Is it just me? or are Qantas FF miles worthless?
Jul 24, 2012, 8:45 pm
#61
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Full Y is very rare and expensive. Maybe discount economy in a range of fare buckets Y B H K M L V S N Q O G X E. Worth checking more in detail. Some are classed as earning full economy and others as discount economy or even nil.
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Jul 24, 2012, 9:48 pm
#63
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If it is full Y or B , then it will get you AA Gold status and most of the way to Platinum . 27532 miles flown will equate to 41028 qpoints of which 25k gets to Gold and then you need to get another 10k to attain Platinum
You will also be earning full miles plus 25% bonus once platinum so approx 30,710 spending miles on AA
I would suggest that this will be a good place to credit
If you can do SCL-JFK on the AA flight number, this would be a good starting candidate to get close to Platinum using the Platinum challenge, so depending on what other travel u may have on AA once in USA may be easy to get to Platinum
You will also be earning full miles plus 25% bonus once platinum so approx 30,710 spending miles on AA
I would suggest that this will be a good place to credit
If you can do SCL-JFK on the AA flight number, this would be a good starting candidate to get close to Platinum using the Platinum challenge, so depending on what other travel u may have on AA once in USA may be easy to get to Platinum
Jul 24, 2012, 9:58 pm
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If it is full Y or B , then it will get you AA Gold status and most of the way to Platinum . 27532 miles flown will equate to 41028 qpoints of which 25k gets to Gold and then you need to get another 10k to attain Platinum
You will also be earning full miles plus 25% bonus once platinum so approx 30,710 spending miles on AA
I would suggest that this will be a good place to credit
If you can do SCL-JFK on the AA flight number, this would be a good starting candidate to get close to Platinum using the Platinum challenge, so depending on what other travel u may have on AA once in USA may be easy to get to Platinum
You will also be earning full miles plus 25% bonus once platinum so approx 30,710 spending miles on AA
I would suggest that this will be a good place to credit
If you can do SCL-JFK on the AA flight number, this would be a good starting candidate to get close to Platinum using the Platinum challenge, so depending on what other travel u may have on AA once in USA may be easy to get to Platinum
AA it is.
Jul 25, 2012, 1:27 am
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Update:
You may well be able to complete the platinum challenge if some of your travel is on Qantas and you can do AA codeshares to NY
Looks like the challenge rules have been modified again to allow travel on other carriers
See http://www.travelingbetter.com/forum...&postcount=111
This would give you AA Platinum / OW Sapphire quite nicely as well as decent points earning
Dave
You may well be able to complete the platinum challenge if some of your travel is on Qantas and you can do AA codeshares to NY
Looks like the challenge rules have been modified again to allow travel on other carriers
See http://www.travelingbetter.com/forum...&postcount=111
This would give you AA Platinum / OW Sapphire quite nicely as well as decent points earning
Dave
Jul 25, 2012, 11:05 am
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Perhaps I should start a new thread, but, related to the topic title, I just discovered that some short-distance awards that were available on AS (Alaska Airlines), now can't be ticketed using the online booking tool. That is to say, you'll have to use additional points to have these award ticketed through the phone, so you will miss out on what could have been a decent redemption option.
For example, try booking an award between EUG and SEA, and it errors out. There are many such AS airports, which were recently introduced in the booking engine and gave results until at least a couple of months ago, and which now don't work at all anymore.
Does the fact that these destination appear in the online booking engine give you a right to request a waiver of the additional points if you are forced to call to ticket these awards?
For example, try booking an award between EUG and SEA, and it errors out. There are many such AS airports, which were recently introduced in the booking engine and gave results until at least a couple of months ago, and which now don't work at all anymore.
Does the fact that these destination appear in the online booking engine give you a right to request a waiver of the additional points if you are forced to call to ticket these awards?
Jul 25, 2012, 11:47 am
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Perhaps I should start a new thread, but, related to the topic title, I just discovered that some short-distance awards that were available on AS (Alaska Airlines), now can't be ticketed using the online booking tool. That is to say, you'll have to use additional points to have these award ticketed through the phone, so you will miss out on what could have been a decent redemption option.
For example, try booking an award between EUG and SEA, and it errors out. There are many such AS airports, which were recently introduced in the booking engine and gave results until at least a couple of months ago, and which now don't work at all anymore.
Does the fact that these destination appear in the online booking engine give you a right to request a waiver of the additional points if you are forced to call to ticket these awards?
For example, try booking an award between EUG and SEA, and it errors out. There are many such AS airports, which were recently introduced in the booking engine and gave results until at least a couple of months ago, and which now don't work at all anymore.
Does the fact that these destination appear in the online booking engine give you a right to request a waiver of the additional points if you are forced to call to ticket these awards?
personally tho, the wait times for qantas customer service is one of the most annoying things about qantas's airline.. i dread calling qantas!.. then add a booking fee ...
Jul 25, 2012, 6:18 pm
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BA never allowed online bookings for AS flights. However, QF allowed it not as long as three months ago. In fact, some AS itineraries can still be booked online. It appears that these are just cites connected by mainline flights, though. I just don't understand why they did away with the award-booking capability for airports that are connected by turboprop (and yet they still have them all listed online).
Jul 25, 2012, 6:24 pm
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I've never waited more than 5 minutes when calling QF.
Jul 25, 2012, 6:31 pm
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Perhaps this is status related? Their Facebook wall is constantly full of posts reporting excessive wait times (many 1 hr+)...which seem to be acknowledged by the social media people who are constantly blaming higher than normal call volume.
Jul 26, 2012, 10:16 pm
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Jul 27, 2012, 3:16 am
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Not long ago I got an email from qantas about spending 60,000 points plus almost $500 taxes for SYD - BKK return in Y.
Hmm I just booked 2 QANTAS flights SYD - BKK return in Y for $620 & $650 lol
I'm not a biz class person as I can't afford it ( I have more than 10 holidays a year) but usually use points for biz class or PE. It's not too bad on QF I think when booking any seat awards (need to work hard finding the deals) since I get points and status credits back. I'm self employed and very flexible with dates so no issue.
Hmm I just booked 2 QANTAS flights SYD - BKK return in Y for $620 & $650 lol
I'm not a biz class person as I can't afford it ( I have more than 10 holidays a year) but usually use points for biz class or PE. It's not too bad on QF I think when booking any seat awards (need to work hard finding the deals) since I get points and status credits back. I'm self employed and very flexible with dates so no issue.
Jul 27, 2012, 7:07 am
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QANTAS! get some bloody phone agents!!!
Jul 28, 2012, 4:00 am
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