Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[Nizar]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Guys is it possible for QF to increase the cost of these 140/280/420k awards ?

 

[burmans]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Guys is it possible for QF to increase the cost of these 140/280/420k awards ?

Yes (unfortunately I had to enter more than just Yes to get my posting approved)

 

[Nizar]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Yes (unfortunately I had to enter more than just Yes to get my posting approved)

Damn it, do you think it will happen ? And when ?

I will have enough for 2x140k awards in less than a year from now. Was considering saving further to get 2x J tickets but that might take too long. Might just focus on getting to WP so I can least use decent lounges whilst overseas.

Then it will be adios to QF. Get a status match, get new credit cards and away we go.

 

[deejo77]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

I have 4x140RTW sitting in my account - just can't afford to take the 4 of us for 6wks to Europe at present and was looking at October next year but thinking of pulling the trigger if QFF "enhance" the program to the point of forcing me to another airline.

 

[Flashback]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Damn it, do you think it will happen ? And when ?

I will have enough for 2x140k awards in less than a year from now. Was considering saving further to get 2x J tickets but that might take too long. Might just focus on getting to WP so I can least use decent lounges whilst overseas.

Then it will be adios to QF. Get a status match, get new credit cards and away we go.

It will happen on November 31, we have it on good authority from Qantas.

 

[Nizar]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

It will happen on November 31, we have it on good authority from Qantas.

Time to start a new thread perhaps lol :mrgreen:

 

[vetrade]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

It will happen on November 31, we have it on good authority from Qantas.

Can you give us any info on what the changes will be Flashback?

 

[N860CR]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Just managed to book:

SYD-MEL-SIN(24 hours)-BKK-CMBx-BKK(18 hours)-AMM-CAIx-AMM(24 Hours)-FCOx(own arrangements to AMS)-AMS-LCY-JFKx(BA1)-HKG-ICNx-HKG-SYD

All in J, mainly on CX and RJ.

Generally pretty happy with the ticket. Took a lot of work to get it happening, but it worked out quite well. The online booking engine couldn't handle it however a very helpful lady in MEL worked me through it this evening.

Probably my last OneWorld award... they're getting a bit hard to work with!

 

[Isochronous]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

It will happen on November 31, we have it on good authority from Qantas.

Where is the evidence for this?

 

[Flashback]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Where is the evidence for this?

The evidence is in the date.

 

[Nizar]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Just managed to book:

SYD-MEL-SIN(24 hours)-BKK-CMBx-BKK(18 hours)-AMM-CAIx-AMM(24 Hours)-FCOx(own arrangements to AMS)-AMS-LCY-JFKx(BA1)-HKG-ICNx-HKG-SYD

All in J, mainly on CX and RJ.

Generally pretty happy with the ticket. Took a lot of work to get it happening, but it worked out quite well. The online booking engine couldn't handle it however a very helpful lady in MEL worked me through it this evening.

Probably my last OneWorld award... they're getting a bit hard to work with!

How much did it cost you in points and $ ?
Cheers

 

[benz]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Try getting a free community account at awardnexus It will search for you.

I got a BA account with a UK address but I thought now that their alliance with Qantas had ended that they were taking Australian signups?

Dale.

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hanks Dale thats great, have signed up to awardnexus & started searching. If i do a One World search using Qantas i get the same result as the QFF website (i.e. options for AKL-SCL but nothing SCL-GRU) doing the same search with BA i get nothing for AKL-SCL but lots of options (albeit with lines struck through them) for SCL-GRU. So reading between the two sets of results it appears it is possible! Appreciate your help (& yeah i thought it bizarre BA would turn away a new FF member, so much for the worlds global airline!)

Cheers Ben

 

[N860CR]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

How much did it cost you in points and $ ?
Cheers

I'll let you guess how many points it was given the topic of this thread....

Taxes haven't processed yet however the lady on the phone said about $1300 (can't remember the exact figure... $1320 or so per person).

 

[DontGetMeStarted]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Hi All Have spent all day searching for flights for March/April next year and have come up with the below, all J except Wash-JFK in Y and @280K points pp. If any of the experts could now help me with seating on these flights I would be grateful, Our daughter lives in the UK so no options there and will wear the taxes of $2742.00, just glad we are able to book this online, we will be Plat in the next month, does that give us access to first class lounges on this trip ? Any other tips ? Cheers

MEL/DUBAI/LHR A380 QF9/QF1
LHR/MILAN A319 BA588
ROME via LHR – Washington A319 BA549
Washington – JFK AA3230
JFK-Hong Kong 777 CX 831
HK-MEL (VIA Sydney) A330 and 737 CX101/QF435 -

 

[vetrade]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Hi All Have spent all day searching for flights for March/April next year and have come up with the below, all J except Wash-JFK in Y and @280K points pp. If any of the experts could now help me with seating on these flights I would be grateful, Our daughter lives in the UK so no options there and will wear the taxes of $2742.00, just glad we are able to book this online, we will be Plat in the next month, does that give us access to first class lounges on this trip ? Any other tips ? Cheers

MEL/DUBAI/LHR A380 QF9/QF1
LHR/MILAN A319 BA588
ROME via LHR – Washington A319 BA549
Washington – JFK AA3230
JFK-Hong Kong 777 CX 831
HK-MEL (VIA Sydney) A330 and 737 CX101/QF435 -

At seatguru.com and seatexpert.com (both very easy to use) you will find free info on the seat maps for your carriers/flights. Once you have actually booked your tickets and have your PNR (booking reference no.) you will be able to check which seats are available on some of your flights. On QF flights you will be able to select seats straight away through "my bookings". BA flights use the same PNR but to select seats now you need to pay ($33/pax/segments, I think it is) via their website - otherwise you can select seats for free when you check-in 24hrs before. You may not bother paying for these since your BA segments are relatively short and I don't think any seats on your BA segments are significantly better or worse than others.

An inconvenient fact about using the seat selection in QF "my bookings" is that for most non-QF flights you only get a choice of aisle or window and the system allocates the actual seat numbers (or no seat numbers in the case of BA). In my experience it is not uncommon for the seats you get allocated to not be together. That means you will probably want to change those allocated seats via the individual airline websites.

AA uses a different booking system to QF, BA and CX so you will need to get their own PNR for your AA segments. If you put your QF booking reference into checkmytrip.com it will produce your itinerary which will include the AA booking reference under "Airline Confirmation Numbers". You can then login to the aa.com website (don't let them redirect you to the aa.com.au website) and select seats through their "my bookings" facility.

You can select CX seats no more than 180 days from your flight using your QF PNR.

 

[Nizar]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Hi,

Any ideas how I can fit two trips into a RTW if I want to do a Europe trip and then a USA trip later on the same year.

For example something like
MEL-HKG(stop)-CDG(stop)-KUL-SYD(stop)-LAX(stop)-MEL

With the HK/Europe trip to last like six weeks the stop in Sydney (actually MEL) to last like nine months and then a four week trip to the US.

However the above itinerary is out by like 1600miles.

I suppose I could do something like
MEL-HKG-CDG-KUL-HKG-LAX-MEL

And make the first HKG a transit and the second one being a "9 month stay" in which I will get back to MEL and return a week or so before my MEL-HKG flight ?

 

[DontGetMeStarted]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

At seatguru.com and seatexpert.com (both very easy to use) you will find free info on the seat maps for your carriers/flights. Once you have actually booked your tickets and have your PNR (booking reference no.) you will be able to check which seats are available on some of your flights. On QF flights you will be able to select seats straight away through "my bookings". BA flights use the same PNR but to select seats now you need to pay ($33/pax/segments, I think it is) via their website - otherwise you can select seats for free when you check-in 24hrs before. You may not bother paying for these since your BA segments are relatively short and I don't think any seats on your BA segments are significantly better or worse than others.

An inconvenient fact about using the seat selection in QF "my bookings" is that for most non-QF flights you only get a choice of aisle or window and the system allocates the actual seat numbers (or no seat numbers in the case of BA). In my experience it is not uncommon for the seats you get allocated to not be together. That means you will probably want to change those allocated seats via the individual airline websites.

AA uses a different booking system to QF, BA and CX so you will need to get their own PNR for your AA segments. If you put your QF booking reference into checkmytrip.com it will produce your itinerary which will include the AA booking reference under "Airline Confirmation Numbers". You can then login to the aa.com website (don't let them redirect you to the aa.com.au website) and select seats through their "my bookings" facility.

You can select CX seats no more than 180 days from your flight using your QF PNR.

Thanks so much for the above...any ideas on lounge access for Platinums during this trip ?

 

[vetrade]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Thanks so much for the above...any ideas on lounge access for Platinums during this trip ?

Someone else better give you the specific details about F lounge access, Noreen, b'cos I'm not Platinum. I can tell you that even without status you would have access to good Galleries J lounges in LHR and several CX J lounges in HKG - no idea what they're like in Rome or what CX has at JFK. Generally the AA Admiral's Club lounges are average - you have to pay for food & drinks in at least some of them. Lots of info on this forum about lounges - suggest you do a search for previous posts.

 

[codash1099]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

I'm looking at a J classic RTW award (or JASA??) ex PER for November. Rough routing (open to variation to fir flight availability) is PER-CDG-JFK, YVR-HKG-PER.

QF seem to be very cunning in that, for award flights, there appear to be no code share EK flights. All appear to be bookable only as an EK flight number, which effectively means that a OW award is not possible. Am I correct in this assumption?

Of course there may be CX J seats available but the new QF site makes it very difficult and time consuming to find this out. You essentially need to restart the booking process for each departure date you select.

 

[DontGetMeStarted]

re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

Someone else better give you the specific details about F lounge access, Noreen, b'cos I'm not Platinum. I can tell you that even without status you would have access to good Galleries J lounges in LHR and several CX J lounges in HKG - no idea what they're like in Rome or what CX has at JFK. Generally the AA Admiral's Club lounges are average - you have to pay for food & drinks in at least some of them. Lots of info on this forum about lounges - suggest you do a search for previous posts.

Thanks again, have looked at Seat Guru and will get on to the lounge access too