Citi has added Qantas as a new 1 to 1 transfer partner from their ThankYou Rewards program. Citi now has 12 transfer partners, all of which can be found on Frequent Miler’s Transfer Partner Master List.
Qantas is a member of the OneWorld alliance and has a distance based award chart. This would be nice if it was competitive. However, prices look quite steep to me. Here’s their partner award chart:
It’s unfortunate that Citi hasn’t yet added British Airways (also a member of the OneWorld alliance) as a transfer partner. As of April 28th, 2015, here is the British Airways award chart:
My apologies if the above charts are too small to read. Suffice it to say that most British Airways awards are much cheaper than Qantas.
UPDATE 2/23/2015 11:20 am EST: Qantas award prices on certain partners including AA and US Airways are slightly cheaper. Charts can be found here. Hat Tip: Miles for Family:
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the partner chart is expensive, but what about redeeming Qantas miles for their own flights?