Last year i took a return business class flight to Dublin via Sydney from Canberra and home via KL for 300,000 QF points and $1,260 taxes while my brother flew Etihad economy from Melbourne return for $1,119.  We both flew directly via the Middle East into Dublin and he returned the same rou...

While getting a nice pile of points it is far more interesting in knowing their future earning rates.  Certainly Amex have good rates as I have had an Amex Qantas card for years and it pays well especially when buying Qantas flights but I am finding most of the other cards only give 0.5...