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Well done and enjoy the flight! EK F is an amazing experience. Make sure to read up on everything that's available so you know what you're going in for and get the most out of it!

Everyone puts a different value on points, personally I only redeem them for international premium cabins so I would base it off 4c a point in my calculation. If you have a lot of points without much plan for redemption? If that's the case you could ask yourself if buying X status tier for X...

I can't remember the last time I've had a PDB on QF domestic J in the last 2-3 years, only international. VA still do them on every flight.

I ended up booking BNE>MEL>ADL>MEL>BNE to pick up 400SC at $5/SC and catch up with a mate. This will put me at 1410SC just in time for my 30-Nov review date 😎

400SC off platinum with review date 30 Nov. Was obviously going to miss by a long shot but now pretty tempted..

Success BNE > MEL tonight for $90 (min + 20). Loadings were pretty light when I booked a week or so ago (J8) and then J2 this morning.

It's per sector. You'll get an email stating if you've been successful or not, I find they're at about T-8

You'll need to be under the same booking to ensure you are both upgraded or not.

I had the same meal on VA978 on Monday - it was just butter chicken. Probably one of the best domestic meals I've had though!

Success at T-25 for SYD to BNE, +$25 from minimum bid of $65

There's a recent thread which should cover your questions. I would keep in mind too if you are booking 2x separate flights from SYD>NAN and then NAN>LAX, that if the Sydney departure is late / cancelled then you won't be protected like you would if it was one booking.

Probably OT, but they are back to ~$270-300 now. I was surprised they dropped (I had an alert) due to the AFL GF weekend traffic.

Flights with VA back to Brisbane on the Sunday are actually much cheaper as of yesterday - cancelled 2x J fares for 2x Y Choice for $120

I would say I infrequently fly VA compared to QF, but with the family pooling and lower requirements I'll reach Gold with VA next month without really trying.

ExpertFlyer will show you the loadings

Also, assuming you're bronze, while it's not impossible it would be pretty unlikely to manage an upgrade to J on a premium long haul route. You might get an idea from this thread.

IIRC that was only allowed for specific COVID credits. I believe the general rule is equal amount or higher, and you can split the passengers into separate PNRs/vouchers

I don't have a problem with them having more generous weight limits over JQ and VA, but they should at least actually weigh them consistently and ensure dimensions and bag counts are within the rules.

Isn't Ms Sudoer flying JAL F soon? You'll ruin her from the get go 🤣

After about mostly domestic flights in Y (and a return Y from BNE>LAX on the A330 which was by far my worst Y experience) we used points from churning to fly BNE>LHR on QR Qsuites, and back from CDG>SIN in EK F (A380). Both flights were an amazing experience - have since tried to use points for...