Qantas - Emirates Award flight Discussion

[lovestotravel]

MEL/SYD to DXB looks grim, but Europe-Melbourne appears to have decent availability in F up until April 2026. I redeemed Q-Suites MEL-LHR so I am mightily looking forward to it as well being my first time

Yes up to April 2026 no issues - You could get 2 x J and 1 or 2 x F easily...

 

[lovestotravel]

I know this is in another thread, but more bad news for F redemptions

 

[jase05]

I know this is in another thread, but more bad news for F redemptions

Apart from a slight points increase I’m not sure it’s overly bad news.

 

[lovestotravel]

Apart from a slight points increase I’m not sure it’s overly bad news.

No F - Unless you are QF Silver or above... so takes out lots of people with high points balances and low status.

I'm not far off life time silver but no EK F for me now

 

[jase05]

No F - Unless you are QF Silver or above... so takes out lots of people with high points balances and low status.

I'm not far off life time silver but no EK F for me now

I no longer have any status with QF but that’s the choice I made. I don’t have an issue with QF restricting access to those it wants and maybe it might stop some overseas points whales stealing seats away from loyal QFFF’s

 

[jimmy hutspah]

I think it’s a good thing (apart from points increase but that’s fairly minimal) clearly is response to those US based card churners who churn churn churn and transfer to QF for the EK redemptions. Hopefully it means some availability will open back up for QFF’s. to have lost QR access to then lose EK, combined with the scarcity of general CR fares (without having to ask for release) it makes QFF fairly unappealing of recent times.

 

[ChrisMars]

I think it’s a good thing (apart from points increase but that’s fairly minimal) clearly is response to those US based card churners who churn churn churn and transfer to QF for the EK redemptions. Hopefully it means some availability will open back up for QFF’s. to have lost QR access to then lose EK, combined with the scarcity of general CR fares (without having to ask for release) it makes QFF fairly unappealing of recent times.

100% it s clearly aimed at closing this loophole. I feel a bit sorry for Australian based bronze, but the idea is clearly to reopen those awards seats to QFF programs, and that silver threshold is an elegant way to do it.

 

[Lozzzzzaaaaa]

This is devastating news for people like me who can only afford to take one holiday per year and therefore will remain a lowly bronze QFF member forever, regardless of how many points I accrue :-( the emirates first class rewards seats were such a special goal to strive for

 

[trippin_the_rift]

This is devastating news for people like me who can only afford to take one holiday per year and therefore will remain a lowly bronze QFF member forever, regardless of how many points I accrue :-( the emirates first class rewards seats were such a special goal to strive for

You (and millions more) are precisely the type of passenger they don't want redeeming for F, IMO.
The idea is - protect F seats for members who are active, flying, and contribute $$ to the airline.

 

[elanshin]

You (and millions more) are precisely the type of passenger they don't want redeeming for F, IMO.
The idea is - protect F seats for members who are active, flying, and contribute $$ to the airline.

Id say that these are the guys caught in the crossfire. Its really aimed at the big points churners in the US that can freely transfer around. They were doing that a lot directly to skyward and now thats shut down QFF redemptions must have gone up.

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Id say that these are the guys caught in the crossfire. Its really aimed at the big points churners in the US that can freely transfer around. They were doing that a lot directly to skyward and now thats shut down QFF redemptions must have gone up.

Somewhat yes, but miles sales to US banks are worth considerably more than other regions.
Plus, EK Gold is easy to get with a CC in the USA.

More airlines will limit premium inventory to status holders this year.

 

[lovestotravel]

So will still over 2 million QFF points and now being unable to redeem on EK F, I only need 200 SC for lifetime Silver LOL

On the rare chance more F seats do become available to those silver and above, guess I'm flying MEL-SYD-CHC-SYD-MEL in J and F to get 200SCs....

I really would struggle to use up my points, except on EK F (J is a waste of points) and I don't do much domestic travel these days

 

[jimmy hutspah]

very interested (hoping) to see if EK CR redemption availability goes back to what it was 12 months ago, post February 18...

 

[FF98]

Do we know if all passengers flying on EK F redeemed via QFF have to be Silver, or is it just the person booking?

 

[SYD]

Do we know if all passengers flying on EK F redeemed via QFF have to be Silver, or is it just the person booking?

I presume just the booker.

I was searching this morning to see what random dates had 2 F seats and it allowed me to do that with no info entered for the 2nd PAX (which is typical).

 

[MELso]

I presume just the booker.

I was searching this morning to see what random dates had 2 F seats and it allowed me to do that with no info entered for the 2nd PAX (which is typical).

They haven't tightened the rules yet, have they?

 

[SYD]

They haven't tightened the rules yet, have they?

Regardless, I’d be very surprised if it was only PS+ that could ever get EK F.

Even the current QF system of better visibility for SG+ doesn’t restrict you to booking seats for only SG+.

 

[lovestotravel]

So F is back baby. Someone flicked the switch.J as well

Of course F will go unless you are silver or above in a few weeks..

Looks like a SYD CHC SYD status run in F for me for some SCs

 

[MELso]

So F is back baby. Someone flicked the switch.J as well

Of course F will go unless you are silver or above in a few weeks..

Looks like a SYD CHC SYD status run in F for me for some SCs

Nice! But don't forget no QFF status credits on awards as they're under the EK codes...

 

[lovestotravel]

So now that F is back, is there a way to actually book LHR-DXB-MEL in F ?

I can get DXB-MEL easily, but as mentioned somewhere in this thread TO DXB from EU/LHR seems to never work. I get an error every time

Either "It looks like something went wrong there

• We can’t find any flights for that search. Change your departure or arrival city and try again. (#9207)"

OR

HTTP Status 400 – Bad Request"​