Qantas Classic Plus devaluation

[justinbrett]

or since one option is o/n connection it’s priced them differently?

Unlikely if the revenue price is the same.

 

[Doctore1003]

My guess is one of the routes has one flight available in U.

I just checked and there are no CR seats available on any individual legs for either flight option. It's for 5 April btw

 

[justinbrett]

I just checked and there are no CR seats available on any individual legs for either flight option. It's for 5 April btw

It looks like both revenue options are being priced at C fare class due to married segments, even though both D and I availability exist for all four legs individually. PC+ rates for the two options booked individually do not change.

I can only think perhaps the overnight option is allowing a D/I fare when booked as CR+ but not revenue. The QF internal inventory system is more complex than what we see on expertflyer.

It would be interesting to see if a WP release would work on the second option and not the first.

 

[fletty]

I think a WP release would be fine in the sense that there is I availability on the international segment, and then they can force the domestic connection anyway provided there is C availability.

 

[justinbrett]

I think a WP release would be fine in the sense that there is I availability on the international segment, and then they can force the domestic connection anyway provided there is C availability.

“I” just means it can be requested. Lots of requests are denied.

That was my point, whether the first was denied but the second was granted.

 

[HSB44]

Has anyone tried to do a rough calculation of how much QFF points have been devalued overall over the last 10 years?

I would be really interested to see a comparison of how quickly points devalue, vs inflation etc.
I feel like the 'sweet spot' of how long to hold onto points before they start to erode their value gets increasingly shorter and shorter.

 

[fletty]

Has anyone tried to do a rough calculation of how much QFF points have been devalued overall over the last 10 years?

I would be really interested to see a comparison of how quickly points devalue, vs inflation etc.
I feel like the 'sweet spot' of how long to hold onto points before they start to erode their value gets increasingly shorter and shorter.

It's challenging when you consider the intangible devaluations like reduced CR availability

 

[SYD]

Has anyone tried to do a rough calculation of how much QFF points have been devalued overall over the last 10 years?

I would be really interested to see a comparison of how quickly points devalue, vs inflation etc.
I feel like the 'sweet spot' of how long to hold onto points before they start to erode their value gets increasingly shorter and shorter.

I think there’s a seperate thread or article on that topic but you might find it’s actually not wildly out of sync with inflation.

Except the devals come years apart so there’s the sweet spot - if you can crystal ball the next deval.

Of course, fuel fines can go up without notice…