Oman Air Business - blocked on QFF?

[theothergatsby]

I’ve been trying to find flights on Oman Air using my Qantas points from Bangkok to Istanbul. When I search using Aeroplan it shows multiple award seats in business being available on several dates, such as 4 September. However, when I search the same flight on Qantas, there is no availability. This discrepancy appears across numerous dates and routes. In fact, I’ve been unable to find any Oman business available on qantas around that time.

Is anyone aware if Oman has started blocking QFF members from booking business?

 

[BriarFlyer]

Did you try multi-city? The flights do show up as Bangkok-Muscat +> Muscat-Istanbul although I didn't take this through to see if it's bookable. (Didn't want to remove the flights you may want from inventory, even temporarily.)

 

[Happy Trails]

I booked BKK-LHR J a few weeks ago for travel in June, but availability was very thin.

 

[p--and--t]

Im not expert by any means but usually find Multicity search tool is my friend for any sector not on QF metal and not originating in AU

 

[theothergatsby]

Thanks very much everyone, the multicity search worked! So odd that when I searched them as individual segments it wouldn’t show business, but as soon as a multicity it worked.

 

[nat000]

Can someone please advise why this booking isn't topping out at 318k for business class RTW award booking. My only guess is that it's using Oman air, and they are not officially One World yet (even though seats can be booked using QF points.)
I'd like to book this in about 6 weeks time for Jan 2026 travel. I wondering if I book now at 367k points, and re-book after Oman air joins in June. If that will sort out my problem.

per-kul-mct-fra-mct-kul-per 15678miles

PER-KUL(mh126) & KUL-MCT(wy822) & MCT-FRA (wy117) stop
FRA-MCT (wy118) stop
MCT-KUL (wy821) & KUL-PER(mh127) stop

 

[BriarFlyer]

You're correct. Until WY has officially joined OW you can't use their flights in building a OWA at a fixed points price. Note that this product is a OneWorld Award, not a RTW which is a different (cash) product.

I don't think you would be able to claim a refund of points paid once Oman Air joins One World. I imagine that carriers would need to be part of OneWorld at the time of booking.