PETEFLYS

Well I must say after much waiting for Qantas points to post this has a happy ending. My points posted yesterday and I just made my Concord award trip for September
with a connection to Italy.
Thank you all who made this a reality.

Admiral Ackbar

I am seriously considering doing this, since I am an aviation freak and one of my dreams is to ride on the Concorde, especially since the offer has been extended.

I read in a previous post that the Qantas first-class award woth BA covers up to 10,000 miles when you redeem 125,000 points.

Does this mean that with this award I could do CDG-LHR-JFK-YUL and back for 125,000 points? Since BA doesn't fly JFK-YUL, would they put me on one of their partners? If so, I will instantly sign up for these subs.

Thanks

MatthewClement

The 125K award covers 10K on BA metal only. You can fly your outlined itinerary using AA? on the JFK-YUL segment on a OneWorld award, but it's more expensive -- if memory serves, 150K. Still an excellent deal.

Admiral Ackbar

Thanks for the quick reply.

JFK-YUL would have been a bonus anyway, I am fine with spending a weekend in NY, I will just do CDG-LHR-JFK-LHR-CDG since that will be all BA.

emaij

just a matter of time before this hits the wsj and is yanked... a la biddingfortravel.com

Setjet

The Starwood points arrived yesterday, moments ago I booked EWR-LHR-FRA in First Class, return FRA-LHR-JFK with Concorde, Seat 7D, no questions asked!

I am so happy, thank you Randy, thank you Starwood, thank you friendly Qantas staff, thank you British Airways for an unforgetable experience!

If you didn't do it yet, get your copies, get points, transfer miles, check your account daily, finally receive your miles, book your flight and enjoy First Class Service!

To sum it up:
No fees for changing dates (!), seat reservation right away, 50US$ tax!



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FlyingRev

Is this offer still good? It is the 10th of June, and I am just learning about this. Oh well, Does this still work as described?

I sincerely appreciate your wisdom.

satish_ny

I am of the opinion that the QF/AA/BA awards are for travel on any combination of AA, BA & QF provided the itinerary is on a valid routing and within the mileage:

Qantas, British Airways and American Airlines

For travel on eligible Qantas, British Airways or American Airlines flights (ie QF, BA or AA flight numbers), the following point levels apply;

Return Miles
Qantas Frequent Flyer points required*


Economy Class Business Class First Class


0 - 2,000 20,000 30,000 40,000



2,001 - 5,400 30,000 45,000 60,000



5,401 - 10,000 50,000 100,000 125,000



10,001 - 17,500 80,000 160,000 200,000



17,501 - 30,000 110,000 220,000 275,000


Therefore:

CDG/LHR BA
LHR/JFK BA
JFK/YUL AA
YUL/JFK AA
JFK/LHR BA
LHR/CDG

in First/Concorde, which is 8,002 miles rountrip should be a 125,000 point award.

MatthewClement

You can hold that opinion until you're blue in the face, but as soon as you try to book it with QF, you'll discover that regardless of the fact that the wording is unclear, combining multiple carriers results in a 'OneWorld' award.

About aOneWorld award:

Incidentally, I was incorrect about the points required to take a OneWorld trip -- it's 135K for up to 10K miles in F class

mtacchi

Unfortunatly, its true travel is valid on only one of BA/AA/QA. Not a mix. I wanted a similiar itinerary, YYZ-LHR-FCO-LHR-JFK-YYZ, with the only non-BA leg between JFK-YYZ on AA and it was going to cost 25,000 more points each.

Marc

Shareholder

As mtacchi and Matthew Clement both confirm, you cannot combine any of the three carriers [QF/BA/AA] in a single trip except using a oneworld award, which is 150K in this case. For some strange reason, however, there is a joint 135K partner award [all F], but it is good using a combination of QF and any other oneworld partners, EXCEPT BA and AA. Curious that one. Had it been valid on AA, I -- like mtacchi -- would have booked my space to/from NYC on the same itinerary/award using AA from YYZ [as he would have from YWG]. But it was going to cost me 150K, hardly worth the extra 25K since I could, and did, get an AC award to/from NYC for 15K.

Middle_Seat

When I went to www.insideflyer.com/starwood and selected 21 US subscriptions at $59.95, I expected to see $1258.95. Instead, the summary shows "Frequent Flyer Package - U.S. Address (InsideFlyer and OFFG)
(52,500 Starpoints Earned)" with a total of $1278.95.

Is there a $20 handling fee or something??

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Middle_Seat

I don't know why the error was happening, but it's not happening any more. The price is coming up $59.95 per subscription, as it should.

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FlyingRev

I noticed this glitch before you posted you original notice. This made wait until the 'math' was corrected.

Now that it is fixed, the notion of flying the concorde is mighty appealing!

2Ruse

Am wondering if the deal is still working - I ordered my 21 subscriptions last week and am watching my Starwood account ready to pounce.

Also - for those who've already taken their Concorde trips - any tips on things we should ask for? I was fortunate enough to fly on Concorde once about 10 years ago and only afterward did a travel agent friend tip me off to the availability (on request) of free Concorde playing cards!

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