And good luck with that. Some CSOs may be more proactive than others. I know that QF may request, however ......Surely it is QFs problem to "get back" the original flights if they're lost due to their stuff up though?
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And good luck with that. Some CSOs may be more proactive than others. I know that QF may request, however ......Surely it is QFs problem to "get back" the original flights if they're lost due to their stuff up though?
Good luck getting QF to admit they stuffed up.Surely it is QFs problem to "get back" the original flights if they're lost due to their stuff up though?
Surely it is QFs problem to "get back" the original flights if they're lost due to their stuff up though?
I have had numerous changes to oneworld award itineraries over the past two years. Too many QF glitches to recall in detail. Changes may be “walked through” if you get the right CSO. Without the updated eticket, what do I have?... The JL sector was added at ~1020 yesterday when seats were released. The assured me she would keep an eye to make sure it tickets.
I waited longer than I should have because things became busy. I called again around 0800 today. The agent told me “it should have been ticketed straight away with JL in there”... before assuring me she would fix it an have the ticket issued.
... Waiting... waiting.
The JL sector was added at ~1020 yesterday when seats were released.
This is why my concern.If it's a newly added JL segment where this segment has never been ticketed you would have months to issue a ticket assuming travel is ages away. My warning is specific to reissues where the segment was previously already ticketed - this is where you only get 1 hour.
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Idea was to get on QR2 for QSuites.Why not DUB-DOH and skip backtracking to LHR?
I have first hand experience in losing the original flights booked using QF points for flights booked with EK (F), MU (dom J) and QR (F). The EK and MU flights seem to come back without any issue. The QR flight was a little more problematic as I had changed from J to F over the phone and the agent advised that QF had to request the F seats from QR, which was approved within 24 hours. This is when the issues started, the QF agent had miscalculated both the additional points and taxes and I was only willing to pay in points and taxes that had been advised. Within a day or so both the original J bookings were gone as QR had replaced these with F, then the F bookings were lost as QF did not ticket within QRs timeframe. Long story short, after 2-3 weeks of back and forth with QF and QF going back and listening to the call records they acknowledged that the agent had made an error and I would only be required to pay the points and taxes difference as originally advised by the agent and they (QF) would sort this out. Sure enough within a few days the trip was ticketed in QR (F). To this day I have no idea of how QF sorted this out be it direct with QR or via OW and to be honest never really gave it a second thought. On all 3 occasions I do suspect that having P1 status may have helped.Surely it is QFs problem to "get back" the original flights if they're lost due to their stuff up though?
Keep that screenshot handy somewhere for future reference..
Interesting strategy. I'd thought of doing this also, but I'm not confident I understand the rules well enough w.r.t modifying bookings for no penalty. Are "unlimited" changes allowed, or is only the first change penalty free?As I see it, I only need to book the cheapest one way classic reward booking to/from anywhere prior to 30 Apr and then as the international legs become available I can change the original booking and add in sectors as required. This can be rinsed and repeated through to 31 Jan 22 which means I will be able to book well into 2023.
I had discussed options with the VIP team a couple of weeks back before the latest announcement and again post announcement. The advice I was given is that unlimited changes are now available for all red-deals, previously only the first change was for free.Interesting strategy. I'd thought of doing this also, but I'm not confident I understand the rules well enough w.r.t modifying bookings for no penalty. Are "unlimited" changes allowed, or is only the first change penalty free?
Are these two different use cases?I had discussed options with the VIP team a couple of weeks back before the latest announcement and again post announcement. The advice I was given is that unlimited changes are available of all red-deals, this was previously only the first. When discussing rewards I was advised that I could change as many times as I want without fees up until 31 Jan 22. I was open with the agent and informed her why I was asking about change waivers adding in sectors and what I was looking to achieve and was advised I will be charged fees.
So, is it will, or will not, be charged fees? There’s two different versions of the post quoted. Am I reading this right?...and was advised that I will not be charged fees ..