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It is interesting that more people on this forum aren't upset by these changes. It perhaps shows that there's a lot of people here who earn more by flying than by on the ground activities, that people are more dissatisfied with decreased award availability (which will become better as points...

Rewards can be devalued a whole lot more. These are currently what are considered the best credit card sign-up bonuses in the UK:

If you think the state of the credit card rewards market has gotten bad in Australia, it's about to get a whole lot worse.

Status with VA gives no additional award seat space on partner airlines. It all depends on what NH decides to release to partners. As you've found, NH consistently release some award seats in J on SYD-HND at about the 1-2 week mark, but not when the cabin is already full (ie peak travel times).

Never been an issue for me to request first and transfer points later.

I've always been offered PJs on EK F, including on this sector.

Had the same issue. It resolved itself after a couple of days.

No.

I transferred a mid six figure amount to Alaska. Short hauls are a bit better. MEL-SYD J on QF is 15K on AS, which will be 19.3K on QF after the upcoming devaluation. The main benefit is free changes, so they serve as great placeholder flights (along with AA). You do lose the carrier booking...

The US Amex changes are a response to changes coming to its largest competitor, the Chase Sapphire Reserve. They really have nothing to do with the AU Amex market, which marches to the beat of a different drum.

After the 12 month mark, you can get a full refund of the second AF up to 30 days after it has posted. And if you downgrade/upgrade, you get a pro rata refund of the AF at any point in the year. You will then get a pro rata charge of the new card's AF (if any).

Emirates A380 would be my pick, if you can get premium economy on all legs — they don't have it on all their A380s. I'd avoid Qantas if you want the lowest cabin pressure the whole way, because you'll be on an A330 or B737 between Brisbane and Perth.

Hasn't helped at MEL First check-in before. They have told me policy must be wrong (lol) and it can't be done.

I got the offer, but my partner did not — we've both transferred Amex MR to Qantas before.

Yes, if you sign up for an Avios-earning frequent flyer program and change the frequent flyer number associated with the booking to that program.

Call back during HBA hours and hope you get an Australian agent. If not, ask the Fiji agent to check with their team coach about how to do it — it is possible.

Flights to and from North America in J around September school holidays released without issue. The overseas agents continue to struggle with adding connecting domestic flights, mistakenly thinking there must be classic award availability to add them.

If you're usually flying J (you mention domestic, but what about international?), I wouldn't worry much about status. You get most of the perks of status with your J ticket. The only thing you're missing out on is oneworld first lounges, but it sounds like your priority is on board product...

One possible way to think about the subject is that nothing beats sign-up bonuses in terms of bang for your buck (points per dollar spent & the cost of each point), effort (no battling with cashiers at WW/Coles) & time (few people can generate, say, 100,000 points in a shorter space of time)...

You're literally repeating what I said on page 1 of this thread. What I'm saying is that you pointing to the fact that you earn 1.5pt/dollar and pay 1c/pt is proving the OP's point, not refuting it.