Oman Air’s entry into the Oneworld alliance has recently been delayed until early 2025. But from today, you can already redeem Qantas Frequent Flyer points to book Classic Flight Rewards on the Omani airline!

Classic Reward seats on Oman Air are now available to book on the Qantas website. Reward availability in both Economy and Business is pretty good on many of the routes that Oman Air serves. These include Jakarta-Muscat, Bangkok-Muscat and Muscat-London.

The number of points you’ll need to book a reward ticket on Oman Air is governed by Qantas Frequent Flyer’s Partner Classic Flight Reward table. Oman Air does also impose carrier charges, but these appear to be fairly reasonable.

For the first time, Qantas has even added the ability to book tickets on its website that originate in the country of Oman. (Well, Muscat, anyway – no other airports in Oman are available yet.) When the first flight on your reward ticket departs from Muscat, you’ll be charged the taxes & carrier charges in British Pounds.

Oman Air is a highly-regarded airline based in Muscat, Oman. Once it joins the Oneworld alliance, you’ll also be able to use Oman Air flights as part of a Oneworld Classic Flight Reward booking. But that isn’t possible just yet.

Oman Air’s network

Although Oman Air doesn’t fly to Australia, it could be a useful Qantas partner airline if you want to fly to the Middle East, Europe or Egypt. It also has solid connectivity to Tanzania – which would probably seem quite random if you weren’t aware that Oman has close historical ties to that African nation.

If you can get to Asia using Qantas, another partner airline, or a cash ticket, you could then pick up an Oman Air flight using Qantas points from any of the following Asian cities to Muscat:

• Jakarta
• Kuala Lumpur
• Phuket
• Bangkok
• Manila
• Colombo
• Dhaka
• Karachi
• Most major cities in India, including Delhi and Bengaluru

Beyond Muscat, Oman Air serves the following cities in Europe:

• London
• Paris
• Frankfurt
• Munich
• Zurich
• Milan
• Istanbul
• Moscow

Visiting or stopping over in Muscat

Of course, Oman Air is also a useful partner airline for Qantas Frequent Flyers who want to visit Oman. Muscat is personally one of my favourite cities in the Middle East, and Oman Air is a good airline, so I’m looking forward to the opportunity to use my Qantas points to fly Oman Air to Muscat!

As an example, you could use Qantas points to fly from Sydney to Muscat via Bangkok. You’d fly Qantas to Bangkok and then Oman Air for the second leg.

Muscat’s international airport is quite modern. If you’re in Business Class, you’ll also have the chance to visit Oman Air’s excellent Business Class lounge on departure from Muscat.

Beware of the Boeing 737s

Oman Air has a fleet of Boeing 737s and Boeing 787s. It also has a few Airbus A330s, but will soon retire or wet lease these out to other airlines.

As you would expect, the airline mainly uses Boeing 737s on its short-haul flights and Boeing 787s for its long-haul routes. However, it is also increasingly using Boeing 737s on some fairly long routes such as Muscat-Phuket and Muscat-Munich.

This is important to note if you’re booking Business Class because there’s a huge difference between the product on Oman Air’s Boeing 787s and 737s. On the 787, you’ll get a lie-flat bed. On the 737, you’ll get a domestic-style recliner seat. So, check the aircraft type before booking!

Matt Graham

The editor of Australian Frequent Flyer, Matt's passion for travel has taken him to over 90 countries… with the help of frequent flyer points, of course!
Matt's favourite destinations (so far) are Germany, Brazil & Kazakhstan. His interests include economics, aviation & foreign languages, and he has a soft spot for good food and red wine.

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