Qantas Points Value

 Qantas offer three seat prices.
Red-E-Deal, Flex and Classic.
Red-E-Deal and Classic seem to be the same except that Classic is selected up front as a points payment.  If one chooses Red-E-Deal, one can at the end, pay with points.

There is also Classic plus and Business classic all of which are different points type seats 

So If we choose a  flight sometime in the future when simple classic flights are available in both directions

SEPTEMBER
Red-E-Deal   Classic Points
$246             8000pts + $78
$246             8000pts + $78

$983  OR 32000 pts + $312 for two people both ways.

So we can calculate $ per point:
$/Pt  =  $983 - $312 = $671 / 32000 -> 0.02096875 $/Pt

And we can calculate Points per $:
Pt/$ = 32000/$671 = 47.69  

If we choose the  Red-E-Deal the total dollars is $983 and at the checkout, we can use points.  At the check out, using 32000 points and we still need to pay about $820 rather than $312 so we will use the value above to asses the values of a point.  That is 0.02096875 $/Pt or 47.69 $/pt

 Now RED energy are offering 15000 points.  The question is what is 15000 points worth in dollars.

So 15000 pts x 0.02096875 $/Pt = $314.53

So the question now is how much cheaper will  

 

Insurance $37    or   5286 pts

JULY
$268    8000Classic +$78
$298    221000Classic Plus Pts +78 

Red-E-Deal	Classic	....	....
$268	8000pts + $78	....	....
$345	....	....	....