Originally Posted by
yoonny
You can choose the "redeem for flights" option which is based on the actual fare and you don't have to worry about availability of award seats. For this option, the number of miles will go up or down depending on the price of the airfare.
Another option that most people would prefer is to transfer the points to certain airline (i.e. AA to redeem on Oneworld partner Qantas). You didn't say where you are moving from so depends where you are, you will have to pick the best airline program to transfer to. You get 5,000 bonus for every 20K points transferred. You should have enough for 2 business class seats and a lap baby. The redemption chart is fixed so it doesn't matter when you travel but availability and surcharges/fees will vary depending on which program you choose.
I would be flying from the uk,there would be myself and wife and by the time we are maybe looking to go our baby will be approx 8/9 months old,i have never used the starpoints before to book flights so a novice on this.
But as our baby would be so young would need a bassinet,i think i spelt that right,and probably seat next to bulkhead,i take that we would be given this option,or we need to contact arline.
I not looked into this yet but cause our baby is or will be so young do we need to book for her also,dont they fly under a certain age free,so how does the airline know,i take they ask if child is included and ask age.
We would not be sure if we would do a stopover,more than likely and also maybe a night flight would be a good idea due to baby's sleeping,which might all change as she gets older,but night flight might be good for us.
I take we get option of time of flight too.
So as said our flight would be from uk,most likely london to singapore and then onto perth australia,with possibly a stopover.
We have 124,000 points to use and are looking possible next april/may not even sure yet,so i take no matter what time of year we go the points needed for the month we go will be the same,so what did you recommend,pick an airline and transfer the points to them,buy some more and then use it all for us three,or what,as said im new to this and need to pick a month next year.
Yes business class would be cool but im sure the points we have just might not go that far?