Qantas is holding its Black Friday sale – called Black FLYDay – across Southeast Asia with very attractive all-in fares starting from S$399.

Destinations include major cities in Australia and New Zealand, as well as London, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Sale begins Friday, 23 November 2018, at midnight and will run until 24 November 2018, 11.59pm, Singapore time.

To book, visit qantas.com.

Qantas Economy & Premium Economy sale fares (SGD)

From Singapore to	Economy	Premium Economy	Travel Period
Perth	399	–	24 Dec 18 – 31 Dec 18 20 Feb 19 – 09 Apr 19 01 May 19 – 30 May 19 23 Jul 19 – 11 Sep 19
Melbourne	539	1,399
Sydney	569	1,399
Adelaide, Brisbane	569	–
Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington	899	–
London	999	–	15 Jan 19 – 21 Mar 19 02 May 19 – 20 Jun 19
Los Angeles, San Francisco	1,099	–	14 Jan 19 – 28 Mar 19 01 May 19 – 26 May 19 14 Jul 19 – 01 Sep 19

So if you have not planned your holiday for 2019, now’s the best time to think about it especially if you are planning on visiting Australia, New Zealand or London. I personally find going to USA via Australia a little bit of a detour, and the fares aren’t that great either (you could get SIA premium economy sale fares at that level).

Exception business class sale fares

Qantas is also running a Business class sale right after the Black FLYDay sale, starting from 25 November 2018.

The fares look very incredible, so I’ll be very curious as to how much availability are they putting out.

Qantas Business Class sale fares (SGD)

From Singapore to	Business (one-way)	Business (return)	Travel Period
Perth	599	1,749	Depart between 24 Dec 18 – 31 Dec 18 Return by 2 Feb 19
Melbourne	799	1,999
Sydney	849	2,299
Brisbane	999	2,299
Adelaide	–	2,899	24 Dec 18 – 31 Dec 18 13 Feb 19 – 13 Jun 19
Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown, Wellington	–	3,499
London	–	5,629	15 Jan 19 – 21 Mar 19

The business class fares will be on sale between 25 November 2018 and 3 December 2018. All fares above are inclusive of all taxes, fees and carrier charges. To book, visit qantas.com.

Best time for oneworld mileage runs

Apparently there is no minimum stay required, so if you have nothing on between 24-31 December 2018, this might be the perfect time to do a mileage run.

Qantas Frequent Flier members will get 7,800 points and 120 status credits for each sector. A return flight will earn you 240 status credits, a third of the 700 status credits required to achieve Gold.

If you are a Cathay Pacific Marco Polo Club member, you will get 60 Club Points for each sector, which really isn’t that great given that you will need 600 points in a year to achieve Gold status.

British Airways gives out 140 tier points per sector, which is pretty generous, but the only problem with BA is that you will need to take BA flights on top of racking up the tier points too.