Flights to Australia

[Josh g]

I am looking for best way to book a flight using points from NY to Melbourne. Any ideas on the best way to go about this without having to pay high booking fees.

[BAHayman]

I am looking for best way to book a flight using points from NY to Melbourne. Any ideas on the best way to go about this without having to pay high booking fees.

Qantas with AA miles

[businessmachine]

I am looking for best way to book a flight using points from NY to Melbourne. Any ideas on the best way to go about this without having to pay high booking fees.

Or if you can find availability- Delta via virgin australia

[chff]

Or if you can find availability- Delta via virgin atlantic

Virgin Australia

[businessmachine]

Virgin Australia

Fixed- Thx

[SearchGuy]

Or if you can find availability- Delta via virgin australia

good luck... 120,000 miles

[dirah]

Qantas with AA miles

This option is probably the best, 75K in econ, and superior service.
Then there is United, 80K in econ, not as good as QF. [Also, lately United has had a lot of issues with on-time departures.]
Both options will cost you around $100-$120 in taxes round trip.
Both of these have pretty good availability, and they also both offer one-way award redemptions, so you can mix and match.
If you are willing to go through Asia, you should also be able to find availability for United points with Star Alliance partners, such as China Airlines.
Delta and Virgin have much higher rates, and poorer availability.

[BAHayman]

This option is probably the best, 75K in econ, and superior service.

Or 67.5k if you have the Citi AAdvantage CC (and you have 7.5k of the annual 10k available...)

[Josh g]

Am I correct in saying buying 75k AA miles and booking quantas is the best way ? Anyone selling American Airlines miles

[WhyAich]

Am I correct in saying buying 75k AA miles and booking quantas is the best way ? Anyone selling American Airlines miles

Depends on the price of a paid ticket at the time of your travel.

Buying/Selling miles is against forum rules.

[Side incomer]

good luck... 120,000 miles

economy is 100k. Business is 150k.
Very easy to find those out of LAX. The hard part is finding NYC to LAX on DL.

[Ergel]

economy is 100k. Business is 150k.
Very easy to find those out of LAX. The hard part is finding NYC to LAX on DL.

+1

[PlatinumGuy]

If you can rough it NYC-LAX revenue economy fares are usually very low

[dovy2]

Or 67.5k if you have the Citi AAdvantage CC (and you have 7.5k of the annual 10k available...)

how do you apply this discount?

[MEIR613]

how do you apply this discount?

Automatic.

[dovy2]

Automatic.

rebate?

[MEIR613]

rebate?

Points post automatic.