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.

 

[nat000]

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.

Thank you very much for your reply. Ouch waiting another 5 months to book would be difficult getting 2 business seats after the release.
Another thing I thought that was causing the problem was that there in no QF flights in the booking. Does there need to be ?
Thanks for clarify the RTW statement.

 

[muppet]

Do you think you could book it now at the high price, then make a minor change post WY joining OneWorld to trigger a re-price. All retickets result in a refund and fresh deduction of points in my experience.

Edit: and of course with QF you have the joy of risking losing the lot during the re-ticketing process.

 

[BriarFlyer]

Another thing I thought that was causing the problem was that there in no QF flights in the booking. Does there need to be ?

No, you don't need a QF flight to validate a OWA. You just need to include 2 different OneWorld carriers other than Qantas.

 

[nat000]

Do you think you could book it now at the high price, then make a minor change post WY joining OneWorld to trigger a re-price. All retickets result in a refund and fresh deduction of points in my experience.

Edit: and of course with QF you have the joy of risking losing the lot during the re-ticketing process.

That's what I was thinking. I'm hoping to alter the ticket anyway and add more flights to max out the 15000 miles for flights 9 months after the first trip.
There's no Qatar flights in the booking, so that helps things going wrong (like my last one). That was a huge headache, losing my Qatar flights 1 week before the big trip.

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No, you don't need a QF flight to validate a OWA. You just need to include 2 different OneWorld carriers other than Qantas.

cool. thanks again for your response.