Did that - got a reply back saying UNSUCCESSFUL - PARTNER REJECTED THE CLAIM - but it gave no details as to why the 'partner' rejected the claim.
Yep. Might try ringing Qantas on Monday to first find out the fare class and go from there.
I couldn't remember how much the $difference was between Saver and Flex - but $500 sounds probably right.
Really need a fancy plug-in that displays SC's and $ per SC etc. when booking.
Some CX fare buckets have nil earning to some other ffp's for a long time (more than a decade). L class as used on LONE* RTW tickets is one. (may have changed for the better recently) Where to Credit | Where to Credit Cathay Pacific Airways Flights in L Booking Class
Makes the whole OneWorld thing a bit of a ghost really - "earn status credits and frequent flyer points when flying with our OneWorld partner airlines! (well not really but you might occasionally - but you need to know what fare bucket you are in and we aren't going to tell you that!)"
The fare buckets can be available on both the app and the desktop versions of Qantas Manage your booking after booking (not before).
www.finnair.com
Really need something that shows the fare bucket before you pay so as can see whether will earn SC's and make changes accordingly if needed/want to. At least now though I know that when booking a fare to China via HKG it needs to be Flex if I am going to earn SC's on the HKG-PVG leg.The fare buckets can be available on both the app and the desktop versions of Qantas Manage your booking after booking (not before).
I have a MEL-SIN-KUL return trip coming up with the SIN/KUL segments on MH in a non earning category - they show as '-' whereas the MEL Qantas segments show a 'O' . There seems to have some changes as Qantas used to show these fare buckets where they would not earn.
Looking at the same booking on the Malaysian Airlines web site "Manage Booking" shows the actual class 'O'. So no earn there.
You can do similar with CX flight bookings.
Also, there is the Finnair E-ticket tool which may send a copy of your itinerary to the booking's registered email address - this shows the fare buckets for each segment.
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This all basically can work because these airlines use Amadeus, so the booking reference is the same.
I remember that script - it was very useful!
www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au
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Cheers for that link - so best option might be (if there are enough seats available) to do a BPay booking - check in "Manage Your Booking" to see what the fare classes are and then if OK make another booking and pay with your NAB Qantas Visa or similar to get the points and then just ignore or try to cancel the BPay booking (having never paid for it). A bit of a screw around but if that is what Qantas forces us to to do because they won't display the fare classes are...There's another tip here:
The Qantas Website Should Display Fare Classes
The lack of fare class information on the Qantas website has long been a source of frustration for frequent flyers.
If there’s a degree of uncertainty, you can always try searching on ITA Matrix. It’ll show fare bucket for a certain price. Compare that to what you see online with the airlines.
