Adding Paid Sector to a Reward Booking

[MrPlow]

Hey Guys,

Just wondering if it is possible to pay for an additional sector at the time of making a reward booking over the phone with the Velocity so that it will all be on the same ticket and will not have any worries about missing connections and the bags will be checked the whole way.

I want to pay for a leg from MEL- PER and then redeem a business reward flight from PER to SIN and onwards to Europe with a bit over a 2 hour layover in Perth. I've phone the velocity team to try and make the booking however am having no luck as they are saying that it can't be done as it is on different airlines. I tried to point out that i can book this as a through ticket with Virgin with cash and with velocity points if i had enough points on a VA issued ticket so surely it can be done on the same ticket still.

Has anyone else had any experience with this or is it best to just try again later in the day and hope i get someone different who can do it for me?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

 

[futaris]

Nope.

You can book it as two separate tickets, with two separate payment methods.

Or a single ticket, using points & pay, at a horrible rate.

Or alternatively buy enough points to book it as a single ticket.

 

[goldenhorn]

What airline is PER-SIN?

 

[MrPlow]

What airline is PER-SIN?

Singapore Airlines from PER - SIN and onwards to Europe

 

[goldenhorn]

Ah Ok. Makes sense why they can’t do it.

Sounds like you might need to book a flight that will allow enough time to check in at SQ in Perth.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

T1 is not T2 at PER dom.
T1 actually handles both dom and int flights in the same area.
T2 PER dom is for the flights with the small planes going to regional WA.
On my last trip in Apr this year, I had a long walk around, thinking T1 was purely int and T2 was dom, but wrong, its not very far between T1 dom and T1 int, next to each other in fact, just like T1 and T2 MEL.
Do not make the mistake of walking down that long corridor on the right hand side, near the VA the Lounge at T1 PER, its leads to T2.
As soon as your MEL - PER flight arrives into T1, go straight to T1 int to have your passport swiped by the SQ staff, tell them you have checked in, and have BP and get through immi and int screening ASAP.
If you haven't booked either, maybe for your peace of mind, for this first trip, is to get to PER the night before, or get the SQ flight that departs late pm, think there is one at 5.10pm, there is a VA679, dep MEL 9.15am, to arr PER 11.35am, this is the earlier one, the next one is there one with 2 hrs, but if you are worried, maybe get the VA that leaves MEL at 9.15am.

 

[AustraliaPoochie]

Have a look at the map "Terminal Precincts" down the bottom.
You will see that T1 dom and T1 int are in fact very close, next to each other in fact.

Perth Airport - Passengers | Terminal maps

www.perthairport.com.au

 

[MrPlow]

Thanks for all your help guys. I ended up scrounging together a few more points from a Flybuys transfer i hadn't previously thought about and ended up just booking the leg from MEL to PER as a reward economy seat in the same booking. This way everything is all on the same ticket in case there are any delays or cancellations i'm not the one left with the problem