767 or 737 for business class for Adl-Syd?

[Noob]

767 for all reasons above

 

[sydneyjames]

I'm flying out in november with mrs nanks85 who has never been in business class in her life and will be her 3rd flight in her life. So i'm trying to make this a nice treat for the two of us. I'm a nothing bronze and never will get beyond that due to only flying once or twice a year. So points earning is my game.

Now my choice of flights i've decided are the 17:45 ex Adelaide which is ment to be a 767 or the 18:50 which is a 737-800.

Whats everyone's thoughts?

Give thought to the return ADL-SYD sector. I did this route on the weekend and had a brand spanking new Boeing Sky Interior on a 738 from SYD-ADL. So you might want to give thought to picking the 738 on the return leg? From what I could gather, the plane headed onto Perth from ADL, so it will be very hit and miss - but just a thought

 

[ozbeachbabe]

You could always take the international QF82 flight that ops ADL/SYD Wed/Fri/Sun 0750/1015 then you'd get to try out the Skybeds on the A330-300 series aircraft.
for 24,000 points plus AUD103.59 each way on a JASA.

The return international flight is QF81 which ops SYD/ADL Tue/Thu/Sat 1200/1350.

Keep in mind that you could travel ADL/xBNE/TSV for the same points ie 24,000 plus AUD139.45 however you cannot stopover enroute eg BNE on domestic JASAs.

You could travel ADL/SYD/AKL for 36,000 plus AUD200.67 each way on a JASA. International JASAs sometimes permit stopovers at the international gateway city eg SYD or MEL so you could fly to two destinations for the price of one.

Might be worth checking out the status run thread below which has details of the above JASAs plus other ideas.

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....us-run-options-quick-35258-20.html#post618010

 

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[simongr]

In my usual contrarian style I would actually take the 738 in J. The large cabin with 24(?) pax in J seems a little busy to me so would prefer the peace of a 738.

Hope you enjoy Coldplay - which concert are you going to? I am going on the Sunday

 

[amaroo]

I'm another who prefers to select 767 over 737 in either cabin.

In J I like the larger cabin of the 767 & in whY I despise the 3-3 of the 737.

 

[codash1099]

I'm another who prefers to select 767 over 737 in either cabin.

In J I like the larger cabin of the 767 & in whY I despise the 3-3 of the 737.

+1. IMHO a 25 year old 767 beats a new 737 any day.

(and don't bother telling me that some (all?) of QF's 767 are older than 25 years. They are better too!)

 

[ozbeachbabe]

I had 23K on a 333 recently PER/SYD (ie bulkhead in front not an exit row like the 332) which I found cramped.

Next flight 28E on a 767 which was a flow forward situation so couldn't complain however spacious by comparison. Plenty of room under the seat in front for my rollaboard plus my feet as overhead locker was full.

I won't ever whinge about a middle seat on a 767.

 

[nanks85]

You could always take the international QF82 flight that ops ADL/SYD Wed/Fri/Sun 0750/1015 then you'd get to try out the Skybeds on the A330-300 series aircraft.
for 24,000 points plus AUD103.59 each way on a JASA.

The return international flight is QF81 which ops SYD/ADL Tue/Thu/Sat 1200/1350.

Keep in mind that you could travel ADL/xBNE/TSV for the same points ie 24,000 plus AUD139.45 however you cannot stopover enroute eg BNE on domestic JASAs.

You could travel ADL/SYD/AKL for 36,000 plus AUD200.67 each way on a JASA. International JASAs sometimes permit stopovers at the international gateway city eg SYD or MEL so you could fly to two destinations for the price of one.

Might be worth checking out the status run thread below which has details of the above JASAs plus other ideas.

Thanks for the ideas there. I gotta mention that i only have a small balance of 60,000 points. Which will be used for myself and my partner. As muched as i'd love to fly non direct and live it up. I don't think the other half would see it that way and wants to take the direct option.

I have thought about QF82 before but the whole 90 mins before departure for a domestic puts me off. Plus i want to have a few drinkies in the lounge which i doesn't go down to well at that time of the morning. Hence why i like flying in the afternoon and between mon-fri from 4pm on Cityflyer. Gotta get the most out of my Qantas fare.

For what i am looking it. If use my 60,000 points for a jasa for two Adl-Syd then plus $80.00 cash. I think it ain't too bad deal of for someone that flys once or twice a year.

 

[nanks85]

In my usual contrarian style I would actually take the 738 in J. The large cabin with 24(?) pax in J seems a little busy to me so would prefer the peace of a 738.

Hope you enjoy Coldplay - which concert are you going to? I am going on the Sunday

Going to the Saturday concert. Will be a Blast.

 

[amaroo]

Thanks for the ideas there. I gotta mention that i only have a small balance of 60,000 points. Which will be used for myself and my partner. As muched as i'd love to fly non direct and live it up. I don't think the other half would see it that way and wants to take the direct option.

I have thought about QF82 before but the whole 90 mins before departure for a domestic puts me off. Plus i want to have a few drinkies in the lounge which i doesn't go down to well at that time of the morning. Hence why i like flying in the afternoon and between mon-fri from 4pm on Cityflyer. Gotta get the most out of my Qantas fare.

For what i am looking it. If use my 60,000 points for a jasa for two Adl-Syd then plus $80.00 cash. I think it ain't too bad deal of for someone that flys once or twice a year.

If you sign up for some of those CC deals & wait until you push a few earns through them, you could turn that 60,000 into a decent sum quicker than you might think! Could take you both in J to SIN or HGK or BKK either oneway or return:idea:

 

[ozbeachbabe]

Thanks for the ideas there. I gotta mention that i only have a small balance of 60,000 points. Which will be used for myself and my partner. As muched as i'd love to fly non direct and live it up. I don't think the other half would see it that way and wants to take the direct option.

I have thought about QF82 before but the whole 90 mins before departure for a domestic puts me off. Plus i want to have a few drinkies in the lounge which i doesn't go down to well at that time of the morning. Hence why i like flying in the afternoon and between mon-fri from 4pm on Cityflyer. Gotta get the most out of my Qantas fare.

For what i am looking it. If use my 60,000 points for a jasa for two Adl-Syd then plus $80.00 cash. I think it ain't too bad deal of for someone that flys once or twice a year.

If I was in your shoes I would purchase a red-e-deal ADL/SYD then use 48,000 points plus cash for 2 JASAs on QF81 SYD/ADL then hang on to the remaining 12,000 for next time.

You can use the J Lounge at SYD Intl & get a taste of what J is like on QF intl flights. You can also do your seat allocation at the time of reservation so would have a good chance of getting a window seat.

As mentioned above, have a look at credit card bonus points offers for signing up as some cards eg Amex Platinum charge card can offer 80,000 points when joining.

Does your SWMBO have any QF ff points she could transfer to your account as you can do a one off family transfer each year?

 

[fbrimfield]

As mentioned above, have a look at credit card bonus points offers for signing up as some cards eg Amex Platinum charge card can offer 80,000 points when joining.

JQ Platinum Mastercard is 30,000 free FF points, plus no fees for first year.

 

[Kangol]

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