Hello people,

I'm based in Dublin and I need 230SC to retain my Qantas Gold.

I've worked out I can get 200SC by routing DUB-MAD-BCN-MAD-DUB on Iberia for €523 or thereabouts, which leaves me 30SC short.

An option is to spend another €200-€300 by flying MA on DUB-BUD-DUB in Economy, which will get me 15SC each way.

Another option to get the remaining 30 would be to fly 2-3 sectors on BA, but I'd have the additional cost of getting to and from LGW, though I could do it cheap enough on FR.

I can't figure out any more cost effective options to be perfectly honest. It's a lot of SC to get in 3 months.

Does anyone have any ideas either for the last 15 or for the whole 230?

I am still quietly damning EI for leaving oneworld

Thanks in advance!