Hi all,
Ok so I have nearly 200k QFF points. I am debating on the best way to use them. I am a bronze member and planning to fly to USA around august. Has anyone here used their points to upgrade to Business class and actually got it being a bronze member? I have heard it is next to impossible to get being a bronze member.
So that being the case, should I just stick with economy (I'm not too fazed) and use the points in the Qantas store?
Or use them for domestic flights?
I have also been looking into the 140k One World Explorer. Perhaps it would be best to save my points for that and go next year sometime? Has anyone done this?
Look forward to hearing your suggestions :)
I've used the One World Round the World Explorer fares - got to fly in business class from MEL-DXB-TXL-LHR-BOS-ORD-HKG-MEL for 280,000 points & $3,600 (fuel & tax surcharges).
It's by far the best bang for buck use of your points. A business class ticket equivalent would have set me back close to $25,000. If you don't mind flying economy, definetly use the the one world explorer fare. A simple MEL-LAX return fare is 96,000 points + $777 - whereas you can get 5 flights for only 40,000 points more (e.g: MEL-LAX-JFK-LHR-DXB-HKG-MEL).
Upgrading is very difficult for someone without a decent level of status on QF and even then it's not guaranteed - you also need to purchase a non-discount economy fare to go from economy to business.