Looking for a flight out from a Southeast Asian City to Melbourne, one way. Wanna use some of my Qantas points
Economy classic reward: 89k points + $58
Business classic reward: 75k points+ $58
I just can't fathom their logic…
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I Just Can't Rationaly Understand Airfare Logic
mrdng on 15/02/2024 - 19:23
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Yeah was gonna say the same. Someone probably made a mistake (required points should be swapped) but if good enough to jump on then just go for it?
yer looks like a bug, book book book
yep, classic should be 8.9K points.
nah, paid 21k + $70 for a Jetstar Economy Classic Reward. I will be sleeping most of the time so there's no point paying for Business :D
Book now, think later…
KUL/MEL 3,918 miles for 89,000 points. Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward allows up to 35,000 miles for 132,400 points.
So in other words the KUL/MEL route is actually poor value?
Non-churners spend maybe $0.90 to earn a QFF point and seek a high yield when redeeming; churners don't care so much about the earn rate so are more flexible with redemptions.
The KUL-MEL leg is in business in the screenshot.
Are they both direct flights?
The Economy option might be 2 or 3 flights which starts adding up
they are not direct flight, coming from another city to KUL. But you can see on my screenshot that it's the same flight route there…
S & D
Don't worry about that, take the business class.
I once flew first class Qatar to Melbourne instead of business because points required was lower. Take the win while you can.
Looks like you have a connecting flight. For some reason Qantas will mixed class bookings as two separate bookings as far as points go (I'm assuming the first leg of the flight in the screenshot is in economy and the KUL-MEL leg is in business).
I think if you use the multi-city booking tool it'll be priced correctly.
Who cares about logic, book it while you can.