Frequent flyer program QF
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Frequent flyer program QF
ok, we all know its impossable to book anything with the frequent flyer points, but now QF want you to PAY them to find a seat for you!!
from a business point of view, a great idea! but from a frequent flyer points member, another ripoff!!
Most Qantas frequent flyers have experienced the pain of trawling the internet for hours trying to book a flight with points accumulated after years of airline loyalty.
Earning the points is the easy part, booking the flights that actually suit you is tougher.
But a new program - the Frequent Flyer Friend - can search for you (at $65 a year), and will email or text message you when a seat becomes available on your preferred route.
When Frequent Flyer Friend, which is downloaded onto your computer and runs constantly in the background, finds a flight that suits you, it will send an alert and email.
It will eliminate the need for travellers to be in constant contact with Qantas, often calling daily, to secure the right flight.
The program is only compatible with the Qantas frequent flyer program, which has about 4.1 million members, but it is expected to be extended to other loyalty programs, such as the popular Star Alliance.
Clifford Reichlin, the director of frequentflyer.com.au, said the new program would help frequent flyers with their biggest gripe - using points to make a booking.
"We hear every day of people's frustration in not being able to secure frequent flyer bookings," Mr Reichlin said."Frequent Flyer Friend will go a long way to address this issue."
Earning the points is the easy part, booking the flights that actually suit you is tougher.
But a new program - the Frequent Flyer Friend - can search for you (at $65 a year), and will email or text message you when a seat becomes available on your preferred route.
When Frequent Flyer Friend, which is downloaded onto your computer and runs constantly in the background, finds a flight that suits you, it will send an alert and email.
It will eliminate the need for travellers to be in constant contact with Qantas, often calling daily, to secure the right flight.
The program is only compatible with the Qantas frequent flyer program, which has about 4.1 million members, but it is expected to be extended to other loyalty programs, such as the popular Star Alliance.
Clifford Reichlin, the director of frequentflyer.com.au, said the new program would help frequent flyers with their biggest gripe - using points to make a booking.
"We hear every day of people's frustration in not being able to secure frequent flyer bookings," Mr Reichlin said."Frequent Flyer Friend will go a long way to address this issue."
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It's interesting, a lot of people seem to have a moan about the QF FF program but generally, I manage to get seats whenever I've wanted them...but I do book sometime in advance. I even managed to get 4 seats between Brisbane and Sydney just before Christmas.
Business opportuniities exist where there is a need so if it's important to a person to get a FF seat, I guess the money will be worth it and the business will succeed.
Business opportuniities exist where there is a need so if it's important to a person to get a FF seat, I guess the money will be worth it and the business will succeed.
QANTAS freq flyer points required Sydney London business return 256,000
JAL points required Sydney London business return on a BA flight 100,000
I'd say the QANTAS scheme is pretty good - for QANTAS
JAL points required Sydney London business return on a BA flight 100,000
I'd say the QANTAS scheme is pretty good - for QANTAS
