XPT
27th Mar 2014, 23:20
it now costs 96,000 (48,000 x 2) QF ff points to get an economy ff seat SYD/LAX/SYD + around $876 in taxes & fuel surcharge.
You can buy the same for $1299 in off peak periods, when there are lots of availability of ff seats.
On this basis 96,000 pts are worth only $423.
(many people think they'll use their points to fly in peak season, but they'll have no chance of getting seats then)
& that's now. Wait til they increase points required & up the fees even more.
Similar thing happened at United few years ago.
Now the United miles are virtually useless.
Any more changes to QF ff programme will have a massive impact on future employment at QF.
The Qantas PR firm should be sacked (external). Internal PR is already on the chopping block.
You can buy the same for $1299 in off peak periods, when there are lots of availability of ff seats.
On this basis 96,000 pts are worth only $423.
(many people think they'll use their points to fly in peak season, but they'll have no chance of getting seats then)
& that's now. Wait til they increase points required & up the fees even more.
Similar thing happened at United few years ago.
Now the United miles are virtually useless.
Any more changes to QF ff programme will have a massive impact on future employment at QF.
The Qantas PR firm should be sacked (external). Internal PR is already on the chopping block.