Award tickets further devalued with a new peak surcharge for tickets

[MEL_Traveller]

i wonder why Qantas didn't move to correct some of the information in this post?

 

[whatmeworry]

Re: QF surcharge on SYD-DFW flight

Q surcharge now to be extended on other routes.

Will new Qantas surcharges drive more customers away?

 

[dajop]

My understanding from reading it is that the Q surcharge to Dallas applies to all tickets except awards, however the "peak" surcharge applies to everything including award bookings..

Just checked, as an example MEL-DXB award flights and the surcharges are no different on Fridays vs earlier in the week using points, so it sounds like good news that they don't apply to award bookings.

 

[burmans]

Just checked, as an example MEL-DXB award flights and the surcharges are no different on Fridays vs earlier in the week using points, so it sounds like good news that they don't apply to award bookings.

Surely the way QF handle peaks for award booking is via availability (or more likely non-availability).

 

[markis10]

Surely the way QF handle peaks for award booking is via availability (or more likely non-availability).

You would think so, the fact there are seats during "peak" seems to suggest otherwise.

 

[dajop]

Surely the way QF handle peaks for award booking is via availability (or more likely non-availability).

I was going to check as well if the $200 surcharge applied to MEL-DXB during peak periods, and I couldn't find any awards seats during peak periods.