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Good. That is, after all, the point... ...and you won't need to be reading any more of my posts then. ... and I won't be expecting any more pressure from you not to speak my mind.

51 eh? I count 9... ...from 9 pages of posts. Are you trying to censor me? I wonder would you be so annoyed with someone who complained about Telstra, or a bank, or an insurance company? Qantas is not above criticism, and the 75% or so reduction in Qantas' international market share...

Yep, you are quite right. So this is the card for our friend jadeqld1123. His current card is cobranded with qantas so qff only... Interesting that qantas gave in for amex's premium clients. Probably not the best idea to disenfranchise them... Heh heh... I used to fly qantas exclusively...

Is there? You can still opt to transfer to Qantas and/or other airlines? I thought the only amex cards for QFF transfers were those which automatically transferred to QFF? If so, then Qantas has changed their policy since I stopped flying them...

Its also with Amex. Just call them and tell them you want to swap your existing card for one which doesn't auto transfer to Qantas. Bear in mind, though, that you will not be able to transfer your points to Qantas from the new card. Qantas tried to tie up the market by insisting that only...

Change your Amex card to a different flavour and transfer your points to Virgin Atlantic and get 30% extra points until end of March. I have a platinum credit card giving 1.5 points per dollar spend, and 1:1 transfer to virgin atlantic.

I hadn't heard of Asiamiles - not a bad deal: 175,000 points SYD-LON-SYD in business on QF and BA... Is it all Airbus 380's to London with QF these days? Presumably J class on the 380 has flat beds? I stopped flying QF after the last J class refresh when they should have installed flat beds...

When I ran my own business I ran up enough points to fly business to europe annually, on an Amex with 1.5 points per dollar, when points per flight were a lot less than they are today... A substantial house renovation can earn you a lot of points too... I heard of some people who used their...

A $700,000 telephone bill? heh heh... I wonder if he's ever heard of Skype! But, I get your point, and you confirm my own - the ASA programme is not for the vast majority of QF customers... ... and remember that ASA was launched to deflect increasing criticism of the difficulty in spending...

incredible value? really? do you mean domestically or internationally? I never use points for domestic travel - only for international business. Before I stopped flying QF I never saw an international business ASA flight that I could ever afford - mind you it was also becoming impossible to...

Now that many J class cabins have flat seats, great food and wine and good lounges, is there much benefit flying First? Its only 200,000 points SYD-LON in VS Upper Class, or 153,000 if you take advantage of the current Amex to VS transfer bonus...

1 million Amex points would take me several years to accumulate! The "any seat" option for QFF was the final straw for me - whoever it was aimed at, it isn't me, and that told me I was flying an airline who didn't want my business. I changed to Virgin/Virgin Atlantic and cancelled all my cards...

Is that an Amex card which automatically transfers points to QFF? (meaning you have no choice?) I cancelled all those cards which were rebranded as QF cards because I don't fly QF, or the abominable Jetstar...

So, its $320 to buy the flight or 32,000 points? So you would get 6.25 flights for 200,000 points or $2080 worth of flights? But if you transferred to Virgin Atlantic you can fly upper class return to London for 200,000 points - a $7,500 flight if you paid for it. ... which is 3.75 times the...

The VS Hong Kong lounge is very nice. Good menu and wine list and they encourage you to eat in the lounge before you board for London so that they can turn out the lights as soon as the seat belt lights go out... Tick the "don't wake me for breakfast" option and sleep until just before...

Seems a lot of points to burn... Why not transfer Amex points to Virgin Atlantic before end of March and get 1.3 VS miles per Amex point, and spend 200,000 VS miles to fly Upper class on Virgin Atlantic via Hong Kong. 153,846 Amex points will get you to London and back in a flat bed and the...

Yes, you are quite correct... I haven't looked since last year. The flight cost is A$7381 depending on dates, so still not a bad return on your points. I never use points on domestic flights - if you do a $ per point comparison international business/upper is usually much better value as long as...

Yes, you are quite right - I had missed that! If you are paying for a SYD-LON-SYD flight you will be shown only SQ flights, but if you use points you will see only VS flights. I wonder why VS prefer to send paying passengers to London on SQ when they fly their own planes SYD-LON.... Not that...

Yes, rather steep... I thought the £100 black cab fare i paid last June was outrageous, but a helicopter ride is probably cheaper than the chauffeur service! A word of warning: London cabbies don't always accept credit cards. It does not seem to occur to them to say so, despite collecting you...

"Prozac: Is chauffeur part of the J fare? How much extra for that?" Its an option when booking. If you buy your Upper Class flight the chauffeur service at both ends costs $2,100!