I use to use the free Economy X seats and free fly forward all the time as a platinum, but will be looking to transition to Qantas in 2021 as the international partners are lacking with virgin and sounds like it will be going very budget.
i havent been following this so late to the party and had 600K in points- have redeemed for some higher end products such as dyson and kitchen aid as will take far too long to get enough gift cards out. still have just under 200K to go but not sure whether to risk leaving them there in case...
