My QFF question.

[flyboysp]

A little background first

I recently joined the QFF program. Just after i joined i purchased something from the QANTAS frequent flyer collection store. I was notified earlier today that i had won a competition. Apparently i have won 100000 QANTAS fequent flyer points :shock: :mrgreen: .

Now the scenario.

I am planning to travel to Houston later in the year with QANTAS, and i was wondering if it is possible to fly SYD-IAH and return, using the points towards award tickets on the SYD-LAX and LAX-SYD legs ( if i can get it), while paying cash/credit/Bpay on the segments between LAX and IAH, while still having it all under one ticket/reference number.

Thanks in advance for all help and in information.

 

[thadocta]

A little background first

I recently joined the QFF program. Just after i joined i purchased something from the QANTAS frequent flyer collection store. I was notified earlier today that i had won a competition. Apparently i have won 100000 QANTAS fequent flyer points :shock: :mrgreen: .

Now the scenario.

I am planning to travel to Houston later in the year with QANTAS, and i was wondering if it is possible to fly SYD-IAH and return, using the points towards award tickets on the SYD-LAX and LAX-SYD legs ( if i can get it), while paying cash/credit/Bpay on the segments between LAX and IAH, while still having it all under one ticket/reference number.

Thanks in advance for all help and in information.

Well done on being one of the few actual prize winners with the QF competitions.

I would not worry too much about your US flights being on the one ticket.

Do what you have to do to get the QF award lights (you will have ample miles, btw) and then book the connecting flights.

Tell the agents to put your connecting QF flights in as an AK sector (they will blink at this, wondering how you know what you aare talking about). This will ensure that everybody knows what everybody else is doing.

Good luck,

Dave

 

[straitman]

Tell the agents to put your connecting QF flights in as an AK sector (they will blink at this, wondering how you know what you aare talking about). This will ensure that everybody knows what everybody else is doing.

Good luck,

Dave

Dave,

I'm blinking :!:

I believe I know what you mean but could you explain further :?:

 

[Travel Guru]

Dave,

I'm blinking :!:

I believe I know what you mean but could you explain further :?:

An AK sector is a passive confirmed sector, meaning it's been booked and ticketed in another PNR, and is just in there so the airline knows what they have booked; you can't fly on an AK sector, only a ticketeked HK sector.

To be honest, not sure its something i'd bother doing as I can't see any real benefit, but thats what it is none the less.

TG

 

[JohnK]

I am planning to travel to Houston later in the year with QANTAS, and i was wondering if it is possible to fly SYD-IAH and return, using the points towards award tickets on the SYD-LAX and LAX-SYD legs ( if i can get it), while paying cash/credit/Bpay on the segments between LAX and IAH, while still having it all under one ticket/reference number.

You will not be able to have a QFF award booking and an AA purchased ticket on the same ticket/reference number.

I do not think there is any issue in having 2 separate tickets. Most of us do it all the time. Call QF and link the AA booking to the QF award booking. Just make sure you leave enough time for the connecting flights. We can never predict how much connection time is enough due to delays and the minimum connection is a only a guide.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Congrats on winning the 100,000 points.

I guess the only problem is finding seats using points going to the USA.

 

[flyboysp]

Well done on being one of the few actual prize winners with the QF competitions.

I would not worry too much about your US flights being on the one ticket.


Dave

Thanks. I did not belive it until i saw it in print in The Australian.


Thanks for the clarifcation guys. I was interested becasue, i wanted to make sure i was covered/ be helped out, incase a flight was delayed as well as baggage and hand carry. I would plan to have at least 3 hours worth of time available while in transit through LAX.

 

[thadocta]

An AK sector is a passive confirmed sector, meaning it's been booked and ticketed in another PNR, and is just in there so the airline knows what they have booked; you can't fly on an AK sector, only a ticketeked HK sector.

To be honest, not sure its something i'd bother doing as I can't see any real benefit, but thats what it is none the less.

The real benefit is so that if your inbound flight is delayed the carrier knows which flight you are coming in on.

If, for example, you are booked CBR-SYD on one PNR, and then SYD-PER on another PNR, and you use OLCI, the airline will be looking for you when you fail to board the SYD-PER flight due to late running of the CBR-SYD flight. If they can see on your SYD-PER PNR that you are on an inbound flight, they can then make arrangements.

Likewise, with your onward flights, if your flight is delayed, they can see what you are connecting to and make alternative arrangements, if the fare type allows, that is.

Dave

 

[serfty]

You will not be able to have a QFF award booking and an AA purchased ticket on the same ticket/reference number. ...

Actually you can (by using the aforementioned AK or "Information" Sectors)!

Once all is booked, simply contact each of the carriers with details of the other carriers' flights and appropriate cnx segments will be inserted into the booking.

I did this last year when connecting from QF107 to a JFK-BOS flight (and back BOS-JFK then onto QF108).

You can them look them up on line using both Qantas.com and AA.com. (Note that any subsequent changes with one carrier may not appear on the others' web site.)