Apologies if this has already been covered - I did a brief search and wasn't able to find much to help me out.
I'm relocating to New York in a couple of months, and I want to treat myself to flying business, and take advantage of the 100k or so points I've accumulated. What would be the best strategy to achieve this?
I would by flying on QF11 SYD-JFK and my new employer will pay for an economy flight, so I was thinking I'll book economy flexi (to get a receipt for that) and then request the points upgrade to go to Business. As I can only book this after I get my visa, I can only really book the flight one or two weeks before which pretty much rules out getting a reward flight ticket using just points.
For what it's worth, I'm only bronze status frequent flyer, so I guess I'll be a lower priority for requesting upgrades. My dad (who isn't flying with me) is gold or platinum - maybe if he makes the booking/upgrade it will improve chances?
What do you think my chances of success would be? Would there be another approach I could use to get my business seat? As I'm not paying for the base flight, I'm willing to fork out a bit of cash if that would help with securing a business seat.
I'm relocating to New York in a couple of months, and I want to treat myself to flying business, and take advantage of the 100k or so points I've accumulated. What would be the best strategy to achieve this?
I would by flying on QF11 SYD-JFK and my new employer will pay for an economy flight, so I was thinking I'll book economy flexi (to get a receipt for that) and then request the points upgrade to go to Business. As I can only book this after I get my visa, I can only really book the flight one or two weeks before which pretty much rules out getting a reward flight ticket using just points.
For what it's worth, I'm only bronze status frequent flyer, so I guess I'll be a lower priority for requesting upgrades. My dad (who isn't flying with me) is gold or platinum - maybe if he makes the booking/upgrade it will improve chances?
What do you think my chances of success would be? Would there be another approach I could use to get my business seat? As I'm not paying for the base flight, I'm willing to fork out a bit of cash if that would help with securing a business seat.
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