Flights to Vancouver from Sydney ?

[Tamerton]

I'm planning a trip to Vancouver next year in May or September with hubby. I have about 350000 Qantas points.
Does anyone have advice as to the best route and best airline for the most points value.
I was thinking JAL.
Thanks for your help.

 

[Mattg]

I guess it depends what award availability exists. The obvious answer is to fly Qantas (or AA for no fuel surcharge) via LA or SFO, connecting to Vancouver on AA. That would probably cost the fewest points. JAL via Tokyo is certainly another option if there's no availability. (Note that you would need to call Qantas to check for availability as JL doesn't appear on Qantas.com). CX via HKG would be another possibility.

 

[jgm]

We went with QF & returned CX in J via HKG & JFK early in the year. CX was far & away above QF even though it was a far longer flight. The QF bed droops, the meals were stingy & the service nothing to write home about. The CX bed was the most comfortable I've ever had on a plane, the service excellent & the meals quite good. The only thing that could have bettered it would have been to snag awards on the direct YVR-HKG flight rather than the transit through JFK.

 

[knasty]

I'd much rather transit Asia and avoid Us customsand immigration if possible...

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm planning a trip to Vancouver next year in May or September with hubby. I have about 350000 Qantas points.
Does anyone have advice as to the best route and best airline for the most points value.
I was thinking JAL.
Thanks for your help.

If the 350,000 points are for the two of you, that looks like an economy class award. Those are going to be the worst value by the time you pay the qantas imposed charges (mainly for fuel).

Economy fares can be purchased for a direct flight for just over $1000 these days.

Using your points for upgrades is likely to yeild little result - unless you have sufficiently high status, and even then, are only available if you fly Qantas.

Flying one way business class is an option - but then a one way for the return is usually fairly expensive... unless you choose a 'low cost carrier' option... which would mean flying frmo Vancouver to Honolulu, then jetstar from honolulu to australia.

If you are looking at business class one way, JAL still offers angled beds on many of their planes... although they are in the process of bringing in some new full flat bed seats. You need to pick your route carefully.