Oman Air seats now showing up as QF Classic Rewards

[RealtimeY]

Trying to redeem my way to Europe and just noticed that Oman Air (WY) partner awards are now showing up on the QF website. This opens up a lot of new possibilities on a great airline. Looking forward to when they formally join OW!

 

[Gold Member]

Trying to redeem my way to Europe and just noticed that Oman Air (WY) partner awards are now showing up on the QF website. This opens up a lot of new possibilities on a great airline. Looking forward to when they formally join OW!

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Qantas is charging $905 AUD in Carrier Charges and taxes on that combination. Why? Because they can.

By way of comparison, the direct BA service has a far more reasonable $294, while the KLM service via AMS charges a whopping $2,571! Nose bleed territory almost on par with Emirates.

 

[jase05]

That is very good news and the carrier charges wouldn’t stop me booking personally as they have a great J product
I’m rapidly running out of QF points though so hopefully they are bookable with Avios soon

 

[jrfsp]

Just wish they weren’t flying 737s on so many medium haul routes

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

Given the cash fares that can be had on some of these routes out of southeast Asia, you're really not getting great value out of 100,000 points with ~$1000+ surcharges each-way. And as just noted, a lot of these flights into Europe are moving to the 737... But horses for courses, I suppose.

 

[MELso]

Just wish they weren’t flying 737s on so many medium haul routes

Yeah - was just about to post that the KUL-MCT (and vv) route is often on a 737...

 

[DAC1]

Qantas is charging $905 AUD in Carrier Charges and taxes on that combination. Why? Because they can.

By way of comparison, the direct BA service has a far more reasonable $294, while the KLM service via AMS charges a whopping $2,571! Nose bleed territory almost on par with Emirates.

Doesn’t seem as bad on other routes. I found MCT-CGK in J for GBP 124 (and 75,000 points).

 

[ozflier]

Yeah - was just about to post that the KUL-MCT (and vv) route is often on a 737...

Great if OMan Air would start flying to Australia.

 

[Gold Member]

Great if OMan Air would start flying to Australia.

More carriers means more choice and more competition. Very much welcomed in my book.

And considering Qantas doesn’t seem to have major problems with Oman Air that I’m aware of other than competition, the Chairman’s Lounge (aka AUS Govt) should allow it if Oman Air sought access.

 

[jase05]

More carriers means more choice and more competition. Very much welcomed in my book.

And considering Qantas doesn’t seem to have major problems with Oman Air that I’m aware of other than competition, the Chairman’s Lounge (aka AUS Govt) should allow it if Oman Air sought access.

WY are still a pretty small airline so I doubt they venture down here anytime soon.
They are also best buddies with QR and probably in their sponsorship to join OW that they keep off their turf