Ok so I am not too good at these trip reports but when doing the research for this trip there wasn't that much information to go on.
I needed to to get to Hawaii for a wedding, I had QFF, VFF and AA points and wanted to fly at the pointy end. I had considered taking a plus 1 at the beginning so this impacted my search. In the end I only needed to book for 1.
QFF points - finding seats even at 10mths out was difficult- Jetstar offers ect and once I did the taxes check this was not really an option (I could pay for a Y seat for same approximately), thought there was the first to Auckland on emirates which was very tempting.
VFF points bne to hnl - finding seats on Hawaiian above economy was next to impossible - in the end I just booked the ticket and paid all in points (53,900). I then called Hawaiian to book a comfort seat (think this was $110 USD) - row 11 was all gone and I ended up booking 34a
VFf points hnl to bne - when originally looking for 2 I could only get 1 seat via VFF in business but with my AA points I could book a second, thankfully I didn't have to burn the AA points and I purchased my return in business via VFF for 96,900 all in.
I continued to monitor the outbound leg and 2 weeks prior to departure I managed to score a business class reward ticket - unfortunately comfort seat payment is not refundable but that was a small price.
Check in at BNE is performed by QFF staff - should open 4hrs before but don't bother rushing as they don't open on time, I think it was just under 3hrs to go. Lounge is QANTAS but at 9.30pm it was not busy (I had 1 friend), by the time I left it was full as I believe it was a Taiwan flight also departing.
Will post pictures as soon as I get home as will need to resize every single one
I needed to to get to Hawaii for a wedding, I had QFF, VFF and AA points and wanted to fly at the pointy end. I had considered taking a plus 1 at the beginning so this impacted my search. In the end I only needed to book for 1.
QFF points - finding seats even at 10mths out was difficult- Jetstar offers ect and once I did the taxes check this was not really an option (I could pay for a Y seat for same approximately), thought there was the first to Auckland on emirates which was very tempting.
VFF points bne to hnl - finding seats on Hawaiian above economy was next to impossible - in the end I just booked the ticket and paid all in points (53,900). I then called Hawaiian to book a comfort seat (think this was $110 USD) - row 11 was all gone and I ended up booking 34a
VFf points hnl to bne - when originally looking for 2 I could only get 1 seat via VFF in business but with my AA points I could book a second, thankfully I didn't have to burn the AA points and I purchased my return in business via VFF for 96,900 all in.
I continued to monitor the outbound leg and 2 weeks prior to departure I managed to score a business class reward ticket - unfortunately comfort seat payment is not refundable but that was a small price.
Check in at BNE is performed by QFF staff - should open 4hrs before but don't bother rushing as they don't open on time, I think it was just under 3hrs to go. Lounge is QANTAS but at 9.30pm it was not busy (I had 1 friend), by the time I left it was full as I believe it was a Taiwan flight also departing.
Will post pictures as soon as I get home as will need to resize every single one
