Thousands of Qantas international seats up for grabs

Qantas is releasing tens of thousands of reward seats. (Source: Getty)

Qantas will release tens of thousands of new international reward seats this week to give frequent flyers more opportunity to travel overseas using their Qantas Points.

The extra reward seats will be available from 11:00am AEDT on Friday, across all cabins, including Business Class and First Class, on the airline’s full international network of more than 30 destinations.

The most popular overseas destinations booked with points were London, Singapore, Bali, Tokyo and Los Angeles.

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Since October 2021, Qantas has made 50 per cent more reward seats available and has seen record numbers of customers using their points to travel, Qantas said.

Qantas also released thousands of Points Planes over the past year, where every seat on the flight is available to be booked as a Classic Flight Reward.

Qantas Loyalty CEO Olivia Wirth said reward seats on international flights were one of the most popular ways to use Qantas Points.

“Our frequent flyers have been using their points to book reward seats in record numbers, and demand for seats on international flights is particularly strong,” Wirth said.

“We’re releasing tens of thousands of new Classic Flight Reward seats to international destinations to make it easier for our members to use their points towards their next overseas trip.

“There are more than 5 million reward seats available for booking across the Qantas and Jetstar international and domestic networks over the next year.”

Wirth said the number of points required to book reward seats would remain the same.

Frequent flyers can also use their points to access reward seats to more than 1,200 destinations around the world on Qantas’s network of more than 45 partner airlines.

How many points do you need to travel?

Qantas Points required to fly to popular international destinations include:

ROUTE	ECONOMY	TAXES, FEES AND CARRIER CHARGES	BUSINESS CLASS	TAXES, FEES AND CARRIER CHARGES
Sydney – London	55,200	$233	144,600	$443
Melbourne – London	55,200	$231	144,600	$441
Brisbane – Los Angeles	41,900	$209	108,400	$334
Sydney – Los Angeles	41,900	$209	108,400	$334
Sydney – Tokyo (Haneda)	31,500	$148	82,000	$198
Melbourne – Auckland	18,000	$157	41,500	$157
Sydney – Fiji (Nadi)	18,000	$107	41,500	$107

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