<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ozstamps:
Qantas just hiked ENORMOUSLY the awards to USA from Jan 1, and you can logically expect AA will follow to this country as they use QF metal for the journey. </font>
err not quite - just the
upgrade awards (ie upgrading from economy to business, or business to first).
For a full award:
JFK-SYD is 275,000 in first class, 220,000 points in business class, and 110,000 in economy. That's using QF miles - the numbers are different using AA or US or CO miles.
UA does seem pretty cheap in comparison. Also keep in mind that award seats on QF are as rare as hen's teeth. If you're using AA miles to secure one of them, you're also up against the QF FFs (like me) who can access award inventory 355 days out - for AA miles this drops to 330 days out.
But if you fly QF, you will have a Skybed in business class by the middle of next year...
(edited for funny code)
[This message has been edited by willyroo (edited 09-30-2003).]