Originally Posted by Yetak

For both Jan 2024 and Jan 2025 I managed to secure a pair of returns to ANU using a CV in J. It’s not easy and you need a bit of luck. I booked online both times at the stroke of midnight. I timed to the second how long the page took to refresh and load flights so at 23:59 and 18 seconds I hit refresh. Then grabbed them. Yes book outbound first then same process for return then phone to get 50% refund on avios by applying the CV. It does mean you’ll need I think 270,000 avios in the bank to do this. Taxes were £450 pp. Flight costs today circa £4- £5k pp I’d imagine so worth the effort.

My only regret is I got the return at first attempt and didn’t bother going back another night to have a longer trip. So only 7 nights in Carlisle Bay when I would have preferred 10.