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That one had a QF flight number, and the Qantas page does say this:

To my knowledge QF points can only be used for upgrades on Qantas flights, not partners. https://www.qantas.com/au/en/manage-booking/upgrade.html

Thanks for the insights. To be honest I'm mostly just curious if this is an "at the moment" thing or if there's some wider restriction in place with AA (e.g. was it always like this?) This is theoretical at this stage, just trying to work out what's actually possible. For what it's worth, for...

So I'm clicking around the Qantas site trying to work out what classic reward options are possible for a person who wanted to come home to Aus from Europe via the US. Naturally, AA is an option with many trans-atlantic routes from the UK & Europe to all over the states, but no matter if I search...

Seconding the above suggestion. For cash I've never had any issues anywhere in the world just hitting an ATM on arrival. A couple hundred in AUD in your wallet can get you out of trouble in a pinch but I've never needed to actually use them.

Well yeah, if you're not letting customers make the other bookings, I expect the vast majority of folks assume it can't be done and just buy a ticket from someone else.

Glad to hear you now have a semi-decent outcome, even if Qantas had no part in the remedy. This thread is shocking and I hope the media gives it some attention.

This is a dumb question, but does cancelling award flights online refund you the fee component in cash or do they try to give you credit unless you call up? I'm scared to try the button 🤣

It looks like there's Malaysian availability on the day before and a couple days after for your route. 37800 points plus $85 is far more in the ballpark of being a reasonable deal.

JAL through classic rewards has extremely high carrier charges when departing locations other than Australia. From BKK-SYD if you can get on Malaysian, Qantas or even Jetstar the cost is reasonable. If it's JAL it's not worth it. Ironically, SYD-BKK Return on JAL would be significantly less in...

I have noticed this for JAL flights originating anywhere other than Australia (including originating from Japan!), but I don't know why. Try another airline (Malaysian would make sense for this route) if you can. EDIT: For instance a route like this is far shorter in time, fees ($80) and...

One way to do it is to create a multi city search in Qantas where the first leg is an Australian flight. Search for something like SYD-MEL DXB-CAI This will let you search for availability on the DXB flight. Obviously you can't book it online as you don't want the first leg, but this lets you...

I thought I'd add my (fairly positive) experience calling Qantas with a rewards itinerary that hadn't automatically ticketed. I booked a classic rewards flight with 4 legs across MH and AY. No email confirmation with eticket arrived but they charged my card and points, and flights were all...

Thank you

Hello. I'm looking to book a classic reward points flight for March 2023 which I may end up cancelling. According to this page, if I book by the end of September, I can cancel for free until the end of the year...

I'm actually less concerned about Japan and I've assumed that the Japanese border will remain shut even by the time of my flights. Transitting from within HND is currently allowed (although an evening in Tokyo would be awesome if they do open!) The free cancellation call is a good one though...

Thanks both. I'm currently leaning towards waiting and seeing. I've read too many stories on here about folks losing their bookings due to mistakes by the folks in the call centre to be particularly excited by the trying to update it early with their help.

Hello. After lurking and reading many threads about people who have faced similar issues, I am seeking some sage advice from the learned folks on this forum. Some months ago we booked Qantas Awards Flights on JAL Business Class for SYD-HND-LHR all the way for March 2023. Since then, a war has...

Thanks for sharing the info. Out of interest, were the flights you were moved onto showing as sold out of business rewards seats?