Hi,
I have 369,000 QFF points, my wife is Thai and we fly to Thailand regularly (once every 1-2 years). We are a family of 4 (child 1:4yrs child 2:2yrs) live in Sydney and like to fly Emirates but aren't too fussy if it's direct.
we are planning our next trip and would like to fly:
SYD - BKK - QF23 (day flight easy with the kids)
BKK-SYD - EK418 business class (as its a night flight)
EK418 i'm locking in as obviously it's great use of points and the beds will hopefully make it easy for the kids to sleep,
i can redeem 112,000 points for QF23 and pay approx $300 in taxes above what i'd pay if only redeeming for EK418. I could alternatively buy tickets retail on QF23 costing $1,800 so a saving of $1,500 if using points.
to me it seems a no brainer and i should redeem both flights on points. theoretically, i could earn those 112,000 points back quite cheaply with all the credit card deals around.
I know a lot of people don't think economy redemptions on QF are worth it but i can't see how in this case. Just thought i'd see if anyone disagrees on my assessment?
I have 369,000 QFF points, my wife is Thai and we fly to Thailand regularly (once every 1-2 years). We are a family of 4 (child 1:4yrs child 2:2yrs) live in Sydney and like to fly Emirates but aren't too fussy if it's direct.
we are planning our next trip and would like to fly:
SYD - BKK - QF23 (day flight easy with the kids)
BKK-SYD - EK418 business class (as its a night flight)
EK418 i'm locking in as obviously it's great use of points and the beds will hopefully make it easy for the kids to sleep,
i can redeem 112,000 points for QF23 and pay approx $300 in taxes above what i'd pay if only redeeming for EK418. I could alternatively buy tickets retail on QF23 costing $1,800 so a saving of $1,500 if using points.
to me it seems a no brainer and i should redeem both flights on points. theoretically, i could earn those 112,000 points back quite cheaply with all the credit card deals around.
I know a lot of people don't think economy redemptions on QF are worth it but i can't see how in this case. Just thought i'd see if anyone disagrees on my assessment?