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That may be but realize for the purposes of EU261 what matters is when you make it to your final destination. If it’s more than 3 hours later compensation is owed. So sure they can try doing cascading delays but if that results in you missing your connecting flight they’re still on the hook for...

In the case of EU261 compensation would be owed due to overbooking. How long you were delayed doesn’t play a factor into determining whether this entitlement needs to be provided by the airline. You could be delayed by 30 minutes but they’d still have to pay up, up to €600 fine for the harm they...

One further update on the rebooking. I noticed the Alaska Air segment didn’t have a corresponding PNR and when I tried using the Qantas PNR it did not load up the res in the Alaska website. It would seem like Alaska and Qantas use different res systems. Ended up calling Qantas who gave me the...

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First, the Montreal Convention is silent when it comes to compensation. If you want to talk about entitlements like compensation which do not considered whether passengers have in fact experienced any damages but instead peanlize delays as a moral harm you need to look at passenger rights bills...

The argument for the buying the wine is you can sometimes purchase the points even cheaper than on these promotions. For instance, the cheapest rate you can buy these points at under the promotion was 225,000 (150K + 75K bonus) for $3999 AUD which works out to 1.77 cents per point. Meanwhile as...

I don't see how I have my own plan here. I asked for advice, and was told my options were to either call up Qantas and have them add the AS sector (which they did) or roll the dice and book the AS flight separately. Update: I received a confirmation email and the plain text travel document from...

It doesn’t specifically say that but it does say you can claim up to $10,000 AUD in damages. Now I’m not an expert on fares, but I suspect most walk up one-way economy fares to Australia will be less than that amount.

Schedule 1 of the Civil Aviation Legislation Amendment (1999 Montreal Convention and Other Measures) Act 2008. Specifically Article 19 states that airlines are liable for to $10,000 AUD in damages occasioned by a delay. This means if an airline puts you on a flight several days later due to a...

American and Australian law says they must put you on the next available flight if you want.

It’s no longer a concern once it’s on the same itinerary since Qantas or Alaska has to take care of all of that. Yes it does mean less time at the QF First lounge. But it also means we don’t have to spend a whole day at the airport which adds injury to insult on what is already a long trip. As...

Thanks for the advice. I gave Qantas another call and asked to add that flight added to my ticket and there was no issues there. All in it was 30,000 points + $12 USD in taxes n' fees (10,000 points + $6 per pax for the SFO to LAX flight per pax plus the change fee of 5,000 points per pax)...

Thanks for the reply. Would this simply be a matter of adding the sector to the ticket (i.e. turning the one-way into a multi-city) or does it involved a change in the departure airport for the purposes of ticketing? In any event, I'll give it a go later today. -RooFlyer88

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I'll be flying out with my partner on the 20th of July on QF12 from LAX to SYD. When I made the booking, I planned to be in LA at the time, but will actually be in SF on that date. As you could imagine seats for the route are hard to come by but I managed to request 2 seats be released as an...

The bonus points are tied to your purchase of the gift card. It does not matter when or even if you spend the entire amount of the gift card. Ordinarily points are posted to your EveryDayRewards card then and there at the terminal (provided you scanned your EveryDayRewards card). Sometimes there...

Could someone check Sofitel Darling Harbour for 11 May?

If the classic award seat shows up when they search online with Qantas it is as a matter of fact guaranteed. Yes there is the downside that you can only look up to 297 days out on Qantas. Is there a guarantee that there will be a classic award seat for every flight Qantas has? No. But when they...

It really depends on the routes involved. Certainly for domestic flights and golden triangle routes like SYD > MEL, there is a decent chance they can secure an upgrade from economy to business. Whether it is worth spending the better part of 10,000 points so you can fly in business on an A330...