Originally Posted by BD1959

Hi JCary, welcome to the QF Lottery!!

As has been stated previously, Awards seats are usually released by QF 353 days in advance and you usually have to be pretty quick to snap them up. Whether you are able to snag two will depend largely on two factors:

1) How quickly AA recognize QF availability
2) When in September you're looking to fly

You could judge the first by trying to do a dummy booking now against a date 353 days out and seeing whether availability is generally available.

Note that NSW schools have holidays Sep 20 - Oct 08 2013, you will find it easier to get redemptions earlier in September than later.

Talking of lottery, personally I wouldn't wait until the return legs are available before trying to book the outbound - chances are your outbounds will have disappeared (though consider the later statement about CX).

You should also consider indirect routes such as ORD-DFW-BNE-SYD as well as the well-trodden via LAX.

Finally, do you *have* to fly QF? Looking at 12months from now, plenty of J redemptions with CX via HKG.

Keep yourself flexible.

Regards,

BD