Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[nickfromeastryde]

Does anyone have any insight on availability to SCL? Ideally from Melbourne and starting to look from May/June 2019

I'm seeing availability SYD-AKL-SCL (and frustratingly SYD-MEL-AKL-SCL) but nothing for MEL-SCL or MEL-AKL-SCL

route I'm looking at is the below:

syd-akl-scl
scl-mad
waw-doh
doh-icn
icn-kul-mel

for some reason this is erroring out before reaching the payment screen, anything obvious wrong here? length is ~30k miles including surface sectors

I would ring help desk. Earlier this year when trying to book LATAM flights had same issue on payment screen. Help desk advised known issue with LAN and that the flights weren't actually available. Quite helpful then looking for flights from her side

 

[flychrisfly]

Does anyone have any insight on availability to SCL? Ideally from Melbourne and starting to look from May/June 2019

I'm seeing availability SYD-AKL-SCL (and frustratingly SYD-MEL-AKL-SCL) but nothing for MEL-SCL or MEL-AKL-SCL

route I'm looking at is the below:

syd-akl-scl
scl-mad
waw-doh
doh-icn
icn-kul-mel

for some reason this is erroring out before reaching the payment screen, anything obvious wrong here? length is ~30k miles including surface sectors

Hard to comment with so little detail. Please provide dates and airlines even if they seem pretty obvious.

 

[kylebb]

Hard to comment with so little detail. Please provide dates and airlines even if they seem pretty obvious.

Fair point - dates are flexible. Below sample itinerary gives the error "We could not find fare for the requested itinerary (5685 UI)".

LA800 - 7 may SYD-SCL
IB6830 - 13 May SCL-MAD
QR260 - 8 June WAW-DOH
QR858 - 13 June DOH-ICN
CX411 & CX111 - 17 June ICN-HKG-SYD

 

[flychrisfly]

Fair point - dates are flexible. Below sample itinerary gives the error "We could not find fare for the requested itinerary (5685 UI)".

LA800 - 7 may SYD-SCL
IB6830 - 13 May SCL-MAD
QR260 - 8 June WAW-DOH
QR858 - 13 June DOH-ICN
CX411 & CX111 - 17 June ICN-HKG-SYD

Ahhh that's better Did you sign in and select the classic award option, as it sounds like you may be looking at a cash ticket? And if so did you see the points balance required ticking up with each flight you selected?
If you did select a classic award then I'd be grabbing those SYD-SCL seats now!

 

[kylebb]

Ahhh that's better Did you sign in and select the classic award option, as it sounds like you may be looking at a cash ticket? And if so did you see the points balance required ticking up with each flight you selected?
If you did select a classic award then I'd be grabbing those SYD-SCL seats now!

Classic rewards - there is a few days of availability that week for SYD-SCL (Currently Gold for what it's worth).

Award was correctly priced as 280k. I'll follow up with Qantas if nothing looks egregiously wrong with the route

 

[shockrave]

I am hoping someone can help - I keep getting this error message:

• Up to DATA(LIMIT) flight interruptions (ground transportation between one arriving city and the next departing city) can be defined in your itinerary. Please modify and resubmit your request.(#7122)

My itinerary is as follows

1. MEL - LAX 20 Apr 19
2. JFK - KEF 1 May 19
3. ARN - AMM 10 May 19
4. AMM - ATH 16 May 19
5. CDG - DOH 19 Jun 19
6. DOH - MEL 21 Jun 19

Any ideas what I did wrong? I have mapped out every surface and it is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have even added every single transit into the calculation and is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have tried calling the helpline - but it's an hour plus expected wait ...


Thanks all

 

[Aussiejosh]

I am hoping someone can help - I keep getting this error message:

• Up to DATA(LIMIT) flight interruptions (ground transportation between one arriving city and the next departing city) can be defined in your itinerary. Please modify and resubmit your request.(#7122)

My itinerary is as follows

1. MEL - LAX 20 Apr 19
2. JFK - KEF 1 May 19
3. ARN - AMM 10 May 19
4. AMM - ATH 16 May 19
5. CDG - DOH 19 Jun 19
6. DOH - MEL 21 Jun 19

Any ideas what I did wrong? I have mapped out every surface and it is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have even added every single transit into the calculation and is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have tried calling the helpline - but it's an hour plus expected wait ...


Thanks all

I've tried a few ways and can't get it to work. If I add everything but JFK - KEF it works. But then I can get the legs from MEL - ATH working but as soon as I put in CDG it doesn't work.

Best bet is to call and get them to waive the booking fee.

 

[k_sheep]

I should start planning my 280k trip I guess! Have managed to save enough points for the 2 of us.

I have no where in particular to "go", so chasing inspiration ... what are some of the best value places you can get to on these tickets? Obviously it's easy to get to LHR a dozen or more ways, I guess I'm looking at places off the usual lines which would cost too much to pay $$ for.

 

[Aussiejosh]

I should start planning my 280k trip I guess! Have managed to save enough points for the 2 of us.

I have no where in particular to "go", so chasing inspiration ... what are some of the best value places you can get to on these tickets? Obviously it's easy to get to LHR a dozen or more ways, I guess I'm looking at places off the usual lines which would cost too much to pay $$ for.

Have a look at the wiki above and work out what airlines have low fuel surcharges (Cathay, LATAM, JAL, AA) to save extra money. South America, Central America, Caribbeans are all excellent value.

Use the following interactive map to work out where you can fly to/from: oneworld Online Timetable

 

[flychrisfly]

I am hoping someone can help - I keep getting this error message:

• Up to DATA(LIMIT) flight interruptions (ground transportation between one arriving city and the next departing city) can be defined in your itinerary. Please modify and resubmit your request.(#7122)

My itinerary is as follows

1. MEL - LAX 20 Apr 19
2. JFK - KEF 1 May 19
3. ARN - AMM 10 May 19
4. AMM - ATH 16 May 19
5. CDG - DOH 19 Jun 19
6. DOH - MEL 21 Jun 19

Any ideas what I did wrong? I have mapped out every surface and it is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have even added every single transit into the calculation and is still below 35K miles


Great Circle Mapper


I have tried calling the helpline - but it's an hour plus expected wait ...


Thanks all

What airlines?

 

[Aussiejosh]

What airlines?

It's when you search for it before selecting flights. So it's causing the error from the general search

 

[Aussiejosh]

I've noticed that Cathay have no availability in or out of Australia after the 18th of June 2019. Been keeping on it the last couple of days in case they have changed the release dates but still none showing after the 18th.

Anyone got any idea why? Usually Cathay is 360 days out.

 

[flychrisfly]

It's when you search for it before selecting flights. So it's causing the error from the general search

I'm out of ideas

 

[exceladdict]

I'm out of ideas

In the recent CX award changes did they change the dates at which seats are released for different types of bookings, with only their most expensive awards available the furthest outs (equivalent of ASAs?)

 

[hanrahs]

In the recent CX award changes did they change the dates at which seats are released for different types of bookings, with only their most expensive awards available the furthest outs (equivalent of ASAs?)

I don't think so, the day they came back online we were able to book 360 days in advance for the first legs of our 280k award tickets

 

[Aussiejosh]

Been having a play around and seems that you can book a Thru fare (eg Perth - Tokyo - transiting in Hong Kong) there is availability for all legs. Yet if you just search Perth - Hong Kong there is no availability.

 

[hanrahs]

And that may explain ours as we booked PER-HKG-NRT

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

Been having a play around and seems that you can book a Thru fare (eg Perth - Tokyo - transiting in Hong Kong) there is availability for all legs. Yet if you just search Perth - Hong Kong there is no availability.

The dreaded Married Segments...

 

[Aussiejosh]

Another thing I have noticed. Seems that there are no AA premium awards available on Qantas. I've looked at multiple routes (Eg JFK - MIA) which there have been plenty in the past and there are now none.

Anyone got an idea if this is temporary or something new that has come in?

Getting really frustrating when trying to plan my RTW

 

[Jacques Vert]

Another thing I have noticed. Seems that there are no AA premium awards available on Qantas. I've looked at multiple routes (Eg JFK - MIA) which there have been plenty in the past and there are now none.

Anyone got an idea if this is temporary or something new that has come in?

Getting really frustrating when trying to plan my RTW

Yep, AA premium seats are not currently showing on QF or BA websites. You'll need to call to confirm availability and hopefully get a helpful agent.