Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[KingHuang]

Would anyone happen to have an example of a few status credits earnt (or some good paths) as a result of flying with awards as a PC/PC+ member?

 

[Sainter]

I've tried to research this as much as I could but seem to get varying answers to similar problems. If the start of my OWA is SYD > HKG (CX) HKG > HEL > FCO (AY) all on the same day, but want to change my premium economy cathay leg to a business MEL > HKG leg, is this going to be a simple 5,000 points per passenger change or do I risk losing everything as the other legs go back into the reward seat pool temporarily?

 

[Kangol]

Would anyone happen to have an example of a few status credits earnt (or some good paths) as a result of flying with awards as a PC/PC+ member?

Classic Flight Reward tables | Qantas Frequent Flyer

See how many Status Credits you’ll earn on Qantas marketed Classic Flight Rewards as a member of Points Club or Points Club Plus.

www.qantas.com

SYD-LHR, 126 SC in F
LAX-MEL, 81 SC in F

 

[pyramidforce]

I've tried to research this as much as I could but seem to get varying answers to similar problems. If the start of my OWA is SYD > HKG (CX) HKG > HEL > FCO (AY) all on the same day, but want to change my premium economy cathay leg to a business MEL > HKG leg, is this going to be a simple 5,000 points per passenger change or do I risk losing everything as the other legs go back into the reward seat pool temporarily?

At the risk of sounding like a negative nancy, if you make any change at any time to your qantas OWA there is a risk you will lose everything because QF agents are intentionally undertrained and therefore likely to make a mistake that nukes everything. Then again, reward ticketing escalations may or may not be able to help you and there dont seem to be as many complaints posted recently compared to before, so YMMV.

Even If everything works the way it does work, it is unlikely that it will be a 5k change. Because your highest class of travel is now J intead of premium Y, the price will recalculate to use the lower of individual segments added together vs 318k cap for J, and the agent may need more than 5k points to make up the difference.

 

[djkelly69]

an example of a few status credits earnt

SYD-LAX or LAX-SYD in J, 72SC.

I assume you are aware you will only earn them on QF metal?

 

[elanshin]

Just a sanity check before i go requesting/amending my current flights.

KUL- SIN (MH) - HND (JL) Stop 1
HND - SYD (QF) Stop 2
SYD - BKK (QF) Stop 3
BKK - (SYD/HKG -QF/CX) - MEL (QF/CX) Stop 4
MEL - HKG (QF/CX) - LHR (CX) Stop 5
HEL - SIN (AY) END.

Couple of flexible time / WP requests on QF needed hence not certain on exact routing back from BKK and going fro MEL - HKG.

 

[elanshin]

Would anyone happen to have an example of a few status credits earnt (or some good paths) as a result of flying with awards as a PC/PC+ member?

Run around domestically a lot? You could in theory go from PER to SIN via MEL, BNE, DRW all in one leg for example.

 

[nickfromeastryde]

I've tried to research this as much as I could but seem to get varying answers to similar problems. If the start of my OWA is SYD > HKG (CX) HKG > HEL > FCO (AY) all on the same day, but want to change my premium economy cathay leg to a business MEL > HKG leg, is this going to be a simple 5,000 points per passenger change or do I risk losing everything as the other legs go back into the reward seat pool temporarily?

I've booked 2 OWA's for next year and phoned through 3 times to add additional flights across those bookings. Have received my e-Ticket within 30 minutes every time. I did have to HUACA a few times as some operators had no idea when making these changes. Not sure if I have just been lucky but it does appear that Qantas have improved something in their backend processing. Not once did I manage to talk to Hobart so it seems that the standard across the other call centres is perhaps improving. Certainly takes a lot of the stress away not having to worry about losing a previously confirmed flight.

 

[sap1l]

Just a sanity check before i go requesting/amending my current flights.

KUL- SIN (MH) - HND (JL) Stop 1
HND - SYD (QF) Stop 2
SYD - BKK (QF) Stop 3
BKK - (SYD/HKG -QF/CX) - MEL (QF/CX) Stop 4
MEL - HKG (QF/CX) - LHR (CX) Stop 5
HEL - SIN (AY) END.

Couple of flexible time / WP requests on QF needed hence not certain on exact routing back from BKK and going fro MEL - HKG.

The routing looks fine to me. Depending on the actual route you get though, it barely hits 36k miles on GCM. So you may have issues.

e.g. if you do BKK-HKG-MEL, it’s 36,291 miles on GCM.

 

[elanshin]

The routing looks fine to me. Depending on the actual route you get though, it barely hits 36k miles on GCM. So you may have issues.

e.g. if you do BKK-HKG-MEL, it’s 36,291 miles on GCM.

Oh thanks i knee something didn't look quite right this time vs when i first looked into this trip.

Had GCM on nautical miles instead of miles. (For nm it comes out to 31k )

 

[sap1l]

Had GCM on nautical miles instead of miles. (For nm it comes out to 31k )

I wish the limit was 35k nm!

 

[elanshin]

We can't use FJ yet for OWA right?

 

[sap1l]

We can't use FJ yet for OWA right?

Nope, still not a full member yet.

 

[frodo]

I received an email from Finnair about a schedule change for my OWA. It's a 5 minute change but asks me to accept the changes in the Finnair MMB.

No correspondence from QF about this change. Will accepting the change in the finnair MMB affect the booking at all, and what if I decide to ignore it instead?

 

[sap1l]

I received an email from Finnair about a schedule change for my OWA. It's a 5 minute change but asks me to accept the changes in the Finnair MMB.

No correspondence from QF about this change. Will accepting the change in the finnair MMB affect the booking at all, and what if I decide to ignore it instead?

I’ve had the same 5 minute change, but I also got an email from QF for the same change.

I ignored both emails, and never got issued a new e-ticket until a few weeks later when I made separate changes.

Sorry it’s not exactly your situation, but I think you’ll be fine to either ignore or accept the changes on Finnair MMB.

 

[Amanad78]

We received an email from Finn Air for a 20 min change. Accepted the change, also received an email from Qantas with a new e-ticket

 

[smiliemonster]

I received an email from Finnair about a schedule change for my OWA. It's a 5 minute change but asks me to accept the changes in the Finnair MMB.

No correspondence from QF about this change. Will accepting the change in the finnair MMB affect the booking at all, and what if I decide to ignore it instead?

I've done this several times and accepted the change via the MMB link in the email from Finnair. They then issue a new (Qantas) ticket - i.e the ticket number starts with 081. Sometimes I get an updated ticket/notification from Qantas too, sometimes I don't. I think it depends on the itinerary.

 

[KingHuang]

Hey guys - would it be possible to book 6 flights via the multicity tool first, then add another 2 legs over the phone on the same PNR to finish the trip? Or is there a way to get around this and book it all online?

Also would the below be an acceptable way to maximise the itinerary, or are there improvements to this?

SYD > HKG (Qantas)
HK > HEL (AY)
HEL > FCO (AY)
FCO > LHR (BA)
LHR > ATH (BA)
ATH > CDG (IB)
CDG > BKK/Haneda (JAL)
BKK/Haneda > SYD (JAL)

 

[Captain Halliday]

would it be possible to book 6 flights via the multicity tool first, then add another 2 legs over the phone on the same PNR to finish the trip?

Yes. However, this would likely incur a change fee for adding the additional flights.

If you can’t get all the flights via multi-city in one go, you may be better off booking the whole thing by phone. They generally waive the phone service fee when the routing is too complex, or too long, for the multi city tool.

would the below be an acceptable way to maximise the itinerary, or are there improvements to this?

If you’re wanting to visit those locations it looks like a good trip, but from the perspective of best use of the redemption its hard to say as you’ve not indicated which are transits and which are stopovers.

The way you’ve set it out looks like seven stopovers and I’m guessing that’s not your intention, nor would it be valid.

But if you can make six of the sectors work via multi city then well done. That’s an achievement in itself.

 

[KingHuang]

Yes. However, this would likely incur a change fee for adding the additional flights.

If you can’t get all the flights via multi-city in one go, you may be better off booking the whole thing by phone. They generally waive the phone service fee when the routing is too complex, or too long, for the multi city tool.

If you’re wanting to visit those locations it looks like a good trip, but from the perspective of best use of the redemption its hard to say as you’ve not indicated which are transits and which are stopovers.

The way you’ve set it out looks like seven stopovers and I’m guessing that’s not your intention, nor would it be valid.

But if you can make six of the sectors work via multi city then well done. That’s an achievement in itself.

I redid it a little bit to the below to try avoiding it booking over the phone - it adds up all the points to 318k (I haven't gone ahead and booked yet though)

SYD> HKG (QF) Stopover
HKG> HEL (AY) Stopover
HEL > FCO (AY) Stopover/surface sector?
LHR > CDG (BA) Stopover
CDG > HND (JL) Stopover
NRT > SYD (JL + QF) Finish

Based on the above it is 5 stopovers plus a surface sector between FCO and LHR (which i want to go to athens separately, would this work? I hope I also got the term surfance sector correct haha)

If it all adds up correctly and is just bit over $1k to pay in cash, would that be ok to then proceed with the booking?

Ya i was quite happy about it!! feeling super proud after studying for like 15-20 hours over the last few weeks and watched the webinar recording!