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Originally Posted by Renato1
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
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It very much depends on the travel dates.
Anyway I had a look at my statement. FRA-SYD in April cost me 129,400 QF points and zero fees. That is a lot more than the numbers above and thus explains why there were no additional fees. But that's fine. Not paying any money when making an award booking, thus getting a flight that
is actually free, is the whole
point of the exercise IMHO. If I merely want to fly at reduced cost, I don't use Qantas at all.