Hi Guys,
I have a bit of a conundrum, I was planning on getting around to using my Kris Flyer points, i still have a couple of years to use them but i have a decent amount of them too. But I also have my amex travel credit to use which expires in Feb and a qantas lounge pass which also expires on Feb. My next trip will probably be my last trip for this year and possibly till April next year. I am trying to decide on how best to go about booking the next trips flights.
I was initially thinking of using Amex travel credit and booking a qantas flight so i can use my lounge pass as well and also because the qantas flight is a direct flight to where i want to go.
But then the other option was to booking it as a one way flight to where i want to go and still use the Amex credit and lounge pass but on the return use my KF points to get a business or First class (probably too late to get first class so may have to be waitlisted). Problem with booking it one way is you end up paying a premium which somewhat devalues the use of the credit etc. So for a return flight it will cost me around $1k but to get a one way flight will be around $620. So I will be paying a premium to do this but means i get to fly singapore business / first on the way back i guess.
Or i can stick with the first option of booking it return and use my KF points next year and year after. I do have about 600k KF points but if i fly business and occasional first, i can probably use them all up before they expire...
I have a bit of a conundrum, I was planning on getting around to using my Kris Flyer points, i still have a couple of years to use them but i have a decent amount of them too. But I also have my amex travel credit to use which expires in Feb and a qantas lounge pass which also expires on Feb. My next trip will probably be my last trip for this year and possibly till April next year. I am trying to decide on how best to go about booking the next trips flights.
I was initially thinking of using Amex travel credit and booking a qantas flight so i can use my lounge pass as well and also because the qantas flight is a direct flight to where i want to go.
But then the other option was to booking it as a one way flight to where i want to go and still use the Amex credit and lounge pass but on the return use my KF points to get a business or First class (probably too late to get first class so may have to be waitlisted). Problem with booking it one way is you end up paying a premium which somewhat devalues the use of the credit etc. So for a return flight it will cost me around $1k but to get a one way flight will be around $620. So I will be paying a premium to do this but means i get to fly singapore business / first on the way back i guess.
Or i can stick with the first option of booking it return and use my KF points next year and year after. I do have about 600k KF points but if i fly business and occasional first, i can probably use them all up before they expire...