Booking Worldperks award flight from Aus

[opusman]

Hi all,

My father wants to go to the UK this year and I have 95000 or so Worldperks points just sitting there doing nothing, so I thought I would use them for him. According to nwa.com a return Pacific->Europe whY ticket is 100000 pts so I would only need to buy 5000 extra to do this.

However I can't work out if it's possible online to tell if there is any availability for the time he wants to go (May). The online award booking tool doesn't seem to know about any flights from Australia, even though there are KL codeshare flights (on MH metal) every day. I've never redeemed anything through Worldperks before so I'm not sure what the best procedure is.

Should I purchase the top up points and then ring to book, or would I be able to check availability through the booking centre before paying for the points?

Also, does anyone know if taxes/fuel fines are charged for award bookings?

Thanks!

 

[dajop]

However I can't work out if it's possible online to tell if there is any availability for the time he wants to go (May). The online award booking tool doesn't seem to know about any flights from Australia, even though there are KL codeshare flights (on MH metal) every day.

WorldPerks have numerous partners that go to Europe & Australia using their own metal, being China Southern, Korean Air, Air Tahiti Nui, Japan Airlines & Malaysia Airlines. I would check availability first before buying any points though (if they let you) just in case.