$60 to earn 800 points? Good?

[pottsy]

Quick Sunday question. 800 points for $60 is good value, isn't it?
I'm deciding whether to book Syd-Melb with Qantas $199 and earn 800 points or Jetstar $129 (no points).
Thoughts please?

 

[TheInsider]

It's not just the points, i'd be factoring in the difference between JQ and QF also (meaning their product differences).

Personally i'd pay $60 extra to fly with QF.

 

[Captain Halliday]

If it’s just for the points, no. IMHO.

I can get 800 points via woolies for less than $10.

But do you need the SC?

 

[samh004]

I'm deciding whether to book Syd-Melb with Qantas $199 and earn 800 points or Jetstar $129 (no points).

I note a Max Bundle should cost an extra $85 on this route. That will earn at the fully flexible rate and could potentially be even better value – provided it credits without much trouble.

Eg. Qantas $199, row 4 if you're lucky and 10SC/800 points; Jetstar $214, row 1 included seat selection and 20SC/1200 points.

 

[muppet]

Quick Sunday question. 800 points for $60 is good value, isn't it?
I'm deciding whether to book Syd-Melb with Qantas $199 and earn 800 points or Jetstar $129 (no points).
Thoughts please?

Points are certaily not worth that.

To give you a reference point, if you paid that much for all your points - a one-way economy reward Melbourne to Sydney would cost $600 + $39 taxes.

However, I’d pay $60 not to fly JQ.

 

[AIRwin]

I'm deciding whether to book Syd-Melb with Qantas $199 and earn 800 points or Jetstar $129 (no points).

Difference is $70 not $60?

 

[Dr Ralph]

Quick Sunday question. 800 points for $60 is good value, isn't it?

Absolutely not.

 

[sudoer]

As others have already said the answer is no, but just in case you had any doubt, Qantas sells 1000 point blocks for $56 - and that's widely considered the worst possible way to build a points balance.

 

[pottsy]

If it’s just for the points, no. IMHO.

I can get 800 points via woolies for less than $10.

But do you need the SC?

Thanks, would you mind sharing how please?

 

[Captain Halliday]

Thanks, would you mind sharing how please?

Sure. But there’s no magic to it.

I use WW rewards and convert to QF points.

Last month I had a rare offer 1200 WW points for a spend of at least $0.05. That’s equal to 600 QF points.

Granted that’s a rare offer, take a look at the weekly or fortnightly offers reported by others here.

You can easily pick up the 800 points you are chasing just by purchasing groceries which I assume you’d do anyway.

 

[samh004]

Last month I had a rare offer

I've had similar offers for BWS, you just have to go a few weeks without swiping and they'll try to lure you back with something big.

 

[sudoer]

Thanks, would you mind sharing how please?

Not quite 80 points per dollar, but here's a publicly available 33 points per dollar option. (and you've got some chrissy presents sorted as an added bonus)

 

[serfty]

I've had similar offers for BWS, you just have to go a few weeks without swiping and they'll try to lure you back with something big.

A couple of months ago, coupons started appearing on the end of dockets offering 2K EDR points for $50 BWS spend (worth $10 or 1K QFF).

You had to buy once to get the voucher offer on your dockets and use the same EDR number when buying the booze on a subsequent transaction.

More recently these reappeared at 2K for $60.