Emirates Cancels Singapore to Melbourne Flights

[dajop]

But going the other way (MEL to SIN) is $1.2k in taxes. Ridiculous.

My pet hate, the term taxes! $100 in taxes and $1100 in co-pay. That's what it is, not even a fuel surcharge or anything like that, it's pure and simple a co-pay for award bookings, and Emirates (and Qantas) know people will pay it.

Nesting trips and open jaws help. We've even considered (as living in Singapore) doing a weekend or day trip to KL to save it (SIN-KUL/MEL-SIN has very little co-pay as ticket issued in SIN).

 

[MMM]

I just booked HND to MEL (Via SIN) using QFF points for next September.
1st leg is with JAL and the 2nd leg is with Emirates.

And then I come across this.....

Emirates set to withdraw from Singapore-Melbourne

Emirates will withdraw from the Singapore-Melbourne route – one that offers great value for Qantas Frequent Flyer members.

www.pointhacks.com.au

which is exactly the 2nd leg of my trip.

So now what ?? I am guessing that Qantas will have to provide an alternative since its a Qantas ticket.

 

[Quickstatus]

So now what ?? I am guessing that Qantas will have to provide an alternative since its a Qantas ticket.

Qantas will give you alternatives such as QF36

 

[AIRwin]

Qantas will give you alternatives such as QF36

Or QF80 by then?

 

[MMM]

Thanks for the super quick replies. That's reassuring.

 

[Himeno]

Qantas will rebook you onto QF36 or QF38 out of SIN, keeping your JL sector, or move you to HND-MEL on QF80 in the highly likely case of IASC awarding Qantas the HND slot that VA are giving back in March.

They may rebook you via SYD or BNE, but that's unlikely given that the booking is a year away.

 

[DC3]

So now what ?? I am guessing that Qantas will have to provide an alternative since it’s a Qantas ticket.

Patience Grasshopper

 

[Forg]

Do airlines cancel routes after they’ve sold tickets?!
I thought stuff like this was always announced 6+ months in advance ‘cos the tickets weren’t yet on sale for the cancelled routes!!

 

[MMM]

Patience Grasshopper

Hahaha…. Thanks for the chuckles.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Qantas will give you alternatives such as QF36

Not so sure about this, This is a route cancellation by a partner airline, and not involving travel on Qantas metal at all.

Why does QF have to offer a seat on their service?

This came up in discussion in the main thread on EK discontinuing service… QF is under no obligation to accommodate pax on their own flights. Of course if award availability is there, QF can book it, but they don’t need to create award space in business class.

Unless I missed an announcement that QF is going to cover all EK tickets?

 

[Quickstatus]

This is a route cancellation by a partner airline, and not involving travel on Qantas metal at all.

since its a Qantas ticket

Because it is a QF ticket and possibly its also a codeshare QF84xx?

 

[bussyboy]

Maybe EK will reroute back through DXB?

Won't that be fun!

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Because it is a QF ticket and possibly its also a codeshare QF84xx?

You can't buy an award ticket on a code share , it'll be on the EK code.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Because it is a QF ticket and possibly it’s also a codeshare QF84xx?

Qantas doing the ticketing doesn’t give you protection of a guaranteed flight. The passenger is bound by the operating carriers’ contract of carriage. And as pointed out above, an FF ticket won’t be a QF codeshare for that flight.

This is no different to JAL doing a schedule change say NRT-LHR, if the flight no longer connects with you flight from Au, QF isn’t responsible for getting you all the way to london.