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24th March isn't long before Easter. Wouldn't be surprised if availability drops off around the Easter holidays

When did you actually hit the minimum spend? Often it can take one or two statements.

Thanks for heads up, though I've paid into industry super fund before via payment processor so it should be okay.

EK F is still worth it even with the high carrier charges. You can literally eat and drink the lions share of those back on a typical trip. It's EK J which is no longer worth it. The charges are the same as F.

Given they've specifically mentioned that Skywards members in various countries can get Silver by opening Emirates credit cards, I'm guessing the aim is to drive sign ups. If it was about rewarding their most loyal fliers they wouldn't have made the point of mentioning this. Of course some US...

It's likely led to a temporary worsening of F availability due to a bunch of YOLO redemptions. Overall this is actually quite good news for Australians though. Somewhat less competition for EK F seats is always a good thing. I do wonder whether limiting QFF access would breach the JV contract...

The one thing that did give me hope was the fact Emirates were relatively broad with which members they kept it open to - if it was just the top elites then QFF would have no chance. Still...what remains to be seen is whether availability will be as good to QFF even if it's possible to book...

A decade ago you'd be right. Now it will spread like wildfire on TikTok and the blogs. I mean the blogs are one thing, if we're on AFF we use the blogs too. We usually go searching specifically for this stuff, it stays a little more niche. But the TikTok generation are insufferable. They...

I'm sure they can technically update the software to do most things but it'd be a step change in how any other rewards were dealt with. Apart from QFF metal every single other seat is just as accessible to Bronze as to Platinum. It'd also likely need a reciprocal arrangement eg EK top tier...

Sadly it would seem to make sense they'd limit QFF. If it was Velocity in this situation then I could potentially see them keeping it because it's AFAIK not a significant points transfer currency from US cards. But QFF points are transferable from US Amex so the US TikTok influencers would...

Upgrades not affected apparently. But doesn't this need Skywards miles anyway? I'm aware this is the Skywards forum but I'm guessing a majority of people reading this collect QFF rather than Skywards

Wait until 6pm today AEST - midday Dubai time. Definitely then we'll see awards disappear for Skywards lower tier as Emirates have told us this. Likely QFF too but we'll see.

It's midday that Emirates update reward seats (I know this from recently booking F seats and checking for updates)

I doubt it. QFF awards only limit access to QF metal by tier. Otherwise all tiers of QFF members get the same access to other airlines award seats. Also EK elites basically can't access QF F awards, maybe they technically can but they're severely limited as QF preferences its own elites for...

Currently MEL - DXB is showing 1 first seat on QFF on 11-14 March 2026 and 20-21 March 2026. I know from previous experience that Emirates updates seats at midday DXB time. So one would expect these to vanish at 6pm east coast time tomorrow maybe.

Sadly Aeroplan and QFF are US Amex transfer partners too I'm pretty sure. All those TikTok influencers have killed the game, yet again

Aeroplan was the only other one which had access to F awards, usually huge amounts of points for this but much lower carrier charges. I'm not even sure there's the mechanism for them to restrict availability to QF elite members, QFF is set up so only QF inventory is limited by status. Everyone...

Still holding out hope that QFF isn't included and this is just a Skywards specific thing (not that likely I know) but I guess we'll find this out for sure very soon. They'd probably be within their right to restrict QF members though given QF preferences its own elite members.

Really devalues Qantas points. This was one of the best uses of them and EK J isn't remotely worth it given the carrier charges are the same. Also is a little odd as availability on EK F with QF points had been pretty good so it's not like there was a shortage. Wonder if we'll see exceptions eg...

Ah that's a bit annoying. Still, think with the other application restrictions elsewhere it's worth considering as an option.