shuuy

• 1 Discount Business to Europe or Eastern US (280SC each way * 2 = 560 * 2 = 1,120).
• +50 status credits @ 500SC = 1,170
• 1 Business Medium intra-Australia (60SC each way * 2 = 120 * 2 = 240) = 1,410.

Reckon that’s A$6-8k. Other ideas?

number_6

Without double SC you can do it with AONE4 fare with creative routing. Harder now with lack of A inventory and fare has gone up, but would be more fun as a trip with time to spare. I used to fly on a brutal schedule, sleeping more nights in air than in hotel room, and made WP in 8 days, not quite the first week of membership year (that got me CIP those years better than WP1). Don't do that now, thankfully, flying F isn't fun now days.

DownUnderFlyer

[mod hat] I separated this from a 2008 thread since too many things have changed since then. [/mod hat]

Volvo Mike

If your mate is going to do it, it also needs to be timed for maximum benefit. I booked in February DSC offer for 1st two weekends in May which made me Platinum until April 2020. I've collected 2.5 million points since March 16 and had a couple of redemptions in mind with a first class trip just completed to the US. I did ADL - BRI - MEL - SYD - NOU and return in J from a Thursday to Sunday which netted 820 SC. Someone else booked 30 minutes before I did so missed the cheapest price but it was $1,285 and I paid $1800. The following weekend for something different, I used points to get to Perth, did PER - MEL - SYD - NOU - BRI - ADL gaining another 540 SC for $1300 and then had one bonus of 50 SC.

Total cost including all accomodation, car hire and Uber rides were under $4k so don't think it could be done any cheaper than that. Qantas has now found out about the costing of the status run and it is now about $3k.

My thoughts will soon turn to meeting the minimum flight requirements after May next year and see if I'll soft land back to Gold or crash back to bronze. If I drop to gold, I might book another run for the following year if I then drop to Silver.

Regards,

Michael

Kiwi Flyer

With DSC a simple NZ-Europe return is enough. These can be NZ$7500ish when on sale.

shuuy

Multi-segment to Fiji - nice!

Volvo Mike

*New Caledonia

There were 3 others doing Status runs on the return from Noumea including 1 that was on the same 4 return flights back to Adelaide. It was his booking that increased the cost of mine.

I stayed overnight in Noumea and hired a car whereas the other 3 came on the same plane from Sydney and then returned straight away.

shillard

I pick up a lot of mine on domestic connections. Eg: typical trip of NTL-BNE-SIN-SGN-HKG-DEL-CMB-SIN-BNE-NTL.

If the domestic sectors were in J, during a double SC period you would really rack them up. If he's SYD based doing SYD-BNE or SYD-MEL then international would help a lot. Including on the return leg.


Bonus: If you don't have F lounge access, flying out of BNE means a MUCH better and MUCH cleaner lounge experience.

pbl22

How easy is it to do an immediate NOU turnaround?

Volvo Mike

No dramas at all. It's like a small country airport. The plane is turned around in an hour and with carry on only, you're back in the lounge in 10 minutes.

minz56

WOW that's a lot points in less than three years!

You must have done a lot of travelling or do have some secrets there too?

Volvo Mike

Less than 100k came from travelling...

Good credit rating and good debt. Multiple credit cards and sign up bonuses. Keep rotating cards for maximum effect.

2 first class redemptions in 2018, Emirates to Auckland and Qantas to JFK. I fly for fun. Looking at a possible trip to LHR in first aswell this year.

BD1959

Just be *very* careful if looking to book using any upcoming DSC. Of late QF have stipulated that DSCs only apply to QF Flight Numbers *and* QF Operated Flights - this would rule out code-shares on non-QF metal.

Regards,

BD

cuzzybro

Oh wow, so what happens to routes like POM-BNE where service is 95% local carrier such as Air Niugini (PX), and in which QF is a major shareholder/investor? I've made use of DSC runs a while back going through that region.

BD1959

Under the terms I've outlined they wouldn't qualify for Double SCs. Nor would QF flight numbers of EK CHC-SYD or any of the numerous QF code-shares on EK metal to Europe. Such was the case of the DSC promo which ran February 1-5 2018.

Regards,

BD