Wait for Qantas Club Launch (if ever to launch) or transfer to Asia Miles with 10% promo

[_flyer]

Hi All,

Apologies if this has been asked before. I tried searching but couldn’t find anything.

Does anyone know the rough timeframe for the launch of the Qantas Points Club? All I can find is that it is set to launch in 2020. No specific dates.

I was holding off to transfer a stack of Amex points to Qantas, if the incentives were good, but now I’m undecided if I will transfer them to Asia Miles instead. They have a 10% bonus promo and new ‘no expiry’ policy (with activity).

I assume the Qantas points club is unlikely to launch, given it has been over 6 months since the media release.

Thoughts regarding Asia Miles? Are they worthwhile for OneWorld redemptions?

Cheers

 

[Ade]

Hi All,

Apologies if this has been asked before. I tried searching but couldn’t find anything.

Does anyone know the rough timeframe for the launch of the Qantas Points Club? All I can find is that it is set to launch in 2020. No specific dates.

I was holding off to transfer a stack of Amex points to Qantas, if the incentives were good, but now I’m undecided if I will transfer them to Asia Miles instead. They have a 10% bonus promo and new ‘no expiry’ policy (with activity).

I assume the Qantas points club is unlikely to launch, given it has been over 6 months since the media release.

Thoughts regarding Asia Miles? Are they worthwhile for OneWorld redemptions?

Cheers

I was thinking about the Points Club last night and was myself going to post a question to this forum. Let's see if our fellow AFF'ers have got some intel on this

 

[Ade]

Thoughts regarding Asia Miles? Are they worthwhile for OneWorld redemptions?

Asia Miles - this is CX's program yea?

I read a post on AFF yday on this - a member transferred his AMEX points to CX rather than QF - because CX showed greater availability on all cabin classes when QF only showed Y

From that perspective, I understand that it makes more sense to transfer to Asia Miles. However, I didn't read that article in full.

Will search the link and update this response soon

EDIT : LINK TO AN EARLIER POST - This might throw some light

A recent discovery - Qantas FF and Cathay Asia Miles

I recently wanted to book a points flight in First or Business on CX from JFK -> HKG. I went onto the QF website and all that was available was Economy. I called QF and got the same result. So I thought I would try something - I joined Asia Miles and looked for the same flights - and guess what...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[twiningb]

Unless you specifically want something that Cathay/Asia Miles won't get you - Emirates redemptions, maybe? or even premium Qantas awards if you have status - I would think for the same transfer rate you'll get much better value out of Asia Miles.

 

[_flyer]

Asia Miles - this is CX's program yea?

I read a post on AFF yday on this - a member transferred his AMEX points to CX rather than QF - because CX showed greater availability on all cabin classes when QF only showed Y

From that perspective, I understand that it makes more sense to transfer to Asia Miles. However, I didn't read that article in full.

Will search the link and update this response soon

EDIT : LINK TO AN EARLIER POST - This might throw some light

A recent discovery - Qantas FF and Cathay Asia Miles

I recently wanted to book a points flight in First or Business on CX from JFK -> HKG. I went onto the QF website and all that was available was Economy. I called QF and got the same result. So I thought I would try something - I joined Asia Miles and looked for the same flights - and guess what...

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Great read! thank you