Article: A Creative Route to the USA with Qantas & Velocity Points (via Tahiti)

[AFF Editor]

A Creative Route to the USA with Qantas & Velocity Points is an article written by AFF editorial staff:

A Creative Route to the USA with Qantas & Velocity Points

As an alternative route to the USA, redeem Qantas points from Australia to Tahiti and Velocity points from Papeete to San Francisco!

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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[cove]

Yes we flew Air Tahiti in business class on points and we were happy with the service. Didn’t go to SFO but the experience was ok.

 

[jb flyer]

back in February we got some one way tickets SYD/LAX for $999 flying on christmas day. We got frequent flyer tickets home. Told a mate last week & he also got cheap one way tickets flying 3 January for $1299 & he also got some frequent flyer tickets home later in January.

 

[justinm]

Same creativity can be used for paid flights.

I booked Bali to Barcelona on Etihad Business for $2,200 for August travel, then used qf points on Mel-Bali business (could easily pay a cheap fare). This is cheaper than economy now!!
Some Business seats are over $15k return to europe atm.

I always look at Bali, Jakarta, Singapore etc. rather than pay the Aus premium on flights, and can mostly get a business reward for the first leg.
One does need to allow extra time (im staying in Bali a few days at a resort), so wont suit all.

 

[Inlander]

Ive done : Bne- Nadi- Kiribati- Honolulu- San Francisco- All legs in 737's!- only for the committed Avgeek LOl

 

[HS-TQE]

LAX-HNL-NAN-SYD on AS and FJ 738s. The HNL-NAN leg in Y was similar to a PER-BNE transcon on a QF or VA 738, only slightly longer.

I would assume the FJ 738s at the time had ETOPS.

 

[Inlander]

LAX-HNL-NAN-SYD on AS and FJ 738s. The HNL-NAN leg in Y was similar to a PER-BNE transcon on a QF or VA 738, only slightly longer.

I would assume the FJ 738s at the time had ETOPS.

Technical stop at Karibati when I last did it on their Max