Unless you have a reason to cancel earlier, you can wait for the airlines to cancel flights.... have a OWA trip booked for the end of this year ? Wondering what the general feel is on how long to wait before cancelling ...
Am I correct that if you can find an itinerary that meets the OW Classic Award criteria and can find availability using the QF multi-city booking tool, then it should automatically price the award as an OW Classic Award (i.e. 280,000 points per person for J) rather than as a series of separate awards? I've found a suitable itinerary for next year, but it's coming up as more than 310,000 points per person. I've never booked a OW Classic Award before, so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the correct points requirement just doesn't show up until you book?
Doh! That explains it, thanks!The number of points changed last year. See the title of the thread 318k for J
Am I correct that if you can find an itinerary that meets the OW Classic Award criteria and can find availability using the QF multi-city booking tool, then it should automatically price the award as an OW Classic Award (i.e. 280,000 points per person for J) rather than as a series of separate awards? I've found a suitable itinerary for next year, but it's coming up as more than 310,000 points per person. I've never booked a OW Classic Award before, so I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong, or if the correct points requirement just doesn't show up until you book?
Thanks for both of these. Very helpful.Gary, if you are still following.
There is an excellent summary in the Wiki, see section 14.5 . If you do not breach any of these rules, your award wil lock in as a OWA.
Here is an itinerary for 34,984 miles (Qantas figure may differ slightly):How to Fly Around the World with a Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward [Mega Guide]
Book a Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward to fly around the world with up to 5 stopovers from just 132,400 Qantas Frequent Flyer points!www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au
Singapore-London-Brisbane-San Francisco- Brisbane (+ notional/equivalent miles back to Singapore).
You would need to make additional arrangements outside of the OWA itinerary to get to Singapore to start the OWA and to commute between Brisbane and Melbourne.
Does anyone else have a OWA trip booked for the end of this year ? Wondering what the general feel is on how long to wait before cancelling
I'm booked in July n am not going to cancel, instead waiting for flights for next year to be released and will change entire booking. This is 'coz the booking was done before the points increase. I wouldn't bother until closer to..
You need to return within 12 months of your original ticketed departure date to retain the 280k?
No, the total ticket is based on the highest fare class. So in your example the points required jumps to 318k.Before I had to cancel this years OWA I was wondering something....let's say I book a OWA in economy. As it gets closer to my first leg (say SYD to LAX), am I able to use more points to upgrade just that first leg to business without it effecting the overall OWA economy booking?
Would they allow the upgrade (subject to availability of course), and would they just charge the necessary upgrade points and would the rest of the OWA in economy remain untouched and still capped at 132.4k points? I ask as I know if you book even one leg in a higher class the whole OWA gets ticketed at the points for the highest class.
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Individual flights are not upgradeable on a OWA, as such.Before I had to cancel this years OWA I was wondering something....let's say I book a OWA in economy. As it gets closer to my first leg (say SYD to LAX), am I able to use more points to upgrade just that first leg to business without it effecting the overall OWA economy booking?
Would they allow the upgrade (subject to availability of course), and would they just charge the necessary upgrade points and would the rest of the OWA in economy remain untouched and still capped at 132.4k points? I ask as I know if you book even one leg in a higher class the whole OWA gets ticketed at the points for the highest class.
I want to book flights from Lhasa to Chengdu early next year.
It is flown by China Eastern which i know is not part of OW but you can use qantas points to get award seats.
However, this forum is probably the best form of knowledge re booking award seats.
The QFF web based booking engine doesnt recognise the airport name Lhasa / LXA so I can't even try to check for award availability.
LXA Lhasa CN [ZULS]
CTU Chengdu CN [ZUUU]
MON 01 Jun 2020 | 1 Seat
Carrier Flight From Depart To Arrive St Award Availability
--------- ------ ---- -------- ---- -------- --- -- ------------------
MU 5826 LXA 12:45 CTU 14:55 0 CS+ YS+
MU 2440 LXA 17:30 XNN 19:40 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5654 XNN 20:25 CTU 22:20 0 CS- YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2302 XIY 17:10 INC 18:30 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 2296 INC 23:50 CTU 01:40 +1 0 CS+ YS+
MU 2334 LXA 12:25 XIY 15:20 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2302 XIY 17:10 INC 18:30 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 2296 INC 23:50 CTU 01:40 +1 0 CS+ YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 5724 XIY 17:35 KMG 19:55 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5855 KMG 21:15 CTU 22:50 0 CS- YS+
MU 2334 LXA 12:25 XIY 15:20 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 5724 XIY 17:35 KMG 19:55 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5855 KMG 21:15 CTU 22:50 0 CS- YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2161 XIY 16:00 SHA 18:15 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5415 SHA 19:20 CTU 22:35 0 CS+ YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2161 XIY 16:00 SHA 18:15 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5417 SHA 19:30 CTU 23:00 0 CS+ YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2161 XIY 16:00 SHA 18:15 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5419 SHA 20:00 CTU 23:30 0 CS- YS+
MU 9620 LXA 11:15 XIY 14:15 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2156 XIY 17:35 XNN 19:10 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5654 XNN 20:25 CTU 22:20 0 CS- YS+
MU 2334 LXA 12:25 XIY 15:20 0 CS- YS+
-> MU 2156 XIY 17:35 XNN 19:10 0 CS+ YS+
-> MU 5654 XNN 20:25 CTU 22:20 0 CS- YS+
Does anyone else have a OWA trip booked for the end of this year ?
Difficult question.I'm holding bookings for a family of six (many years of points savings, argh) for Sept/Oct this year (Canada/Germany/Perth). Daily consideration as to what will happen and whether the 6K+ taxes are better off in my offset account!
I am kinda in the same situation, see my post below. We managed to rebooked (I hope) without incurring extra points. But there’s difference in taxes. If qantas initiated the cancellation they are very lenient at the moment with changes.I’m posting this for the information of anyone who, like me, made a Qantas Classic oneworld J booking prior to the points increase in September last year. My husband and I were due to leave on June 1 on an extensive itinerary, including a three month stay in Toulouse to spend time with our son, and a daughter’s wedding in Tuscany in October (now postponed). The trip was to have lasted 9 months in total and took more than a year in the planning, including a number of posts on this forum late last year. My concern was that if I cancelled our trip, obviously when it becomes possible to take that trip, we would be up for the hefty increase in points from 280k to 318k each – a total of 76k points. That might not sound like a lot to others on this forum, but it’s quite an amount to us.
I have spoken to Celeste at Qantas’ Hobart office (why does Hobart seem to have the most experienced agents…) who, after consulting with a supervisory colleague, has advised me that my best way forward was to wait until the end of May and ring to rebook what I could of the trip for a date as far out as possible. This would take advantage of the current Qantas hold on charging for changes to award bookings and she advised that in all likelihood Qantas would have to continue to waive change fees for as long as they cannot provide flight coverage. The strategy would be to continue to ring and postpone by rebooking new dates for as long as it takes for flights to return to normal.
I honestly don’t know if this approach will work even with the current extraordinary Covid-19 circumstances. I’m guessing that we will end up having to find the extra miles and totally rebook. However, fortunately, we are retired and totally flexible in our dates (pending a new wedding date for the daughter..) and so we have nothing to lose by trying.
I would be interested if anyone else is in a similar position?