Hi all ,
Needed some advice , not sure if this is a right sub-forum, I am QFF Gold currently, will be platinum in July. Have roughly 250K points, should be at around 300K by end of this year. I have never booked an award flight so fairly un-familiar with the right strategy, in fact only got QFF last year September.
Looking to travel to Europe with a Following high level itinerary ( 2 people)
Time/Location: Mel to Rome ( last week of april 2017) Fly back Last week of may 2017 from either Munich/Geneva/Zurich/CDG to Mel . On return flight i am fairly flexible on location as will be driving from rome up to one of these location, CDG is least preferred.
The primary motivation for me is leg room ( at 6' 4 i struggle on these long haul flights) , I dont want to spend more than $1500/ticket out of pocket ( 1500$ has been my normal 1 way fair for europe uptil now), So the best outcomes for me are in following order
Keeping this in mind , what would be your approach ?
Thanks in advance and apologies on long winded post.
Needed some advice , not sure if this is a right sub-forum, I am QFF Gold currently, will be platinum in July. Have roughly 250K points, should be at around 300K by end of this year. I have never booked an award flight so fairly un-familiar with the right strategy, in fact only got QFF last year September.
Looking to travel to Europe with a Following high level itinerary ( 2 people)
Time/Location: Mel to Rome ( last week of april 2017) Fly back Last week of may 2017 from either Munich/Geneva/Zurich/CDG to Mel . On return flight i am fairly flexible on location as will be driving from rome up to one of these location, CDG is least preferred.
The primary motivation for me is leg room ( at 6' 4 i struggle on these long haul flights) , I dont want to spend more than $1500/ticket out of pocket ( 1500$ has been my normal 1 way fair for europe uptil now), So the best outcomes for me are in following order
- utilise 300K and/or $3K to get end-end business class for 2 people.
- utilise 300K and/or $3K to get end-end premium Economy for 2 people.
- utilise 300K and/or $3K to get Mel - UAE on business and last leg on economy which is only around 5 hrs. for 2 people.
Keeping this in mind , what would be your approach ?
- IS using a classic reward the best bet or Points/Pay .
- When should i book , now or when i am platinum in July ? How quickly do these reward allocation run out generally.
- As i am flying out from a different city , when i try a different city in multi city for return , i never get a result for return flight. Any particular reason for this ?
- Is there a better way of utilising the point/money combination other then booking on Qantas ( am i better off using a partner airline) , i gather that in either case i have to go through Qantas booking website.
- Is it better to buy a ticket with cash and then apply for Upgrade using points ( at platinum is the risk high of not getting one ) , anyway to check before booking if upgrade option is available on particular flight?
- Is going through Qantas call centre better option for reward noobs like myself.
Thanks in advance and apologies on long winded post.