Article: How to Redeem Qantas Points to North America in 2023

[AFF Editor]

How to Redeem Qantas Points to North America in 2023 is an article written by the AFF editorial team:

How to Redeem Qantas Points to North America in 2023

Flying Business Class to North America is a popular redemption for Qantas frequent flyers. If you’re flexible with dates and routes, you can use Qantas points to fly Business to the US or Canada in 2023.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

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[Lynda2475]

Article doesn't mention that typically there is ok availability from NAN-HNL, from which you can pick up AA or AS award flights to the mainland.

 

[aikman]

The article mentions Expert Flyer alerts. I take it Expert Flyer only sees reward seats available to Bronze FFs and not the special releases exclusive to Golds and Platinums?

 

[RichardMEL]

The article mentions Expert Flyer alerts. I take it Expert Flyer only sees reward seats available to Bronze FFs and not the special releases exclusive to Golds and Platinums?

Well, one can put in their FF# into EF and this MAY alter the query result depending on one's status. ie as P1 I can see seat maps on QF as a P1 status flyer. Does that also affect queries for availability? good question. I'm unsure but... maybe?

 

[levelnine]

Very good article.

QF points holders are somewhat fortunate in that it's a lot easier to get to the US on points than Europe given the larger number of routes QF flies.

What I find most disappointing about the US - North America route is, in fact, the competition. United & Delta rarely release award availability at reasonable points levels, except for last minute travel. Air Canada is a little bit better, but not by much.

 

[BriarFlyer]

The article mentions Expert Flyer alerts. I take it Expert Flyer only sees reward seats available to Bronze FFs and not the special releases exclusive to Golds and Platinums?

Yes, that's my understanding.

 

[RichardMEL]

Very good article.

QF points holders are somewhat fortunate in that it's a lot easier to get to the US on points than Europe given the larger number of routes QF flies.

What I find most disappointing about the US - North America route is, in fact, the competition. United & Delta rarely release award availability at reasonable points levels, except for last minute travel. Air Canada is a little bit better, but not by much.

I do agree with this. UA is pretty stingy - even on BNE-LAX flights which are lighter loaded than the others. I have seen some J rewards, but it's difficult.. and forget getting a seat on NZ... talk about unicorns.

OT for QF forum of course, but yeah it's difficult via the others for sure.

 

[Zanzara]

Great article. Thanks for posting.

 

[The Flying Schwartz]

So timely! I was just sitting down to plan a US trip in Q1 next year and got the email that this article had been posted. Handy to understand the various routing options. Thanks Matt!

 

[AFF Editor]

We've updated Bronwyn's article from last year with an overview of the current options for trans-Pacific travel using Qantas Points

How to Redeem Qantas Points to North America in 2023

Flying Business Class to North America is a popular redemption for Qantas frequent flyers. If you’re flexible with dates and routes, you can use Qantas points to fly Business to the US or Canada in 2023.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au