Qantas ‘Year of Points Planes’ 2027

[Doctore1003]

Qantas will be flying points planes every month in 2027, starting with Tokyo and Hobart in Jan, and Paris in Feb. Bookable from 9am (AEDT) 6 November 2026.

Extremely limited dates (Tokyo 5 / 12 Jan; Hobart 12 / 19 Jan; Paris 22 Feb / 18 March)

https://www.qantas.com/en-au/frequent-flyer/use-points/classic-flight-rewards/points-planes

 

[elanshin]

Tokyo for early Jan seems pretty generous.

 

[levelnine]

QF likely expecting an uptick in distressed inventory as the economy heads south. Good way to offload.

 

[SYD]

QF likely expecting an uptick in distressed inventory as the economy heads south. Good way to offload.

Or just partially make up for the millions of CR seats that went MIA post Covid?

 

[kpc]

Tokyo for early Jan seems pretty generous.

Pretty cold in Tokyo / Japan in Jan, having been before.

 

[SYD]

Pretty cold in Tokyo / Japan in Jan, having been before.

Not if you’re a skier was the point of previous post.

 

[SYD]

The challenge with these “points planes” is they’re usually only one way - so you need to get home somehow else.

However, the regular booking search ought to allow peeps to book points out and $s back.

I’d be looking at cheap days home now and try those as the return date when the point seats open.

 

[MELso]

The challenge with these “points planes” is they’re usually only one way - so you need to get home somehow else.

However, the regular booking search ought to allow peeps to book points out and $s back.

I’d be looking at cheap days home now and try those as the return date when the point seats open.

In this case, there's one or two out and one or two back. So provided you can make those specific dates work, you can get a return points trip.

 

[SYD]

In this case, there's one or two out and one or two back. So provided you can make those specific dates work, you can get a return points trip.

Or try and mix ‘n match (points and $) to at least leverage one CR (with good availability).

 

[henrus]

Revenue management has identified 21 flights not selling well so passed them to the awards department?