Neil Perry Christmas lunch is shockingly poor value

[Melburnian1]

I am mistrustful of airline FF schemes as they, not us, hold most if not all of the aces.

QFF has an offer for a four--person 'Neil Perry' Christmas meal delivered to one's home for $449 or 60000 points.

But 60000 points is the equivalent of 85 per cent of the points needed for a J class ticket from Oz to Japan, worth at least A$2000 if one way or A$3000 if return.

Anyone who avails this 'Neil Perry offer' must love being royally ripped off.

 

[TheInsider]

Who cares? People value points in anyway that they deem fit.

 

[Ade]

Who cares? People value points in anyway that they deem fit.

Totally agree. It's a personal preference. I only value points when used to redeem flights or upgrades.

 

[ChrisMars]

As long as it contains his secret vinagre green salad sauce I am in.

 

[RichardMEL]

Must. Raise. Revenue. And. Reduce. Points. Liability.

but anyway I am with the others.. value is in the eye of the beholder. Value is subjective to one's situation and wishes.

 

[jb747]

Fixed it for you…

Neil Perry lunch is shocking.

 

[Mattg]

By this logic, pretty much any use of Qantas points for something other than a premium cabin reward or upgrade is shockingly poor value.

FWIW, 60,000 points would "only" get you ~$300 worth of gift cards at the Qantas Rewards Store. Not that I would ever use my own points for that (or a Neil Perry lunch).

 

[justinbrett]

I don't know why you'd pay $449 for it either if you still have to cook it (or as they put it, 'assemble'). It looks like mostly the kind of things you can buy from Coles in the special Christmas section.

Just go to a restaurant if you want to spend that kind of money.

 

[RichardMEL]

I don't know why you'd pay $449 for it either if you still have to cook it (or as they put it, 'assemble'). It looks like mostly the kind of things you can buy from Coles in the special Christmas section.

Just go to a restaurant if you want to spend that kind of money.

well this is getting OT but during lockdown this has become a real thing, specially in Melbourne. A group of restaurants created a service named Providoor which essentially is this idea - they prepare the food and ingredients for X meals and deliver it to the door and you complete at home. Obviously this was a thing when sitting down at your fave joint was not an option, and while it is not something I ever used, it has been very successful.

I can see the appeal in such a service even outside of lockdowns (as far as I know providoor is still going strong) specially for a special occasion or something that you might like to have at home or as a form of dinner party catering as it were.

Personally I'd probably indeed prefer to go the restaurant and have the food prepared and cooked and served as intended (and because I'd worry I'd stuff it up at home after spending $$$ ) but that's just me. I can definitely see how the idea is popular - NP or otherwise.

 

[Mrmaxwell]

Even myself with my incredible knowledge of point hacks and best ways to use them cannot keep my father from shopping on the QF store and buying useless items which I then have to set up, install, help him to use!

Each to their own...

 

[justinbrett]

well this is getting OT but during lockdown this has become a real thing, specially in Melbourne. A group of restaurants created a service named Providoor which essentially is this idea - they prepare the food and ingredients for X meals and deliver it to the door and you complete at home. Obviously this was a thing when sitting down at your fave joint was not an option, and while it is not something I ever used, it has been very successful.

I can see the appeal in such a service even outside of lockdowns (as far as I know providoor is still going strong) specially for a special occasion or something that you might like to have at home or as a form of dinner party catering as it were.

Personally I'd probably indeed prefer to go the restaurant and have the food prepared and cooked and served as intended (and because I'd worry I'd stuff it up at home after spending $$$ ) but that's just me. I can definitely see how the idea is popular - NP or otherwise.

But as I said, for the kind of foods being offered here, these don't really benefit much from being pre-prepared. And even then, you can get them from Coles. This is quite different from the restaurant at home idea where you can get complex dishes. We're talking meat and potatoes here.

 

[Katie]

Looking at the total weights of the meats, I figured I'd be able to feed more than 4 people on that! At least 8, but with adding more sides, and some real dessert.

Of course, by "I'd be able to feed", I actually mean Mr Katie would be able to do all the cooking, prep and plating.

 

[Rangalad]

As long as it contains his secret vinagre green salad sauce I am in.

Hopefully more “Neil’s salad” than we see in J.

 

[Vic]

A timely reminder that paying cash for anything other than flights will almost always be the better option, without some additional incentive.

I mean if I wanted a neil perry christmas lunch, because I didn't want to spend hours slaving over a hot BBQ in the middle of an australian summer day, I'd pay the cash, earn some points. Even better if I could've loaded up an amex spend $350 get $70 back offer.

 

[Melburnian1]

Who cares? People value points in anyway that they deem fit.

Many may care if they take the time to be savvy and compare the alternatives, as friends of mine do.

Vic's contribution was spot on.

Objectively, it's poor 'value' given the alternative of using the points for a flight (if one can find reward seat availability).

 

[justinbrett]

A timely reminder that paying cash for anything other than flights will almost always be the better option, without some additional incentive.

I mean if I wanted a neil perry christmas lunch, because I didn't want to spend hours slaving over a hot BBQ in the middle of an australian summer day, I'd pay the cash, earn some points. Even better if I could've loaded up an amex spend $350 get $70 back offer.

It won't be delivered hot, so there will be at least some duration over some heating device

 

[dajop]

But as I said, for the kind of foods being offered here, these don't really benefit much from being pre-prepared. And even then, you can get them from Coles. This is quite different from the restaurant at home idea where you can get complex dishes. We're talking meat and potatoes here.

I think we all know, that's the value in a brand name.

I was looking at an offer in my Amex cashback offers for a brand I'd never heard of. They were selling some bathers for $360 that looked remarkably like the ones I bought at Uniqlo for $30, no doubt produced for probably $3.

Each to their own.

 

[justinbrett]

I think we all know, that's the value in a brand name.

I was looking at an offer in my Amex cashback offers for a brand I'd never heard of. They were selling some bathers for $360 that looked remarkably like the ones I bought at Uniqlo for $30, no doubt produced for probably $3.

Each to their own.

Is that Neil Perry or Qantas?

Because you can get meals from Coles and Woolies that are "branded" by Curtis Stone, Jamie Oliver, Gordan Ramsay etc.

And I'm not sure Qantas itself is much of a brand when it comes to food...

 

[dajop]

Is that Neil Perry or Qantas?

Presumably Neil Perry.

There is certainly value in the Neil Perry brand, even though for me personally that value is <0.

 

[Andrew Curran]

Presumably Neil Perry.

There is certainly value in the Neil Perry brand, even though for me personally that value is <0.

Those burgers he was flogging out of Margaret in DB during lockdown were delicious.