Big Devaluation for Qantas Rewards on Emirates First Class from February 18.

[MELso]

I have previously tried extensively to have them release even 1 flight from AU to Europe (multiple routes) with zero success. The problem is that the seats are simply not available, even for the P1's I know it's slim pickings.

These low cost / point J fares are just simply unrealistic the majority of the time unless you're willing to fly Toilet Airways.

You face the same availability issues with EK though. Occasionally, they'll drop a lot of flights ex-Australia in F, but not reliably so.

Just noticed that you can get NH for sub-$6k in J ex-SYD to ARN - not exactly Toilet Airways (although they do have bidets in their toilets )...

 

[Inlander]

Just another hit to FF,s one of many and more to come. Seems that the frequent flyer schemes at a lot of airlines are now so large that they can afford to reset and risk a loss of a certain amount of FF's. They will pitch the business /first rewards to the very high net worth customers and the rest will fight it out over the remains, in addition a lot more people now use their points for rewards other than flights. The dynamic is changing Personally I saw the peak of it pre Nov 2019 , ex COVID it's been a down hill slide since then.

 

[dairyfloss]

Our kids are used to flying premium and do it well

My son is 9 (10 mid-year) and hasn't flown economy yet
Looks like we're pretty safe on any age restrictions WRT EK F, as well

 

[blackcat20]

My son is 9 (10 mid-year) and hasn't flown economy yet
Looks like we're pretty safe on any age restrictions WRT EK F, as well

Mine were very disappointed to find their seats didn't recline on long haul Y when we last flew to the states