Avios 'down under'
Jan 4, 2017, 3:36 pm
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Avios requirements
I have been trying to get through to BA UK Avios department for some booking advice, but struggling today.
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use ?
Thankyou.
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use ?
Thankyou.
Jan 4, 2017, 5:43 pm
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I have been trying to get through to BA UK Avios department for some booking advice, but struggling today.
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use ?
Thankyou.
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use ?
Thankyou.
Jan 4, 2017, 8:59 pm
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Jan 4, 2017, 10:22 pm
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I have been trying to get through to BA UK Avios department for some booking advice, but struggling today.
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use?
Therefore, would somebody be kind enough to tell my how many Avios I will require for the following one way flights.
Auckland- Melbourne
Melbourne- Hobart
Hobart - Sydney
Or is there a simple formula to turn Qantas points to Avios that I could use?
Unofficial site to use as a guide only www.awardace.com. But does not have the BA surcharges or real taxes.
But why not look on the BA web site??
Another thread with links in post 15 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...own-under.html
For all that before booking with avios, look at the cash price. Can be low $$ and/or a poor use of avios.
Edit 2
Now thread merged have deleted duplicate content as post 15 above
Edit 1
Also by mike turnbull on the same topic (asking the same question again will not get a different answer)
Auckland to Hobart
Avios 'down under'
And
Is it possible to use Avios for Australia <--> NZ?
Is there a way to use Avios on Qantas.
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jan 17, 2019 at 11:14 am Reason: remove duplicate content
Jan 5, 2017, 12:58 am
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MEL-HBA and HBA-SYD are available to price and book on the BA website; sxc linked the page for the calculator. They're 4,500 Avios and around Ł12 each in economy.
As you've gathered from your other threads, AKL-MEL cannot be priced online but can be booked by BA over the phone (subject to availability). The economy cost will be 10,000 Avios and approximately Ł31.50 (at current exchange rates).
In order to calculate a cost without phoning:
1) Find the distance, in miles, between the cities. www.gcmap.com is ideal for this. AKL-MEL = 1643 miles.
2) Find a reward zone pricing table using Google (eg. http://thepointsguy.com/2016/04/maxi...s-awards-2016/). 1643 miles falls into Zone 3. All non-BA routes are priced using "peak" dates. Therefore 10,000
3) To calculate the taxes due, find a breakdown of cash ticket prices for the route on ITA Matrix. The amount you pay for a reward booking will be everything except the "fare" component, so for this route 55.28NZD (but BA will give you the price in GBP when you phone to book).
4) There is no way on the BA website to check reward availability for this route; phone BA or use tools such as ExpertFlyer to check.
As you've gathered from your other threads, AKL-MEL cannot be priced online but can be booked by BA over the phone (subject to availability). The economy cost will be 10,000 Avios and approximately Ł31.50 (at current exchange rates).
In order to calculate a cost without phoning:
1) Find the distance, in miles, between the cities. www.gcmap.com is ideal for this. AKL-MEL = 1643 miles.
2) Find a reward zone pricing table using Google (eg. http://thepointsguy.com/2016/04/maxi...s-awards-2016/). 1643 miles falls into Zone 3. All non-BA routes are priced using "peak" dates. Therefore 10,000
3) To calculate the taxes due, find a breakdown of cash ticket prices for the route on ITA Matrix. The amount you pay for a reward booking will be everything except the "fare" component, so for this route 55.28NZD (but BA will give you the price in GBP when you phone to book).
4) There is no way on the BA website to check reward availability for this route; phone BA or use tools such as ExpertFlyer to check.
Jan 5, 2017, 1:05 pm
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As you've gathered from your other threads, AKL-MEL cannot be priced online but can be booked by BA over the phone (subject to availability). The economy cost will be 10,000 Avios and approximately Ł31.50 (at current exchange rates).
In order to calculate a cost without phoning:
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4) There is no way on the BA website to check reward availability for this route; phone BA or use tools such as ExpertFlyer to check.
In order to calculate a cost without phoning:
<snip>
4) There is no way on the BA website to check reward availability for this route; phone BA or use tools such as ExpertFlyer to check.
Anyway you can get economy for ~NZ$200 on CI
Feb 1, 2018, 3:52 am
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but does anyone know if you can book a ticket with avios with Qantas affiliate airnorth (specifically Dili to Darwin). Availability doesn't show on BA.com, but does show on Qantas. Thinking it might be similar to the Qantas flights to New Zealand that aren't bookable online but can be booked over the phone. Thanks
Feb 1, 2018, 11:50 am
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but does anyone know if you can book a ticket with avios with Qantas affiliate airnorth (specifically Dili to Darwin). Availability doesn't show on BA.com, but does show on Qantas. Thinking it might be similar to the Qantas flights to New Zealand that aren't bookable online but can be booked over the phone. Thanks
https://www.qantas.com/fflyer/dyn/pa...rline/airnorth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airnorth
The thread topic is about QFlink and QF NewZealand (~Jetconnect) which use the QF banner
Feb 1, 2018, 6:27 pm
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Airnorth is a QF ff partner, but not a BA partner.
https://www.qantas.com/fflyer/dyn/pa...rline/airnorth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airnorth
The thread topic is about QFlink and QF NewZealand (~Jetconnect) which use the QF banner
https://www.qantas.com/fflyer/dyn/pa...rline/airnorth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airnorth
The thread topic is about QFlink and QF NewZealand (~Jetconnect) which use the QF banner
Feb 2, 2018, 3:28 am
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In case nobody else who's positively tried do to this is able to give a definitive answer, personally I would expect it not to be bookable with Avios.
The reasons are that Airnorth is not a member of the QF group; it is not a oneworld affiliate (unlike both Qantaslink and Jetconnect, the subject of the other queries); and when QF sells a ticket on an Airnorth flight, the flight has an Airnorth (TL) prime code (flight number) and QF simply codeshares on the flight.
It's pretty rare to be able to book an award seat on a flight using anything other than the operating airline's prime code. The QF/TL relationship looks like it is no different: the QF website offers the award flights on the TL code.
As TL is not a BA partner, I would therefore be very surprised if BA were able to book an award.
The reasons are that Airnorth is not a member of the QF group; it is not a oneworld affiliate (unlike both Qantaslink and Jetconnect, the subject of the other queries); and when QF sells a ticket on an Airnorth flight, the flight has an Airnorth (TL) prime code (flight number) and QF simply codeshares on the flight.
It's pretty rare to be able to book an award seat on a flight using anything other than the operating airline's prime code. The QF/TL relationship looks like it is no different: the QF website offers the award flights on the TL code.
As TL is not a BA partner, I would therefore be very surprised if BA were able to book an award.