CASH VS REWARDS

[Colonellord]

Which would be best? Buying tickets directly with American Airlines or using reward flight points with Qantas on same flight? Is there a difference in benefits e.g. points and status ,lounge etc.

 

[masco131]

Hello, Colonellord. Welcome to AFF
It depends on your personal choice and price of the ticket. Qantas points are worth about 1.6c per point as per point hack.
FYI: If it is a short haul ticket, you might get better point redemption with avios.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Which would be best? Buying tickets directly with American Airlines or using reward flight points with Qantas on same flight? Is there a difference in benefits e.g. points and status ,lounge etc.

It depends what you *could* use the points elsewhere for?

I use QFFF points for some fares which would otherwise be extremely expensive with cash. So I compare the price of a domestic USA with whatever else I need the points for.

If you have no other use for the points and want to save some cash, no issue using them.

 

[tdimdad]

Concurring with the previous ones. To give an example, I just checked the cash price and reward availability for an intra-European return flight. The points would have given 1.3c value to me which I deemed too low (using formula [(cash price - reward ticket fees) / points used] ). I'm opting to save those points for a higher value redemption and pay cash for these tickets.

It comes down to how much do you pay per point to earn them and where else could you redeem them.