Reward Availability in Qantas First
Apr 12, 2005 | 9:06 pm
#16
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NYC
Posts: 27,887
Originally Posted by Magic Pickles
I believe that the QF JFK-LAX flight is the best possible "domestic" flight there is! If you are quite flexible and you live in the NY metro area, it's worth traveling on a Sun, Wed or Fri to get those flights. There is nothing like returning home after a long journey and having the comfort of QF F (after a nice shower) when you reboard in LAX for JFK.
BTW, AAPlatinum, DL is moving to all-Song flights on the nonstops to LA, so unless you're connecting via ATL or SLC, you'll probably be in Coach!
Apr 13, 2005 | 5:46 am
#17
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: New York, NY, AA 4MM PLT, BA Gold, VS Gold, Hilton Gold, SPG Gold, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Platinum, IHG Platinum, CC Gold
Posts: 1,099
Originally Posted by ijgordon
BTW, AAPlatinum, DL is moving to all-Song flights on the nonstops to LA, so unless you're connecting via ATL or SLC, you'll probably be in Coach!
I think this award is one of the best on the CO chart.
Apr 13, 2005 | 11:33 am
#18
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 109
Originally Posted by AAPlatinum
I think this award is one of the best on the CO chart.
Apr 13, 2005 | 9:06 pm
#19
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: EWR - Jersey Shore
Programs: UA Gold, *A Gold, HH Dia, Hertz #1 5*
Posts: 638
Just got and "paid" for a QF First Class award for Feb-Mar 2006. EWR-LAX-MEL-PER-MEL-SYD-AKL, on my own to ZQN and CHC, then CHC-SYD-LAX-MSP-EWR. Originally wanted to do J, but couldn't get out of AKL on QF25. So, since the F seats were available for my almost exact dates, flying F on QF94 LAX-MEL, then QF11 SYD-LAX. Started planning my itinerary at exactly 330 days out. It's the only way to maximize your ability to get the dates and flights you want. Even still, I couldn't get out of AKL in J back to LAX. But they could get me back to LAX from CHC via SYD in F. So I changed from a J award to an F award. I hope the extra 30K is worth it. It should be.
Apr 14, 2005 | 5:25 am
#20
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: UA 1K - 2.1MM, HH LT Diamond, IHG Diamond, Bonvoy LT Titanium, Hyatt Glob
Posts: 777
Originally Posted by JerseySlime
Just got and "paid" for a QF First Class award for Feb-Mar 2006. EWR-LAX-MEL-PER-MEL-SYD-AKL, on my own to ZQN and CHC, then CHC-SYD-LAX-MSP-EWR. Originally wanted to do J, but couldn't get out of AKL on QF25. So, since the F seats were available for my almost exact dates, flying F on QF94 LAX-MEL, then QF11 SYD-LAX. Started planning my itinerary at exactly 330 days out. It's the only way to maximize your ability to get the dates and flights you want. Even still, I couldn't get out of AKL in J back to LAX. But they could get me back to LAX from CHC via SYD in F. So I changed from a J award to an F award. I hope the extra 30K is worth it. It should be.
Apr 14, 2005 | 7:39 am
#21
Join Date: Apr 1999
Location: Homosassa, FL & Ringwood, NJ -UA-G(Lifetime); SPG-Plat (Lifetime)
Posts: 6,122
"So I changed from a J award to an F award. I hope the extra 30K is worth it. It should be."
It is definitely worth it!
It is definitely worth it!
Apr 14, 2005 | 5:40 pm
#22
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: EWR - Jersey Shore
Programs: UA Gold, *A Gold, HH Dia, Hertz #1 5*
Posts: 638
Originally Posted by Magic Pickles
Did you get that all for 135k or did they charge you an additional 20k for a stopover?
In 2004, did a similar trip in J with two additional stopovers but the extra 40K was not deducted. Since I didn't want to lose the trip because of "lack of payment", I called CO and after the rep saw the mistake and conferred with her supervisor, they honored their mistake and gave me the trip for 105K. The folks at the CO desk were extremely helpful in putting together both that itinerary and my current one. ^
