Howdy,
Looking for a bit of advice from the more regular travellers in the group.
Qantas Frequent Flyer Points, are they worth the effort?
Historically I haven't travelled all that much, however I've gotten to the stage now where I'm looking to start doing some more regular trips overseas (thinking US and Europe) - thinking 2 or 3 trips per year.
From looking online, it seems like getting a rewards (points) flight in business class to or from the states is near on impossible (I'm bronze as I haven't travelled much and a long way off lifetime silver - so the rewards flights are sold out before they become available to me), and they say using points for economy class isn't getting value for your points.
I noticed for example NAB are offering 70,000 qantas points to sign up to their card at the moment. $150 annual fee and then cancel it once you've got the bonus. But if the points are hard to cash in, have you just spent the $150 for nothing?
The other consideration is if I buy my tickets on the CC, that covers the travel insurance, however if I use points, then I'd need to get insurance another way, and that would wipe out (part of) the benefit of getting the free flight too.
Interested to hear from others re their thoughts on credit card churning for points, chasing status, tips and tricks for grabbing rewards flights, etc.