Biggest points collection

[jonboixxx]

85k HiltonH
550k ANZ
570k ANZ Business
680k StGeorge
1.1M Kris
1.65M Velocity
2.2M QFF
2.5M Marriott
18.8M Amex MR
Makes me think about preservation; I need to start distribution to my wife and kids.

 

[ols]

85k HiltonH
550k ANZ
570k ANZ Business
680k StGeorge
1.1M Kris
1.65M Velocity
2.2M QFF
2.5M Marriott
18.8M Amex MR
Makes me think about preservation; I need to start distribution to my wife and kids.

and me lol

 

[levelnine]

18.8M Amex MR

I take it that is from putting a decent chunk of business spend through your Amex cards?

 

[jonboixxx]

I take it that is from putting a decent chunk of business spend through your Amex cards?

Yeah it is, about 7-8M earn per year on Amex, but weirdly I still make sure I buy Woolworths ecard at 4% discount for groceries and earn 3-4000 points per month as well. I figure it all adds up in the end. Within reason, I'm chasing every point.

 

[levelnine]

Yeah it is, about 7-8M earn per year on Amex, but weirdly I still make sure I buy Woolworths ecard at 4% discount for groceries and earn 3-4000 points per month as well. I figure it all adds up in the end.

With that many points, I would have thought you'd get more value out of converting WW EDR to $10 cash back rather than QFF points.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

I currently have just under 1.2 million velocity points. Been stashing for Cananda trip 2023 (now canned) and Europe trip in 2025. Both were going to be in business but now europe might be in First.

Plenty of points to fly anywhere with that. Key is to use a tool like United's award search engine (which shows you what dates there is saver availability on United, Star Alliance partners and other partners they have like Virgin) to determine a suitable booking. To give you an example, here's SYD to ZRH on EY in J for 139,000 + $714 in taxes and fees:



Here's EY J from SYD to JFK for 139,000 points + $814 in taxes and fees. From there it's child's play to get to Canada!

1.2 mil Qantas
300,000 Amex
750,000 IHG
100,000 Hhonors
200,000 Velocity

Some good IHG redemptions around such as 37,000 IHG points for 6 nights in Pattaya HI Express in April.

I should also point out that the Hilton Garden Inn Bali Airport is/was a 5,000 point/night redemption which means a 5 night stay is only 20,000 points. Breakfast buffet as a Gold was nice, pool was alright. Only real downside I could see is it wasn't a proper resort (that and the lack of plane cough from my window).

Regardless, you seem to have a good variety of travel points which I reckon could easily be deployed for several round the world trips in BusinessFirst or even GlobalFirst.

The rest not worth much at all. BKK-HKG-BNE for 38,000 QFF points + $400 one way economy. Seriously? Return cash airfare can be as low as $800 return.

Yeah that seems like a joke if you ask me. For those many points I can do 3 upgrades from a dirty cheap red e-deal to J on a number of golden triangle routes, including the coveted ones which include an A330 lie flat.

85k HiltonH
550k ANZ
570k ANZ Business
680k StGeorge
1.1M Kris
1.65M Velocity
2.2M QFF
2.5M Marriott
18.8M Amex MR
Makes me think about preservation; I need to start distribution to my wife and kids.

That's a lot of MR points! Nice thing about MR points is as you say you can transfer to a number of accounts which may or may not be your own. What I will say is try using the points if you can. AmEx has a lot of great transfer partners, and despite all the doom and gloom you see on this forum regarding award availability, there remains excellent award availability for specific geographies and specific programs. For instance, KrisFlyer runs their spontaneous escapes promotion which discounts their Y/PY/J awards to a number of select destinations. Air Canada Aeroplan, which I reckon some of your cards might be a transfer partner for can offer excellent value. For instance, did you know you can fly from Sydney to New York's JFK airport all in business class, all on A380s for just 115,000 Aeroplan miles and no insane carrier surcharges?


Food for thought!

-RooFlyer88

 

[cove]

Son used 200,000 Qantas points to fly Emirates First Class Paris-Dubai-Perth so there is a small hope that Qantas points are not completely worthless afterall.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Son used 200,000 Qantas points to fly Emirates First Class Paris-Dubai-Perth so there is a small hope that Qantas points are not completely worthless afterall.

They're not worthless, as others may suggest. If you want to see worthless have a look at Delta Airlines SkyPesos where it's half a million points (or more) to fly one-way from the US to Australia in business class thanks to their dynamic award pricing! Another thing that Qantas has going for it is their many mistresses (non-OneWorld partners) that can be used to book award flights. For instance, did you know you can book China Airlines to fly from Sydney to Taipei? Where people get hung up be it on Qantas Frequent Flyer or any Frequent Flyer program that has saver awards is they think they can use it like a WebJet or Expedia selecting the exact origin, destination and dates they have in mind. Aside from simple domestic award bookings like Sydney to Melbourne, such a strategy rarely works.

Instead, one must either take the time to do careful research piecing together itineraries where classic award availability works, or if you don't have the time for that using a service like Award Flight Assist to do all the heavy lifting for you. The (often overlooked) area where you can get outsized value with points are using them to upgrade your flight into business class. Domestically, they can be an exceptional value of points since you can upgrade virtually any fare (including cheap $99 red e-deals) to business class for just a minimal amount of points (i.e. 10,900 points for short haul routes like Sydney to Melbourne). In addition, when travelling in Premium Economy or on a Flex fare internationally, such a strategy can provide particularly good value for points too. For instance, going from a Flex Economy fare up to Premium Economy is just 19,600 points for a long haul route like Sydney to LA or just 54,000 points to go up to business. And if you are fortunate enough to have an employer who books you business fares for long haul flights, it's just 55,300 to move up to first class!

-RooFlyer88