Should be fairly quick. You will be asked to select the relationship from a drop-down box. Qantas rarely (if ever?) checks - but they have the option to do so at anytime.

It was almost instantaneously for me on my previous 2 experiences.

Other than entering the relationship in the form, there wasn't any verification from a human per se.

again bumping old thread.

the transfer requires minimum 5k points. But all my 4 family members are just shy of 5k, thus not meeting requirements.

HOWEVER, can I say transfer some of my own points to each members first (i.e. i transfer 5k to each of my wife/kids so they have 9k points) and then from each of their accounts transfer the gross 9k back to my own accounts?

I don't think it's against T&C, they are family members, i'm transferring "once" a year (once from my account, once from their account)

for large family, that is nearly 18k points (4k x 4) that will otherwise goes to waste.

Yes. The number of transfer limit no longer exists, just a maximum points transfer per year.

As post above, I had seen reports on FT/AFF of others doing the same.
Or you-->wife-->kid 1--> kid 2-->you. Cascading the family QF points into kid 2 account before back to you.

thanks! glad to know this is permitted within terms as i didnt want to exploit this if this wasnt allowed.. this is very generous. at my old cathay pathetic they would charge me 100 odd usd to nominate a transferee and again pay similar fee to transfer block of points...

so whilst some may say burn ratio is poor at QF, for large family i appreciate the fact miles are not wasted this i see better value here

Yep, the 'daisy' chain ...

Transfer 5K to family member #1, then fm #1 transfers all points to #2, then #2 to #3, and so on before they all get transferred back to you.

Should take no more than 30 minutes in total.

30 minutes? It should take no more than five!

Hah!

Well you do need to properly have available all needed QFF numbers and their PINS. So was incorporating preparation time ... :)