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Originally Posted by N1
That fee is excessive. When I made the booking, I think there was a slider or something where you could adjust the points you wanted to spend vs. the balance paid in cash. I just moved it all the way to the points end.
Only reason I could think of is that it's different when you fly ex Australia, although that would be ridiculous...
Unless is really is that much dearer for QF to fly to London as opposed to the Continent.
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I've just looked where I could go to with my current 100,000 Qantas FF points:-
One way to London 64,000 point +$362.17 taxes and charges
One way to Frankfurt or Paris 64,000 points + $363.87 taxes and charges
Return to Los Angeles or San Fransico 96,000 points + $850.92 taxes and charges.
One way to New York 64,000 points + $470.01 taxes and charges.
The London figure seems to be lower than the $1887 figure I got at another place on the website where I actually punched in departure and arrival dates, for a return trip for two - maybe the charges vary depending on when travelling?
Also, you'd think that if Heathrow was so expensive, that London would be dearer in taxes and charges than Paris and Frankfurt. But the latter are $1.70 dearer instead.
From memory, the taxes and charges on return Award trips for two from Melbourne to Perth were $136, and $134 for return trips from Melbourne to Sydney or Brisbane. But if we travelled in the other direction to New Zealand, they were around $330 (even though it's closer than Perth).
Cheers,
Renato