A little tip that hopefully others can find useful.
I don't have many Qantas points, as all my credit cards and Flybuys are linked to Virgin Velocity.
Need to get from near Canberra to Melbourne on Saturday 25 November to catch and Etihad flight to Dublin (thank you Virgin Velocity, although the charges add up to $500 per person, so it's certainly not free.
Virgin's schedule on that day is terrible - the only flight that would get us there in time for our 4.10pm international departure, is 6.45am, which would mean getting up at about 4am.
Qantas schedule is better, and flights were going to be $160 each for a basic Economy fare. So I looked at options for getting it for free.
My quest took me to Qantas Wine, where there are cases of wine that come with up to 30,000 bonus points. Okay, they cost $700. But one case of very nice wine later, plus topping up the petrol tank at BP, and I have two Qantas Business Class tickets*, for a very pleasant (and not before dawn) start to the overseas holiday, my first trip since before the pandemic began, and timed to coincide with my mother's 90th birthday.
* I think there was something like $67 fees on each of the tickets, same as for Economy flights with points.
I think the sums add up.
Anyhow, it's a nice way to rapidly boost your points and get some very good (but slightly overpriced compared to other retailers) wine. We'll be eating and drinking our way through the lounge and the on board menu, to maximise the value we extract.
I don't have many Qantas points, as all my credit cards and Flybuys are linked to Virgin Velocity.
Need to get from near Canberra to Melbourne on Saturday 25 November to catch and Etihad flight to Dublin (thank you Virgin Velocity, although the charges add up to $500 per person, so it's certainly not free.
Virgin's schedule on that day is terrible - the only flight that would get us there in time for our 4.10pm international departure, is 6.45am, which would mean getting up at about 4am.
Qantas schedule is better, and flights were going to be $160 each for a basic Economy fare. So I looked at options for getting it for free.
My quest took me to Qantas Wine, where there are cases of wine that come with up to 30,000 bonus points. Okay, they cost $700. But one case of very nice wine later, plus topping up the petrol tank at BP, and I have two Qantas Business Class tickets*, for a very pleasant (and not before dawn) start to the overseas holiday, my first trip since before the pandemic began, and timed to coincide with my mother's 90th birthday.
* I think there was something like $67 fees on each of the tickets, same as for Economy flights with points.
I think the sums add up.
Anyhow, it's a nice way to rapidly boost your points and get some very good (but slightly overpriced compared to other retailers) wine. We'll be eating and drinking our way through the lounge and the on board menu, to maximise the value we extract.
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