Qantas Wine latest offering

[sudoer]

I wonder if they'll hold off until the classic award changes on Aug 5.

 

[semiskilled97]

Has anyone managed to stack a PC+ $50 voucher with the FIRSTORDER 5000 bonus points code? I am getting an error saying that only one code can be used per transaction. Looking to grab this one if it makes a difference.

 

[NM]

Has anyone managed to stack a PC+ $50 voucher with the FIRSTORDER 5000 bonus points code? I am getting an error saying that only one code can be used per transaction. Looking to grab this one if it makes a difference.

I doubt they will stack. Best option may be to place the minimum order that triggers the FIRSTORDER bonus, and then use your $50 voucher for a second purchase of points-with-a-free-case-of-wine.

 

[bpc]

I'm looking at getting the Wishlist Reds subscription:

Wishlist Reds Subscription | Qantas Wine

Wishlist Reds Subscription | Qantas Wine

wine.qantas.com

$750 a quarter for 150,000 bonus points a year plus if I have my maths right the 9000 points from the actual purchase.

I travel to europe for family once or twice a year, and ideally somewhere else too (my current wishlist destination is the ex-soviet stans, but that's for another thread).

My last trip to jordan, the uk, france and turkey was done entirely on points on a combo of airline programmes. I was left with 600 QFF points which left me a bit nervous so made my first qantas wine purchase of a special mixed dozen case which with assorted bonuses & an extra bottle when I called up netted me around 33,000 points, ended up having to change my flights three times so needed them.

Now thinking after reading @Mattg''s article this week that the premium subscription would be a good savings programme to get up to the 152K needed for a round-the-world reward ticket, which I could use for two trips if the stars align (I'm generally pretty flexible on dates). Also gets you into Points Club after a year.

Or if not it's $3000 for one return trip, which is less than I pay sometimes for plain Y anyway. And I can get some presumably rather flash wine which I can drink guilt-free. It's roughly a bottle a week, say I would have somehow only spent $10 a week on wine, that's another $500 off, so really $2500.

So my questions to the wonderful AFFers out there:

- is this a dumb plan?
- anyone have this subscription, any opinions?
- any tips to get even more points this way?

I haven't read all 247 pages of this thread but have read all this year's posts.

Should add I don't have a credit card so can't get points that way, I have to do the hard graft with alternating supermarket special offers and the like.

Also if this would be better asked in its own thread I can move it.

 

[sietes]

I'm looking at getting the Wishlist Reds subscription:

Wishlist Reds Subscription | Qantas Wine

Wishlist Reds Subscription | Qantas Wine

wine.qantas.com

$750 a quarter for 150,000 bonus points a year plus if I have my maths right the 9000 points from the actual purchase.

I travel to europe for family once or twice a year, and ideally somewhere else too (my current wishlist destination is the ex-soviet stans, but that's for another thread).

My last trip to jordan, the uk, france and turkey was done entirely on points on a combo of airline programmes. I was left with 600 QFF points which left me a bit nervous so made my first qantas wine purchase of a special mixed dozen case which with assorted bonuses & an extra bottle when I called up netted me around 33,000 points, ended up having to change my flights three times so needed them.

Now thinking after reading @Mattg''s article this week that the premium subscription would be a good savings programme to get up to the 152K needed for a round-the-world reward ticket, which I could use for two trips if the stars align (I'm generally pretty flexible on dates). Also gets you into Points Club after a year.

Or if not it's $3000 for one return trip, which is less than I pay sometimes for plain Y anyway. And I can get some presumably rather flash wine which I can drink guilt-free. It's roughly a bottle a week, say I would have somehow only spent $10 a week on wine, that's another $500 off, so really $2500.

So my questions to the wonderful AFFers out there:

- is this a dumb plan?
- anyone have this subscription, any opinions?
- any tips to get even more points this way?

I haven't read all 247 pages of this thread but have read all this year's posts.

Should add I don't have a credit card so can't get points that way, I have to do the hard graft with alternating supermarket special offers and the like.

Also if this would be better asked in its own thread I can move it.

Thats not a bad deal. For the points I mean. The wines listed are only worth spending $20 each on.

 

[bpc]

Thats not a bad deal. For the points I mean. The wines listed are only worth spending $20 each on.

oh that's disappointing. I don't know a lot about wine (other than that australian wine is overpriced), figured it's another expensive hobby I don't need, but I'd thought they'd be rather good.

 

[DejaBrew]

oh that's disappointing. I don't know a lot about wine, figured it's another expensive hobby I don't need, but I'd thought they'd be rather good.

Whilst there are some (subjectively, of course) half decent drops available through Qantas Wines, you're honestly best to view Qantas Wines as the opportunity to purchase QFF points that come with bonus bottles of wine. This also makes for a far more consistent way of determining the relative "value" of each purchase.

 

[Daver6]

I think I'd rather buy a $3k Y ticket to Europe than try to book using points. Finding award flight can be frustrating at the best of times. When you're paying cash for the flight you can just book what you want and way more flexibility.

 

[burmans]

I think I'd rather buy a $3k Y ticket to Europe than try to book using points. Finding award flight can be frustrating at the best of times. When you're paying cash for the flight you can just book what you want and way more flexibility.

The advantage of using points is usually that you don’t have to travel in Y. Yes, it can be a hassle and frankly, I’m not interested in persuading anyone to use points (it’s already a too crowded field IMO) but when you do find that J flight for only slightly more than a Y flight, for me it’s totally worth it! But more than happy if you decide otherwise.

 

[Daver6]

The advantage of using points is usually that you don’t have to travel in Y. Yes, it can be a hassle and frankly, I’m not interested in persuading anyone to use points (it’s already a too crowded field IMO) but when you do find that J flight for only slightly more than a Y flight, for me it’s totally worth it! But more than happy if you decide otherwise.

100% agree if in a premium cabin. I had (perhaps incorrectly) assumed that the OP was travelling in Y given the mention of 152k points being enough for around the world (which isn't actually around the world, but that's a different story).

 

[bpc]

100% agree if in a premium cabin. I had (perhaps incorrectly) assumed that the OP was travelling in Y given the mention of 152k points being enough for around the world (which isn't actually around the world, but that's a different story).

No I'm Y. I can never justify the cost in points or cash for J for myself just for a bit of extra comfort for a few hours when there are so many other things I could spend it on. I've found QFF points very useful with partner airlines on non-Australian routes , there aren't that many places you can't get with them and there's availability if it's not the usual, and it's often much "cheaper" than the cash price. My flight back to Oz last month with AF & QF was 70,000 odd points, the same ticket at the time was $2000+.

 

[bpc]

No I'm Y. I can never justify the cost in points or cash for J for myself just for a bit of extra comfort for a few hours when there are so many other things I could spend it on. I've found QFF points very useful with partner airlines on non-Australian routes , there aren't that many places you can't get with them and there's availability if it's not the usual, and it's often much "cheaper" than the cash price. My flight back to Oz last month with AF & QF was 70,000 odd points, the same ticket at the time was $2000+.

And was thinking that the rtw ticket could, with a bit of luck and planning, get me one trip to europe and another to asia, although it is oneworld only so that restricts it more.

I also like doing the stopover thing whenever I can and get a bonus side trip somewhere I haven't been before for a few days. I can often work from wherever I am too.