greenapples
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I've searched the forums and Qantas/Jetstar websites but haven't found an answer to this one so far...
I am looking to book 2 people from Sydney - Tokyo (NRT) in early February. I'm looking at either Premium Economy(Qantas) or Business seats(Jetstar), depending on which airline we go with.
I have around 75,000 points (some pending) with Qantas. If I search for reward fares, it returns a business class seat on Jetstar for 54,400 per person (one-way). If I search normally and choose points + pay, submitting my current balance of 45,000 points gives a paltry $200 discount on the fare price.
Is there a reason why there is such a discrepancy between the value of the points? Im assuming it has something to do with valuing a full point fare redemption over a 'discounted fare' using points + pay.
Do any more experienced flyers have advice on the best value way to redeem the points? From here it looks like I should book 1 x business fare with points, and pay cash for the other one, using 2 separate bookings.
*The main reason I am looking at these particular fares is for the baggage allowance as we are moving to Tokyo. Any alternative suggestions are happily considered - we don't need a lot, but 40kg each is preferable to 20kg on a standard economy fare.
I am looking to book 2 people from Sydney - Tokyo (NRT) in early February. I'm looking at either Premium Economy(Qantas) or Business seats(Jetstar), depending on which airline we go with.
I have around 75,000 points (some pending) with Qantas. If I search for reward fares, it returns a business class seat on Jetstar for 54,400 per person (one-way). If I search normally and choose points + pay, submitting my current balance of 45,000 points gives a paltry $200 discount on the fare price.
Is there a reason why there is such a discrepancy between the value of the points? Im assuming it has something to do with valuing a full point fare redemption over a 'discounted fare' using points + pay.
Do any more experienced flyers have advice on the best value way to redeem the points? From here it looks like I should book 1 x business fare with points, and pay cash for the other one, using 2 separate bookings.
*The main reason I am looking at these particular fares is for the baggage allowance as we are moving to Tokyo. Any alternative suggestions are happily considered - we don't need a lot, but 40kg each is preferable to 20kg on a standard economy fare.