Getting Awards from Hong Kong to Australia in June

[SYD]

No joy trying to get a J seat released on either QF30 (HKG-MEL) or on QF128 (HKG-SYD) on Wednesday June 4th - any advice?

There's CX PE on the 4th - bookable directly with QF. 59,000 + fee but a morning "day flight" to SYD.

Obviously not as good value as QF J redemption but gets you to Oz in reasonable comfort.

There might be some round about options if you play around with multi-city.

 

[RSD]

There's CX PE on the 4th - bookable directly with QF. 59,000 + fee but a morning "day flight" to SYD.

Obviously not as good value as QF J redemption but gets you to Oz in reasonable comfort.

There might be some round about options if you play around with multi-city.

Cheers @SYD - I will try to make something work. PE would be OK. Even a daytime flight in Y would be OK - in some ways it might be a better option than an overnight flight in J on QF - I've been doing that run a lot lately and what I am finding is that by the time they get the meal service done and then turn the lights off it and then turn the lights back on again at 4.30am for the breakfast service - you really only get about 5 hours of sleep time - then I have to do MEL to DPO at midday and then drive for an hour - and I'm getting too old for that.

It will depend on how much baggage allowance CX offer QF WP's as well - I'm going to be travelling with a lot of gear again.

 

[SYD]

Cheers @SYD - I will try to make something work. PE would be OK. Even a daytime flight in Y would be OK - in some ways it might be a better option than an overnight flight in J on QF - I've been doing that run a lot lately and what I am finding is that by the time they get the meal service done and then turn the lights off it and then turn the lights back on again at 4.30am for the breakfast service - you really only get about 5 hours of sleep time - then I have to do MEL to DPO at midday and then drive for an hour - and I'm getting too old for that.

It will depend on how much baggage allowance CX offer QF WP's as well - I'm going to be travelling with a lot of gear again.

Possibly at least 40kgs.

I have a CX whY to QF J CR (one ticket) back to SYD and the QF app is showing 40kgs for both sectors.

 

[RSD]

Possibly at least 40kgs.

I have a CX whY to QF J CR (one ticket) back to SYD and the QF app is showing 40kgs for both sectors.

Have just found a useful baggage calculator for CX - https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_AU/baggage/baggage-calculator.html - unfortunately as is usually the case with two different airlines that supposedly work together there is no correlation between baggage allowances, and so because the daytime flights mean an overnight stop in Melbourne before I go on to Tassie the next morning I fall foul of the rule about international allowance only carries over to domestic if it is on the same day which leaves me with the stupid situation of CX HKG to MEL allowing 3x 23kg for a WP in Y, but on the domestic leg to TAS as a WP I get 2x 32. I swear that baggage allowances were designed purely to trip up and f..k up travellers!

 

[RSD]

I'm guessing that the QF folks on the end of the line can't request the droid to open a CR seat on a CX flight? (MEL-HKG so wouldn't be a QF codeshare).

 

[SYD]

I'm guessing that the QF folks on the end of the line can't request the droid to open a CR seat on a CX flight? (MEL-HKG so wouldn't be a QF codeshare).

Unfortunately, no.

 

[RSD]

Unfortunately, no.

Damn! Some of CX's flights are at far more convenient times than those of QF - especially if you have connecting flights to/from Tassie - we are starting to see a downside to the QF move to all Q400's - a reduction in flights and on some days like Thursdays the only flight to BWT departs too soon after flights like QF30 arrive into Melbourne. The other option is to fly MEL-DPO - but that requires a 9 hour layover in Melbourne in Melbourne on Thursdays - and as much as I like the QF pub...

 

[SYD]

Damn! Some of CX's flights are at far more convenient times than those of QF - especially if you have connecting flights to/from Tassie - we are starting to see a downside to the QF move to all Q400's - a reduction in flights and on some days like Thursdays the only flight to BWT departs too soon after flights like QF30 arrive into Melbourne. The other option is to fly MEL-DPO - but that requires a 9 hour layover in Melbourne in Melbourne on Thursdays - and as much as I like the QF pub...

Can you make HKG-CGK-MEL-xx_ work?

There’s a pleasant surprise CGK-MEL but @madrooster has mentioned before that interlining luggage via CGK *might* be problematic?

 

[RSD]

Can to make HKG-CGK-MEL-xx_ work?

There’s a pleasant surprise CGK-MEL but @madrooster has mentioned before that interlining luggage via CGK *might* be problematic?

I will take a look at it - otherwise I might just CR the 11:15 CX flight to Melbourne which lands at 22:15 then overnight MEL and down to Tassie the next day.

 

[RSD]

Does anyone have access to the information about what fare code a CX flight in Y booked through the QF website using QFF points falls into?

 

[RealtimeY]

Economy X
PE T
Business U
First Z

 

[RSD]

Economy X
PE T
Business U
First Z

Many thanks! My outbound is on QF29, but the HKG-MEL is on CX on a QF CR - and even Cathay's call centre can't seem to figure out what my baggage allowance is for that - partly because it seems with any of Cathay's economy fare buckets can be booked as a Lite fare (2x 23kg as a WP), or an Essential or Flex fare which gives 3x 23kg for WP's - and all the call centre can seem to do is ask me did I book it as a Lite or a Essential or a Flex fare? With it being a rewards seat I don't get those options so then all they can tell me is that if I booked my rewards seat as a Lite then it is 2x 23kg, and if I booked it as a Essential or Flex then I get 3x 23kg - so it just goes around in circles. Hopefully X doesn't have the option of Lite or Essential etc so if I tell them it is X then they might be able to look it up and give a definitive answer - maybe...

 

[sudoer]

Many thanks! My outbound is on QF29, but the HKG-MEL is on CX on a QF CR - and even Cathay's call centre can't seem to figure out what my baggage allowance is for that - partly because it seems with any of Cathay's economy fare buckets can be booked as a Lite fare (2x 23kg as a WP), or an Essential or Flex fare which gives 3x 23kg for WP's - and all the call centre can seem to do is ask me did I book it as a Lite or a Essential or a Flex fare? With it being a rewards seat I don't get those options so then all they can tell me is that if I booked my rewards seat as a Lite then it is 2x 23kg, and if I booked it as a Essential or Flex then I get 3x 23kg - so it just goes around in circles. Hopefully X doesn't have the option of Lite or Essential etc so if I tell them it is X then they might be able to look it up and give a definitive answer - maybe...

What does CX MMB tell you? It should show your baggage allowance just underneath the seat selection.

You can also use the AY e-ticket receipt page to email you a PNR breakdown which shows baggage allowance per leg (before any status entitlements)

 

[RSD]

What does CX MMB tell you? It should show your baggage allowance just underneath the seat selection.

You can also use the AY e-ticket receipt page to email you a PNR breakdown which shows baggage allowance per leg (before any status entitlements)

I haven't booked it yet - I need to know what my baggage allowance is going to be before deciding on the CX flight - like a lot of my travels I am travelling with a massive amount of equipment again.

 

[RealtimeY]

https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_AU/baggage/baggage-calculator.html

Tick redemption

 

[RSD]

https://flights.cathaypacific.com/en_AU/baggage/baggage-calculator.html

Tick redemption

Many thanks - I had the blinkers on and just filled out the to, from and class etc.