Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[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!