"oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

[Mr H]

This Domestic/International (and vice versa) on Qantas flights is a common issue these days. You need to search BLR-ADL and if unavailable, you're likely SOL ... although some agents (HBA usually) can add the domestic connection flight.

You can get around it by factoring in a 24 hour stop or booking the two flights on separate redemptions. If you go for the former option then you may get lucky with a schedule change allowing you to renegotiate the flight times to eliminate the stopover.

 

[FlyingFiona]

The following "script" has worked for me the best when trying to make changes: Start with "I want to check for award availibility". Then you feed the agent each route + date + flight number and ask them to add each one to your booking. Finally you ask them to remove any existing flights that you don't need anymore. IME when you say you want to change flights, some agents say that you cannot make segment changes. And asking for an availibility check first means that if you need to HUACA, the agent wouldn't have touched your existing flights yet.

I really appreciated this message, thank you. Armed with this script I rang tonight and added on segments to my existing booking to close out my OWA. (Pretty sure the agent was in South Africa.)

Segments added, ticket immediately reticketed whilst I was on the phone. Done and dusted!

Now just have a 329 day wait until departure...