What are These Changes to Qantas's FFP after May 2008

[moa999]

I don't think there will be an increase in U and Z buckets at all.
These more expensive fares will probably book into paid classes and not be available to other oneworld partners

[JohnK]

* Travel on any seat at a 25- 50% premium in miles and be subject to seasonality. So a 96k trip to LAX could now be 110k in Low Season and 130k in Peak Season (economy) but with more seats available

Are these the actual numbers you heard or just calculations using the percentages?

By my calculation 25% premium on 96,000 QFF points should be 120,000 QFF points and 50% premium on 96,000 QFF points should be 144,000 QFF points.

If this is the end result for anytime awards in economy it is not great but much better than the original 100% premium I predicted.

An overall increase in U and Z inventory would be a good thing for Aadvantage members!

If there was an overall increase in U and Z inventory it would be for QFF anytime awards and not for AAdvantage members.

But judging by what was mentioned by AlphaVictor in an earlier post it would appear there will be less availability of the normal award seats which will more than likely mean that AAdvantage members will have less award seat availability as the award seats are released to QFF members first and then to other Oneworld Alliance carriers.

[AlphaVictor]

Just illustrative. The actual % figures are being held close by the powers that be but best indication is between the 25 and 50% mark based around seasonality (for Y class). How this translates across to other FF programs is anyone's guess. In hindsight I should have just mentioned the % rather than the miles/kms. Good luck