Selling QFF points on eBay

[ksthommo]

Good Pickup NM

Also won these 2 auctions

 

[redslert]

How is 30K pts worth $500+

 

[Mal]

Ebay only pull auctions when they feel like it or if they are clearly illegal

It is in their interest to let as much sell as possible so they earn more $$

No, airlines and other companies are able to get all sorts of information and pull when it comes to Ebay. Never trade anything loyalty related that might be against the T&Cs of the scheme on Ebay. Airlines do have access to information.

 

[haggiscat]

has anyone seen the recurrent ad on gumtree asking for QFF points to be donated for a charitable purpose? the ad claims the points are used to provide free flights to children.

 

[ozmille]

has anyone seen the recurrent ad on gumtree asking for QFF points to be donated for a charitable purpose? the ad claims the points are used to provide free flights to children.

When I moved from Europe to SYD I donated about 30000 AF miles to doctors without borders but that was through AF

 

[burmans]

What pleasure can you see? that I hope the account gets wiped? or should they plead it was an innocent mistake and will not happen again pretty please let me keep my points

T&C are there to protect and should be enforced.

Yes, that you hope they get wiped. T&C's may well be there to protect but they are T&C's between Qantas and the customer, they are not a trilateral agreement between you, Qantas and the customer. They are there to protect Qantas, not you.

 

[lovestotravel]

No, airlines and other companies are able to get all sorts of information and pull when it comes to Ebay. Never trade anything loyalty related that might be against the T&Cs of the scheme on Ebay. Airlines do have access to information.

But it's still up to Ebay IF they want to remove the listing

Qantas doesn't control Ebay

I have reported numerous listings which are in breech of Ebay's own terms and conditions and they are never pulled. Granted I am not Qantas, just a consumer, but I reported 50+ listing of someone who had their contact number in the listing and invited people to avoid Ebay and contact them directly to make the deal/sale.

Ebay didn't care/respond

 

[Fil-Ski]

If you look at the completed listings on ebay

Points Price Winners Feedback Seller Bids
80,000 $1,280 232 b**t*3 48
75,000 $1,000 15 ou***c 1
5,000 $828 74 g***ge3*0 4
30,000 $541 0 k**garoo*7 43
24,000 $451 122 g*u**hel1*3 30
24,000 $435 0 c**li*tl*b 26

 

[trippin_the_rift]

Lets say the member has 250K points (which it appears to be from these listings) and never plans to use QFF again. Ebay the lot for $4K, cash out and be done.

If the member doesn't care for QFF I can't see how they lose.

 

[casanovawa]

Gee the person who paid $828 for 5,000 points must be pretty chuffed...

Hope no ones breaks it to them they could have bought them for less off the QF site, which is hardly bargain basement itself...

 

[Fil-Ski]

Not sure of the rules but isnt it a 100,000 limit every 12 months for Family Transfers

 

[straitman]

How is 30K pts worth $500+

Depending upon the redemption rates you can get this can be reasonable value.

 

[burmans]

Lets say the member has 250K points (which it appears to be from these listings) and never plans to use QFF again. Ebay the lot for $4K, cash out and be done.

If the member doesn't care for QFF I can't see how they lose.

Assuming Qantas actually allows the transfer it would appear to be the buyer who is most at risk but isn't there a limit on transfers.

 

[lovestotravel]

Not sure of the rules but isnt it a 100,000 limit every 12 months for Family Transfers

Yes, that is correct

 

[casanovawa]

About the only way around would be to transfer 100,000 and then after that arrange to book a ticket for the others unless it was done just near the end of a year ticking over to give you the abiluty to transfer 2 x 100,000.... Still that much activity might look a little strange?

Also wouldn't help someone if they just wanted a few points to top up to get a J class return etc...

 

[oz_mark]

Not sure of the rules but isnt it a 100,000 limit every 12 months for Family Transfers

Yes, there is, but AFAIK it only applies outbound from an account. An account can accept any number of points being transferred into it.

Of course, if one of these sellers was selling more that 100,000 points, things may come unstuck at the transfer time.

 

[lovestotravel]

It's 100,000 points every 12 months from when you last transferred points

 

[richie9x]

How is 30K pts worth $500+

It is cheaper that what Qantas sell their points for - $500 would only get you 17,000 points buying from Qantas.

Frequent Flyer - Using Points - Top-up Points

 

[trippin_the_rift]

If people are willing to pay THAT much for points, QFF should cash in on it and start selling in bulk. Money for jam!

 

[kempvet]

Like to see what the same AAdvantage miles would get in bids to those in the know, probably about 50% more in bid total