"... we'll shortly announce a major investment to improve our Frequent Flyer program"

[Pvcmenace]

I think holding points with BOTH Qantas and Velocity is the sweet spot.

As a recent example, we managed to score J class reward seats to Singapore and back just a few days before Christmas- out on SQ via Velocity on the 23rd and back on BA via Qantas on 3rd Jan. A few days in SIN and then redeemed further QF points to get to Thailand on MH. Stayed at the gorgeous new Andaz in Pattaya using our last Hyatt Globalist Suite certificate for the year.

Was a truly lovely (albeit unexpected) escape from all the Christmas madness here and we paid maybe $1000 bucks total for a 5 Star holiday over Christmas and NY.

Andaz Pattaya in my opinion is the best hotel breakfast I've ever had!

 

[CaptJCool]

so another red tail sale has dropped and J fares are down a further $10 or so...

Methinks the WFH APS will definitely make a significant impact on J fare flyers...

And today the North American Red Tail sale has dropped
Vancouver from $6499

 

[I love to travel]

And today the North American Red Tail sale has dropped
Vancouver from $6499

Yes I thought the J fares were good.

 

[levelnine]

Vancouver from $6499

A cool 600K QF points return in J under Rewards+. Bargain.

 

[I love to travel]

A cool 600K QF points return in J under Rewards+. Bargain.

Are you joking?

 

[levelnine]

Are you joking?

No: 'Reward+ offering a rounded 1-cent of value per point, tied to the tax-exclusive cash fare of a flight.'

Qantas Will Make Huge Changes To Flights Booked Using Points

Qantas Frequent Flyer will launch dynamic pricing for points bookings, a move that will improve award availability but increase the cost of flights

flighthacks.com.au

 

[Mr H]

No: 'Reward+ offering a rounded 1-cent of value per point, tied to the tax-exclusive cash fare of a flight.'

With the tax bit payable on top of that.

 

[Doctore1003]

It remains to be seen whether sale fares will be eligible for Reward+!

 

[RichardMEL]

And today the North American Red Tail sale has dropped
Vancouver from $6499

5999 ex MEL

 

[Mr H]

5999 ex MEL

Melbourne is nicer than Sydney so they have to tempt people to leave with lower fares.

 

[aikman]

A cool 600K QF points return in J under Rewards+. Bargain.

Which is only 2.8x the classic reward rate and much more readily available.

 

[levelnine]

Which is only 2.8x the classic reward rate and much more readily available.

Exactly what Qantas management are hoping the flying public will think.

 

[SYD]

Melbourne is nicer than Sydney so they have to tempt people to leave with lower fares.

ex SYD is also $5999. It’s the same promo fare now for about 4 sales. I bought at that price last year for travel last Aug/Sep.

So long as you fly into YVR, you can open jaw out of YYZ, YUL etc for about $6,500 with interesting options home ie 2 to 3 sectors on AA/QF with QF codes.

 

[CaptJCool]

ex SYD is also $5999. It’s the same promo fare now for about 4 sales. I bought at that price last year for travel last Aug/Sep.

So long as you fly into YVR, you can open jaw out of YYZ, YUL etc for about $6,500 with interesting options home ie 2 to 3 sectors on AA/QF with QF codes.

That’s what I thought

Or you could train across Canada

 

[dajop]

With the tax bit payable on top of that.

The questions is will they back out the taxes for the 1c/point calculation.

Will a $1000 fare costing $870 + $130 in taxes be 100,000 pts + $130 or will it be 87,000 pts + $130?

 

[Mr H]

The questions is will they back out the taxes for the 1c/point calculation.

Will a $1000 fare costing $870 + $130 in taxes be 100,000 pts + $130 or will it be 87,000 pts + $130?

I had wondered that myself but I assumed that @levelnine had bottomed that out to make a definitive assertion that they are excluded from the calculation.

 

[levelnine]

The questions is will they back out the taxes for the 1c/point calculation.

Will a $1000 fare costing $870 + $130 in taxes be 100,000 pts + $130 or will it be 87,000 pts + $130?

I had wondered that myself but I assumed that @levelnine had bottomed that out to make a definitive assertion that they are excluded from the calculation.

The latter. You can see how it is likely going to work here: "... we'll shortly announce a major investment to improve our Frequent Flyer program"

 

[SYD]

That’s what I thought

Or you could train across Canada

Or fly via the USA on AS and/or AA.

 

[CaptJCool]

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[Doctore1003]

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