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Seats for peak travel periods are snapped up quickly (a year in advance) - if they are released at all. It’s extremely unlikely any more will be released.

You'll have to combine SQ and VA flights - SQ from BKK via SIN to one of the Australian east coast cities it services, then VA domestic to Hobart. You'll need to research reward seat availability with both airlines and the cost, then work out the best way to book. You can't book multiple...

Agreed, this is what I'm doing with my wine stored in Melb - bringing some back to Perth on each trip (6 in a checked suitcase, 6 in my hand luggage, and 6 with my +1's hand luggage (cheeky, yes I know))

Are you using points or cash? If points, you can book the itinerary yourself via the multi-city page (flight 1 would be PER-LHR, flight 2 LHR-LJU): https://www.qantas.com/au/en/book-a-trip/flights/multi-city.html If cash, you should use a travel agent or OTA so both flights are on the same...

Agreed. I don’t think other card credit limits are as important when applying for a charge card that must be paid off each month.

Agree that if you requested the upgrade prior to the ticket being issued, that’s probably the problem. The call centre should be able to fix it.

Yes the current promo is better but it’s limited to 150k MR points. I was comparing Marriott v Velocity, where there is no limit.

I really question if payment processors like pay.com.au are worth it today, given lack of reward seat availability and high points costs and taxes and fees on bookings when you can actually find a seat. For ATO, I just use my NAB Qantas business card. It earns 0.66 points per $1 with zero fees...

Isn’t it better to wait for the Marriott promo? In your case: 60k MR -> 30k Velocity + 15% = 34.5k Velocity = 22.3k KrisFlyer Or with the Amex to Marriott 50% promo: 60k MR -> 60k Marriott -> 25k KF

You can’t fly on the 4.50pm or 5.55pm flights?

I’ve also noticed reduced reward seats earlier in the day, but late arvo still seems good.

I'm hoping for an Amex -> Marriott 50% promo this August (as the last one was Aug 2023). Then 60k MR -> 60k Marriott -> 25k KF. I think that's going to be as good as we can get.

Just hit the inbox. "Get more miles out of your Membership Rewards points, with a bonus 15,000 KrisFlyer miles when you transfer 150,000 Membership Rewards points in one or more transfers to KrisFlyer by 18th August 2024. Limited to one 15,000 KrisFlyer miles bonus per eligible Card Member."...

Actually, Amex business cards are in an individual person’s name (not a company or trust). It’s the Director or “Controller”. And if that person has an Amex already, you won’t get bonus points. Corporate cards can be in a company name, but they are for larger businesses, not SMEs.

I’ve gone through patches of putting $100k+ per month of business expenses on my personal Amex Platinum and no one has ever asked a question, except one time when I got close to my informal limit on the card and they gave me a call to tell me to deposit some cash.

Qantas has much less leeway to mislead in its ASX announcements, so it’ll be interesting to see what it says about all this in its next earnings release, due in late August.

It's still early days, but here are some initial stats from Qantas. 10.7 billion points redeemed on international reward seats since the launch of CR+ in April (this includes both CR and CR+ bookings). That's an increase of about a third, but there's no mention of the actual CR / CR+ split...

Qantas confirming today that a new Qantas Club will be built as part of the airport expansion, with double the current space. But it won't open until 2027.

"Sources also claim that at one point Singapore Airlines had been close to taking a stake in Virgin Australia, but that didn’t end up happening." https://onemileatatime.com/news/qatar-airways-invest-virgin-australia/

What are the main points in the AFR article? Can’t get around the paywall