Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[NM]

there’s a list of abbreviations somewhere here on AFF, I don’t know where it is, but someone usually posts a link to it

See my previous post. Bottom of every page is Forum Help, and in there is the Abbreviations & Explanations page.

 

[shankoz]

Hi thanks a lot for that detailed PER itinerary, that sounds like a pretty good compromise if the ME routes are not covered by OW partners anymore. Quite circuitous indeed, but at least I dont have to go through LON route, and Ive never been to Scandinavia region so also a little bonus!

Out of interest, how early did you book to get your classic reward flight/s for that itinerary?

No problem - and welcome to AFF (as you can see by my post count I'm relatively new myself!)

I booked about 12 months out. Was fortunate enough to find a PER-HKG leg for two so grabbed it and then built the itinerary from there. Helsinki is a pretty good airport to transit through - not overly flashy and staff are friendly.

One stop perhaps but RJ often has some availability and WY are joining soon and have pretty good availability ex a number of Asian ports

Ah yes you're right, completely forgot RJ. Haven't yet flown them (or WY for that matter)

 

[Nfrequentflyer]

These are the common booking codes used for economy (Y) and business class (J) for fares.

At the bottom of every AFF forum page there is a link to Forum Help. In that link there is another link to Abbreviations & Explanations where you will find some explanations of some of the jargon we use at AFF.

Thanks for the info source!

 

[sap1l]

I had some MH flights drop off a OWA due to a schedule change, which I thought only involved ticket revalidation and not reissue (and thus existing reward seats shouldn't have dropped off).

Of course this happens during a period of heavy load for the call centers, and to be fair, I think it's more important for them to deal with the cyclone-affected flights atm.

I've emailed the rewards email to see if they can get MH to re-release those seats. I'm not too worried as I can probably convince QF to release their own award seats in lieu of the dropped MH flights.

The question I have is: does anyone know when a ticket revalidation vs reissue occurs? I swear that previous schedule changes have not resulted in a new e-ticket, but maybe I'm hallucinating...

 

[There'sOnlyOneJimmy]

I've emailed the rewards email to see if they can get MH to re-release those seats. I'm not too worried as I can probably convince QF to release their own award seats in lieu of the dropped MH flights.

I admire your optimism…
Best of luck

 

[Warragul]

The question I have is: does anyone know when a ticket revalidation vs reissue occurs? I swear that previous schedule changes have not resulted in a new e-ticket, but maybe I'm hallucinating...

This could be of interest.

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnec.../fares-and-ticketing/ticket-revalidation.html

 

[sap1l]

This could be of interest.

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnec.../fares-and-ticketing/ticket-revalidation.html

That aligns with what I was thinking:

When there has been a schedule change to a Qantas operated and marketed flight and the airline designator, routing and booking class is not changing.

There was a schedule change to a QF operated and marked flight, and the airline code, routing, or booking class did not change.

So that should have been a revalidation, which means that flights should not have been at risk of dropping.