Melbourne to Delhi in Dec ( Any Route) with Qantas or Amex Points

[aanujmalhotra262]

I am a new member and trying to understand what is the best way to find business class ticket to travel from Melbourne to Delhi in Dec.
What is the best route and which site to use? Open for multiple hops.. I have Amex points and Qantas Points to use..

 

[SeatBackForward]

You may have left it too late given December is heading into prime summer holidays and Airlines can make good revenue over that time.

 

[Mwenenzi]

I am a new member and trying to understand what is the best way to find business class ticket to travel from Melbourne to Delhi in Dec.
What is the best route and which site to use? Open for multiple hops.. I have Amex points and Qantas Points to use..

What have you found when looking?
For QF points you look at the QF web site.
Look at other airports in India and Sri Lanka. Then local transport.
For Dec 2026 "best" is what ever you find. Then book immaculately, as options will be limited.
Want to come back or a one way trip?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Then book immaculately,

Very Christmas appropriate!

 

[MELso]

Very Christmas appropriate!

It's certainly a new conception of how to book!

Anyway OP, welcome to AFF!

You'll want to use https://flightrewardfinder.qantas.com/ for Qantas. A pro tip I have is that connecting flights often don't show up (e.g. if you search Australia to South Asia or vv. Try breaking the search into individual legs (e.g. Australia to south-east Asia and south-east Asia to south Asia) and then booking them together using the multi-city booking tool.

For Amex, try a site like seats.aero as this will allow you to check other programs you can convert points to.

 

[aanujmalhotra262]

What have you found when looking?
For QF points you look at the QF web site.
Look at other airports in India and Sri Lanka. Then local transport.
For Dec 2026 "best" is what ever you find. Then book immaculately, as options will be limited.
Want to come back or a one way trip?

Found the seats but way expensive in terms of points. Yes need to come back as well in Jan.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Found the seats but way expensive in terms of points. Yes need to come back as well in Jan.

Qantas has two levels of award… classic and ‘points plus’. The latter is sort of the current fare, converted into points.

It means far greater availability, as most seats can be converted this way, but sometimes at a very high price.

With amex points you could also check star alliance options… singapore airlines, or thai.

 

[aanujmalhotra262]

Qantas has two levels of award… classic and ‘points plus’. The latter is sort of the current fare, converted into points.

It means far greater availability, as most seats can be converted this way, but sometimes at a very high price.

With amex points you could also check star alliance options… singapore airlines, or thai.

Shall I check the airlines sites directly or any third party search engine?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Shall I check the airlines sites directly or any third party search engine?

Depends if you have accounts with those airlines, or can otherwise access the seats without needing an account.

 

[SeatBackForward]

Qantas has two levels of award… classic and ‘points plus’. The latter is sort of the current fare, converted into points.

It means far greater availability, as most seats can be converted this way, but sometimes at a very high price.

With amex points you could also check star alliance options… singapore airlines, or thai.

• Classic (the cheapest),
• Classic Plus (more availability but higher points) and
• Points + Pay (available on any seat, worst conversion rate)

OP has left it too late for Classic rewards

 

[MELso]

OP has left it too late for Classic rewards

Certainly seems that way using Qantas points. Not much available going over after 3 December.