zzyss
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Here's the situation: my wife and I would like to take our baby son to visit the in-laws in Belgium during my company Christmas shutdown period at the end of this year. My parents would also like to tag along. We are in Sydney, my parents are in Adelaide.
Just trying to figure out what the best way to organise this trip would be, given I have:
CC spend, and hence points accumulation, is in the order of about 2-4k a month.
We'd prefer to fly Singapore Airlines, but others are OK too as long as they're one of the major airlines. I looked up Krisflyer and it would cost 95k points one way saver/standard (before 15% online booking discount) 1-way from Zone 9 to Zone 12 (arriving in Paris... they don't fly directly to Brussels - that's not too bad... the inlaws can actually come and pick us up or we could take the train) but my points would not quite cover just my wife and I.
The upgrade chart shows 77500 points for the same, which would put my wife and I in business, but we'd be up for the cost of the flight, which a quick lookup on Zuji shows would probably be in the order of $2400 return. Plus my parents don't get anything.
Do you have any advice or options I should be thinking about or considering?
Just trying to figure out what the best way to organise this trip would be, given I have:
- ~575k points in Wesetpac Altitude (I have the Black cards)
- ~45k points in American Express Ascent (I have the Platinum Edge card)
- ~40k points in Velocity Frequent Flyer (I don't have any loyalty cards specifically for this)
CC spend, and hence points accumulation, is in the order of about 2-4k a month.
We'd prefer to fly Singapore Airlines, but others are OK too as long as they're one of the major airlines. I looked up Krisflyer and it would cost 95k points one way saver/standard (before 15% online booking discount) 1-way from Zone 9 to Zone 12 (arriving in Paris... they don't fly directly to Brussels - that's not too bad... the inlaws can actually come and pick us up or we could take the train) but my points would not quite cover just my wife and I.
The upgrade chart shows 77500 points for the same, which would put my wife and I in business, but we'd be up for the cost of the flight, which a quick lookup on Zuji shows would probably be in the order of $2400 return. Plus my parents don't get anything.
Do you have any advice or options I should be thinking about or considering?