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Pre pandemic you'd usually see the same availability for a lot of OW airlines as on their own award schemes - eg CX. Suspect that's changing as scarcity is greater. Qatar's reduced availability is across the board and to pretty much every destination and wasn't this bad 4-5 months ago. If there...

Access to QR J reward seats even with QR's own Avios has hugely dried up over the last few months. Thought initially this was a Euro summer availability thing, but it's continued throughout September 2024. So less than zero chance for QFF even if there was some miraculous easing of relations.

There could be a lot more more churners, but anecdotally I think a lot of people who could be doing it are anxious about effects on future credit applications. Not sure PC+ would be enough to assuage those concerns. I churn four cards a year and my credit score is >900, probably partly because...

For churners it is just about achievable with four top level cards churned a year. Usually doing that in three month spaced out intervals means it doesn't set off too many alarms re multiple applications for credit enquiries either. Increasing the target by 100k would take a lot of churners...

Interesting the email was sent out. Do we know if Points Club has been a success for the airline and if not are they trying to get more people to qualify? It's rare we'd see *actual* enhancements to a program in this day and age, unless they'd be tied in to a higher points bracket. I've...

Agreed, though AY are selling these cheaper J fares that lack seat selection and lounge access so maybe they're classing them as part of this on seat selection. Does seem a bit excessive for J though, I agree J should have both of these things as standard (a handful of people on cheapest fares...

Rates are the same effectively, Australian earn rates are double too so it evens out. US Amex transfers are a bit of a shame as it'd probably be a fun (though long) way to get to JFK... 1690600856 Saver availability is often quite good though if you book early enough. Eg booked LHR - MEL for...

A year out from now starts getting into European summer holiday territory where availability will be poor for a lot of FF programs. Was only looking at Qatar availability through Velocity until this announcement, but there was pretty decent availability even on that for non peak times. Would...

No, you're in the wrong here. This shows MH may be limiting seats after the 30th. This isn't down to the QF 353 day deadline though. You can still see seats for routes even after the 353 deadline for other airlines. Search for example LHR - CMB and enter 30/06/2023 as the date with flexible...

I was looking at CMB - MEL on UL (not for OWA just for a single trip), they've abruptly blocked off daily seats appearing on this from July 1st 2024 despite appearing before. You can still get LHR - CMB from July 1st currently, though I wonder if this is a school holiday thing as VIC school...

Anyone know why there's so much award availability DXB - BNE even in F if you look 11 months out, but nothing at all in the other direction? Surely loads would be similar both ways?

Okay, noted. Guess best not to risk it...

Setting off on my RTW in J in a few weeks. MEL - NRT HND - JFK (JFK - GIG on LATAM separately via QFF) GRU - LHR LHR - CMB CMB - MEL Absolutely no dramas with mine... My flights are still ticketed... Does seem almost impossible to start a route like this any time soon unless you're Platinum...

Very little even to Asia Miles. Devaluation incoming which might improve availability...

Qatar J availability to Europe does appear to fairly abruptly disappear from mid June 2024 (Y available still)...this side of things appears to definitely be a downgrade.

Thanks for this comprehensive reply! I guess my main interest is long haul J but 22,500 Avios for the few times I might want to travel to Perth is quite tempting. And although I never would redeem for long haul Y usually, 13k points to SIN in a respectable BA Y sounds like a steal to be...

I'm pretty happy with the ability to book Qatar J to Europe for 90k pts one way, but which of these other Avios opportunities are truly beneficial for those of us in Australia? oneworld is already bookable through QFF and Asia Miles and J award availability on most routes to/from Australia is...

For those flying to Europe, those who prefer to speculatively plan a trip 11 months out clearly win out here. Qatar has good availability in June 2024 and 40,500 points less than SQ for J along with just a 25 USD cancellation charge. Not even that expensive to make 3-4 dummy bookings and cancel...

A lot hinges on whether QR redemptions get devalued too. Very favorable 90k QR redemptions to Europe one way, but also using BA Avios MEL - SYD in J for 12,500 Avios and MEL - BNE J for 16,500 Avios. Better domestic opportunities with Avios than with SQ, though these were always bookable...

So having a look at Avios on QR and it's not bad at all. Searching early June 2024. Carrier charges aren't too bad - LHR - MEL is A$670ish even with the UK's obscenely high taxes. 90k Avios one way. Can do JFK - MEL, though confusingly some of these are Flexi awards so double. But can find...