RTW booking with points
Apr 7, 2017, 11:34 pm
#1
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RTW booking with points
Hi,
So I'm planning to use my Qantas points to book a RTW trip (business class all the way ideally) for next year. Would anyone know a rough estimate on how much I'll need?
Flight plan:
BNE -> SFO -> +/- GND -> JFK -> LHR -> TXL -> JNB -> KUL -> BNE (duration:3 months)
Thanks guys!
So I'm planning to use my Qantas points to book a RTW trip (business class all the way ideally) for next year. Would anyone know a rough estimate on how much I'll need?
Flight plan:
BNE -> SFO -> +/- GND -> JFK -> LHR -> TXL -> JNB -> KUL -> BNE (duration:3 months)
Thanks guys!
Last edited by noodle4001; Apr 7, 2017 at 11:43 pm
Apr 8, 2017, 12:02 am
#2
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QF have a RTW econ/business award at 140,000/280,000 points plus cash surcharges/taxes/fees. Compared to most QF awards is reasonable value. Can be hard to extremely hard (~impossible) to find award flights. The long over ocean business class awards are hard to get on QF/AA/BA. You will not be able to do your exact RTW route as no direct flights on many of those routes: will need some work. BNE-SFO-GND-JFK-LHR-TXL-JNB-KUL-BNE in GCM
Otherwise its point to point awards as the QF award calculator.
https://www.oneworld.com/flights/where-we-fly
There is a good long thread on this topic on AFF. Best place for questions on this,
http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...420k-8228.html
http://www.pointhacks.com.au/qantas-...c-award-guide/
Otherwise its point to point awards as the QF award calculator.
https://www.oneworld.com/flights/where-we-fly
There is a good long thread on this topic on AFF. Best place for questions on this,
http://www.australianfrequentflyer.c...420k-8228.html
http://www.pointhacks.com.au/qantas-...c-award-guide/
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Apr 8, 2017 at 12:13 am
Apr 9, 2017, 10:22 pm
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Location: Perth Aust
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Having booked a couple of J RTWs recently, it's pretty straightforward as long as you are flexible with your travel dates and destinations. Basically points required top out at 280,000, then it's the total distance that counts. However, if you decide to change part of your trip to use non One-World airlines such as EK, then you may require more points. The QF phone staff are usually very helpful in assisting you to find those elusive award flights, and it does help if you do some award searches yourself, using sites such as EF. BA J award flights are usually easy to find, but Qatar trips are scarce. I'm not using any QF award flights this time, and my total charges were around $1200.