Westpac Altitude Changes - NZ Airpoints

[fantasy86dj]

Good morning all,

I do apologise in advance if this sounds like a silly question but I am a newcomer to both Altitude and Airpoints. I signed up for this card so that I could warehouse my Altitude points and then transfer them to Airpoints with the intention of redeeming them for flights to Europe. Since May, I currently have about 60k Altitude points.

With the changes to Altitude, how does this impact me? I've not really had too much time to read up about it and I don't want to hijack another thread. I am going to need around 3700 in Airpoints to travel Business Class MEL > SIN > ZRH > MAN on SQ / LX. How many Altitude points would I need for this redemption now?

I am sure that I can ask other questions when I think of it but this is it for now - am going to reread the other threads about this !

Thanks

 

[kyanar]

3700 APD at a rate of 180 Altitude Points per APD equals approx. 666,000 Altitude Points, or over half a million dollars of Visa/MC spending, or over quarter of a million dollars of Amex spending.

You may be better off transferring to and redeeming with SQ rather than NZ.

 

[bismarck]

You will definitely be better off transferring to and redeeming through Singapore.

Return to Europe is 161,500 points in J when booked online.

 

[fantasy86dj]

Thank you to you both !