Hi All, thank you for you replies. Some more information. I will be flying on about 30 October 2017. I live in Canberra so the only airline that flys direct is Singapore Airlines. Other than that flying into Syd, Mel or Bris could work. It would be nice to fly Premium econ or biz but would be fine with economy. Most points with Qantas (bronze) but also have Velocity.
As to price, an economy return can be easily found for under $1000 so I had expected to pay 2/3 that. I have looked at many random dates to see how much one way fares would be and it looks like it would be $1000+ for economy.
I will look at flights out of Milan or anywhere else really. Any advice really appreciated. Thanks