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Bingo..... 35,500 velocity points to fly Business from Sydney to Fiji (same for Sydney to Perth)........ the use case for this is: 35,500 velocity points requires you to purchase 35.5 Coles gift cards (at 2,000 bonus flybuys a card)...... so this essentially requires you to spend $5 for 35.5...

I suspect Gold status would have a good chance, as Fiji transitions to a full Oneworld member. Qantas Club lounge member only, typically will be more restrictive and certainly would not expect that to be recognised in non Qantas lounges

I expect you will be denied entry to your Aust lounge (does not meet the rules)..... you may be lucky. I definitely would not expect you to be able to get in the Nadi Lounge (with just QF Club membership and not status). Rules can sometimes be stretched, but I would need a lot more confidence if...

Should also note that a full points based booking is fully refundable. So if you book well in advance, you can follow the dynamic pricing model and cancel and re-book when better points options become available. A bit harder to do this with a cash booking as the best fares are non-refundable.

For me it stacks up when booking their premium hotels (>$500/night) accommodation...... the flip side here though is, there are not a lot of points availability for these hotels.

XCH if a flagship, maybe short lived one....... this is a contracted service by the federal government....... tenders for the new contract closed last month!

I would be interested to see the numbers, but I would still think from a "flagship" route perspective, Brisbane would still pip, Melbourne. BNE is the foundation base (first route and first maintenance facility), BNE remains head office for the company and BNE has the most overall routes. So...

Flagship Route Conditions: 1. Route starts at its primary hub 2. Route must have a lounge at both ends 3. Route must be a long haul route (international or trans continental). So based on this = BNE to PER is the only candidate.

I like the way you present this argument….. so yes you are paying for the Accor points……. ….. however if someone else stays at the same place on the same rate and does not have a linked Qantas account, they are also paying for the points, that you will receive…… so does that mean you are in fact...

The $10 discount is free, you can choose to take it by signing up to flybuys and taking the discount (so long as you do nothing else to gain it)...... the Velocity points similarly are free..... if either are taken by choice without additional cost, they are free..... the only cost is to those...

Same points either approach for a domestic flight. International can be worked out slightly better doing all at once, with round the world fares, or free stopovers etc. but rare in my experience. In my opinion, unless you are highly flexible book one way as soon as it is released and book the...

Expensive status run???

Celebrating the New South Wales Blues win this week 🥳 I am adding in my link to the same offer - 200,000 Membership Rewards points to anyone who signs up using the referral link below, before 8 October 2024, and spends $5K within 3 months. I also will earn 75K points if you signup via this link...

….. and that will be the most common experience for Australian duty free, due to the extreme prices these stores have to pay for their commercial lease. I have seen these lease agreements (at airports), directly tied to their revenue (as a percentage of sales) which all but destroys the 10% GST...

@SYD you are a much more dedicated points hacker than me........ 2,500 QF pts = $25 for a $500 spend....... I have reached "curiosity" level as to where my points are at...... not sure I will get to "concerned" if turns out I stuffed up...... but I will stay curious :)

With around 8 Antonov flights to Noumea in recent weeks (with what one would assume is full of military /riot equipment), not sure France is expecting a quick resolution. Pick a quiet island away from the city.

10th June posting of my SC’s for May

I carbon offset my status runs……. to get green status and more status credits :)…… so that is what correctly priced status credits look like.

Agree…… but noting if I paid a hefty sum for status with Qantas, I will still be loyal to them, to get the return on my investment and the perks of the status. Accor and IHG, both offer options to “buy” status and I for one have been a frequent user of their paid programs. So I think there...

Unfortunately the Port Moresby daytime flights from Asia, will have to be ruled out of the equation........ since PNG is part of the Australian Continent and is not in Asia :) but a wonderful daytime flight anyway :) and a hidden gateway to Asia.