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No real reason to book Qatar through Velocity especially given QR Avios gets first pick of the seats a little under a year out. 1. If you have an Amex Platinum then even with the devaluation you are still better transferring to QR. 90k points to/from Europe is effectively 135k points compared...

Last time I did GA on the way there in J and booked the daytime Virgin Australia flight back in economy. Flight times for VA are much better in mid afternoon, leaving at DPS at 0820 means a pretty early start which to me offsets some of the benefit!

MEL - DPS is usually bookable with 40k Qatar/BA Avios in J. Not sure about the daytime services but availability is usually good generally. A330 J, pretty good service.

Does the article mention the upcoming RBA changes and the possible effects on all of this? Would seem a bit remiss for them not to mention it.

SQ from Aus to/from Se Asia is the biggest miss for Aeroplan. Buying Aeroplan points - with good availability even up to a few months ago - and it would effectively be under $2k return to lots of SE Asian destinations in J. Asia to Europe is less of a concern to me as that paid fares from...

SQ availability on Aeroplan is nowhere near what it used to be. Definitely nothing on Aeroplan to or from the European cities I can see. Even ex-Australia - SIN the only flight that's getting released to Aeroplan is one seat on the 0700 MEL - SIN service. Nothing from SIN to Australia either...

Are you using points or $$? You can fly Garuda wide body J for 40k Qatar Avios each way to Bali or 60k each way to CGK. Granted it's not as nice as a Q suite but it gets you there a lot quicker!

You're doing Bali via Doha?! Is this from Australia? I love Q suites don't get me wrong but even on points I'm not using them to go to Bali! I thought I was extreme for considering coming back from Japan on Qatar...

Maybe that was the case before but for 2026 going through the flight schedules on the website the A380 seems to run all year except for some of February.

I'm not sure how many people know you can redeem 40k QR Avios for Garuda A330 in J from SYD/MEL - DPS. Doing that one way and coming back on the VA afternoon flight (Y is fine for this) are my preferred options. SQ as earlier suggested isn't a bad option on an award flight either if you can...

As I said in the initial post, one departure a day from DPS is the A380 and both 777s to FRA have the new 1-2-1 configuration. There's no need to fly the 2-3-2 EK 777. $2200 return from SEA to Europe would be highly unusual. I have never seen a flight priced that low. Searching that route...

QR ex CGK is a great option too. Good for SC earn too. But DPS is a nicer starting/ending point and has typically been more expensive than CGK.

Yep, I search the ex Asia J flight combinations regularly and this is a particularly great deal for several reasons. Starting in DPS (nicer base than CGK/MNL to spend some time pre/post), great airline, no coughpy middle seat business class seating, good lounges except at DPS (but MNL lounge...

Read a little earlier in that sentence...

These prices are mid to late July which makes a difference as it's more into peak period. Ex SIN I'm finding similar pricing only with EK but with a 20h wait in AUH. Other prices incl TK are at least $700 r/t more expensive. Ex BKK I can see similarish prices with AY (but long wait times in...

EK doesn't have that many deals like this. It's typically EY/TK (pretty good airlines themselves) though sometimes QR can have good deals. I've flown out of CGK and MNL like this before but I'd rather spend a couple of days in Bali either side than in either of those cities. Also for WP the...

EK has 2 x flights a day from DPS (1 x A380 and 1 x 777 with 2-3-2) and 3 x flights a day to FRA (1 x A380 and 2 x 777 with newer 1-2-1 configs) Pick the 1945 from DPS rather than the 0035 as - most of the time - this will be scheduled as an A380. This seems to be the best flight combination...

That's interesting - previously you actually needed to separate out the flights on the multi city itinerary in order to find availability. Now the opposite seems to be true. Still very annoying that we can't search for flights originating in DXB thanks to the bug in the search system!

They're now releasing award space DXB - SYD on the 6am service in November most days. Can't see many options beyond DXB in F though sadly

I can find $8300ish on OTAs for MEL - BKK - HEL - LHR r/t. Not particularly competitive TBH, Malaysia is one stop only and is around $1000 cheaper. Given they're both OW can't see a reason to book Finnair at these prices.