Hi
I'm not much of a frequent flyer, but my girlfriend and I have managed to scrape together 80,000 QFF points each for an overseas holiday.
We would like to get to Rio for the Carnival in Feb/March next year.
Under the current QFF system, our 80,000 points each are enough for a return flight from Sydney to Santiago (Chile). This would be good enough, but we can't find any return flights!
I can easily find a flight TO Santiago (there are a lot available at that time), but there are absolutely no "award flights" coming back in Feb or March (can't search past March at the moment).
Can anyone tell me why there are lots of flights available out of Australia, but none for the return leg? Is it possible that return flights around those dates might become available in the near future?
Also, can anyone suggest an alternative way to get to and from South America with 80,000 points each?
Note that the bookings (probably) have to be made before May 25, when our points get diluted (thanks Qantas!).
Cheers
Ned
I'm not much of a frequent flyer, but my girlfriend and I have managed to scrape together 80,000 QFF points each for an overseas holiday.
We would like to get to Rio for the Carnival in Feb/March next year.
Under the current QFF system, our 80,000 points each are enough for a return flight from Sydney to Santiago (Chile). This would be good enough, but we can't find any return flights!
I can easily find a flight TO Santiago (there are a lot available at that time), but there are absolutely no "award flights" coming back in Feb or March (can't search past March at the moment).
Can anyone tell me why there are lots of flights available out of Australia, but none for the return leg? Is it possible that return flights around those dates might become available in the near future?
Also, can anyone suggest an alternative way to get to and from South America with 80,000 points each?
Note that the bookings (probably) have to be made before May 25, when our points get diluted (thanks Qantas!).
Cheers
Ned