My experience has been that this year in particular using the Qantas membership website to obtaining a Japan Airlines F/F ticket to Japan return has been virtually non-existent in that the website does not show any available Japan Airlines flights but just sends you to QF / Jet Star flights.
It is either Japan Airlines not releasing F/F seats to Qantas members or just normal Qantas practice of preventing you using other One World Partner members flights.
I suspect it is the latter.
Japan as a ski destination has boomed in popularity with Australian ski enthusiasts post covid.
Qantas needs to be more open in their dealings with F/F awards with One World Partner Airlines.
