Help with QF Award surcharges

[kpc]

The QF website does not show surcharges associated with awards unless you have sufficient points when you do a dummy booking. Thinking of redeeming an award flight to Barcelona (from Sydney) next year in Y. It takes 128000 QF points Syd-Bcn return but as I don't (yet) have this amount, it won't show the surcharges.

In comparison, the SQ website shows (even if I don't currently have sufficient KF miles) that it will only cost 80750 KF miles but a whopping $689.12 in surcharges:evil::shock:

Would anyone who has 128000 points (or more) in their QF account be kind enough to do a dummy booking for a QF classic award, and tell me how much surcharges does QF charge for Syd-Bcn retun in addition to the 128000 points? Thanks in advance!

PS I expect to be receiving some Amex MR points soon that I could T/F either to QF or SQ, and as both T/F at 1:1, the SQ option is looking much more attractive at the moment:shock:

 

[Mr_Gimlet]

It quoted me $558.54, but was after 140k points

 

[Leumas]

I'd have thought if you call them, they can work it out for you?

 

[Dave Noble]

If you fly QF to London and BA to BCN , then the taxes should come out as $603.94 and the flight cost would be 128,000 points

Dave

 

[kpc]

If you fly QF to London and BA to BCN , then the taxes should come out as $603.94 and the flight cost would be 128,000 points

Dave

Thanks Dave & others who replied. So QF's surcharges are just under $100 less than SQ, but require 48K more Amex pts....looks like SQ has the better deal here...

 

[serfty]

For international itineraries the

should conceptually be the same for revenue travel as for award.

So a 'dummy' international multi-segment booking for the same flights should return what you are after.

 

[kpc]

For international itineraries the

should conceptually be the same for revenue travel as for award.

So a 'dummy' international multi-segment booking for the same flights should return what you are after.

Just tried this serfty and the surcharges came to $607.04 which is very similar to the $603.94 quoted by Dave above....so thanks for the tip.

Apart from a significantly less AMEX pts needed, SQ has a direct flight from Sin to Bcn (albeit with a 1 hr stop in Mxp), and I can fly the A380 to Sin from Syd and then the new 777-300ER to Bcn, SQ is looking good (even in Y) once the Amex pts finally appear.