month. Does this mean I get access to the DPS lounge that VA use?

Cathay availability is a game changer for those planning trips now. Very much doubt we will see the cancellations and chaos which characterised bookings over Covid either. Just as a data point for others as I know a few others have had this same stroke of luck - booked a RTW ticket back in...