Captain Halliday
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If it’s pricing at 132.4K then something’s up.Hi all, I am starting to plan for an OWA commencing next year. This thread has so much valuable info - thanks to all the regular contributors!
I have done some dummy itineraries using the QANTAS online multi-city flight finder (what a dog of a system that is) and one caught my eye that surprisingly capped out at the 132.4k points. Planning to take a positioning flight and take as two separate holidays within the 12 months. Dummy booking was for:
[separate positioning flight to SIN]
SIN > HEL > LHR
LHR>BCN
[surface segment by rail back to LHR via Paris]
LHR>HKG>SYD
SYD>LAX
[separate ticketed flights within USA]
LAX>MEL
Total of the above is 34,338 miles on GCM, but after adding MEL > SIN to account for a return (assuming the system does this automatically without actually adding a flight?) the total comes to 38,082 miles.
I can get all the way to the 'Book' page after flights are selected and checked. Still showing as the 132.4k points + ~S$1k taxes. Will the system have a hissy fit when I try to pay, or is GCM's margin of error really ~10% and we trust the system?
I’m just not sure what!
The system should be checking for rule compliance in the background and if you break any of the rules the most common outcome is for the points required to keep climbing.
Your proposed routing is just over 38K miles, so I can’t figure why its capping out at 132.4K points.
You could just try booking it, but don’t get your hopes up.
If it tickets, happy days.
If not, you might have to rework your plans.
And welcome to AFF!