80 SC points to Silver

[Deno]

Hi All,
I need 80 points to gain silver before November 30. While I appreciate silver is not that great compared to some people here, I would still like to try.

I have about 45,000 FF points. What are the best options from Brisbane to get the 80 points?

Do I have to book through the "award bookings " section of the website?

Thanks.

 

[madrooster]

I would strongly consider the monetary benefits from having silver vs. bronze in this instance as booking an ASA will require you to make a cash co-payment. The main gain with silver is additional checked baggage in W and Y and 1 QP visit - I doubt these would be worth as much as the cash and points you'd spend to do a status run.

 

[Joshua]

The other benefits would be free checked bag on AA and preselection of seats, though probably nothing you couldn't get during OLCI and priority check-in particularly internationally... Honestly if you're only 70% the way to silver, it is highly unlikely to be of any value to you unless you expect to begin flying significantly more.

To answer your question however, the cheapest cash option would be 32000 pts + ~$160 return to SYD as a business any seat award. Not sure how quickly you built up your points balance, anymore than 6 months and I think you'd be crazy to do it.

 

[Jousams]

Hi All,
I need 80 points to gain silver before November 30. While I appreciate silver is not that great compared to some people here, I would still like to try.

I have about 45,000 FF points. What are the best options from Brisbane to get the 80 points?

Do I have to book through the "award bookings " section of the website?

Thanks.

This comment may be out of place but if your falling around 80 SC short of silver every year, maybe Velocity is better suited to your travel patterns. As it is my firm opinion, whilst SG is better with QF, silver is Better with VA
I.e 50 less SC to reach & discounted lounge membership.

But that's without knowing your companies travel plans etc. etc.


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[cmon0005]

You could do a Business J Run on LAN (Oneworld Airline) SYD-AUCKLAND for around $760 return, it will net you 160 SC's, and will put you onto the path to Gold.
Or Gold Coast - Melb oneway for $590 in J netting 80 SC's.

As others have mentioned you just have to weigh up the benefits to you and whether they're worth it or not.

Personally I think Silver is great (especially when combined with Qantas Club) it is worth it for me.
*Free international seat selection (this is good especially when I am travelling multiple sectors and with multiple other pax, saves me $25 x sectors x pax). Often I travel with 3-4 pax on the same booking and I am the only status pax, with 4 sectors normally on the Intl flights we take this is a saving of $400 per flight for us, and at travelling twice to 3 a year, accumulates to $1200 saving a year on seat selection).
*50% bonus status points, good for Intl flights for lots of extra points.
*Oneworld Business checkin queue can used on any Oneworld airline.

Good luck with your decision!

 

[Deno]

Thanks to all for the prompt replies. I will weigh up all the options. Decisions Decisions !!. Thanks again.