Hi all
I'll be commuting from Brisbane to Darwin for the next few months. I anticipate 5 return trips in J. At the moment I'm a QF gold member with 390 SC for this membership year (resets in March 31, 2009).
If my calculation is correct after the end of these 5 trips I'll have 1190 SC which is still 210 SC short of attaining Platinum. I'm planning a few international trip at the end of the year and it would be good to have platinum so I have access to the First lounge :mrgreen:
In one of my previous trip, I took a detour on my way back by flying DRW-ADL-SYD in J for an additional $60 (DRW-SYD in J was full). I then bought a one way red-deal ticket SYD-BNE for $120. This will get me an additional 70 SC for ~$180 ($2.57 / SC) which I think is quite cheap. The trip to SYD was not solely for the additional SC as I was planning to visit my family and friends there.
What I was thinking is to re-route 3 out of the 5 return trips as my previous DRW-ADL-SYD-BNE trip.
So some questions:
1) Are there any other routes that I can consider to maximise SC with minimum outlay? I also have families in PER so that will also be good.
2) Why are some indirect J flights cheaper (DRW-ADL-SYD for example) than some other similar distance route (DRW-ADL-PER)?
3) Is there a way for me to access Qantas corporate rate for J flights (just for reference)?
Thanks in advance.
I'll be commuting from Brisbane to Darwin for the next few months. I anticipate 5 return trips in J. At the moment I'm a QF gold member with 390 SC for this membership year (resets in March 31, 2009).
If my calculation is correct after the end of these 5 trips I'll have 1190 SC which is still 210 SC short of attaining Platinum. I'm planning a few international trip at the end of the year and it would be good to have platinum so I have access to the First lounge :mrgreen:
In one of my previous trip, I took a detour on my way back by flying DRW-ADL-SYD in J for an additional $60 (DRW-SYD in J was full). I then bought a one way red-deal ticket SYD-BNE for $120. This will get me an additional 70 SC for ~$180 ($2.57 / SC) which I think is quite cheap. The trip to SYD was not solely for the additional SC as I was planning to visit my family and friends there.
What I was thinking is to re-route 3 out of the 5 return trips as my previous DRW-ADL-SYD-BNE trip.
So some questions:
1) Are there any other routes that I can consider to maximise SC with minimum outlay? I also have families in PER so that will also be good.
2) Why are some indirect J flights cheaper (DRW-ADL-SYD for example) than some other similar distance route (DRW-ADL-PER)?
3) Is there a way for me to access Qantas corporate rate for J flights (just for reference)?
Thanks in advance.