In Reply to: frequent flyer to bali? posted by bojogputih on Saturday, 21. April 2007 at 18:13 Bali Time:
for WA July 2007 school holiday period. Although we snared a direct flight there, we had to return to Perth via Darwin, but I kept looking every day, and eventually (after 4-5 weeks), a direct flight was listed, but it took a day off our holiday. :-(
I rang QANTAS and changed the booking, which cost me points to do so, but then we got points back because we were 1 sector less. The overall outcome was that we got back 4000 points and a $92.48 refund, due to there being less taxes to pay on the direct flight.
For our June/July 2005 holiday, I also booked in advance, but more like 9 months before, as the school hols are a very popular time to go.
My advice is to keep checking - you never know your luck.