Paying to upgrade work ticket

[yohy?!]

Hoping for some advice on how best to do this...

-work will reimburse a one-way economy fare to Hong Kong for relocation
-need to use a QF gift voucher for double status credits promo
-hoping to book a flex fee then pay to buy up to PE
-would like to avoid call centre service fees for doing a change to the ticket (doesn't seem to be possible online)

Appreciate any advice

 

[Steady]

Can you turn the flexible whY ticket into a credit and then rebook?

 

[NZflygirl]

I've done this a few times on QF - book flight online, it gets ticketed quickly - send that onto work, and with qantas policy on same day changes costing no extra I then call up and ask to pay up to the next cabin and pay with my own card. No charges, easily done. I've done it when there hasn't been much of a difference paying up to J and I feel I need some comfort from the east coast which is infrequent or some DSC thing e.g. xmas flying and stuck with a flex fare for work and ~ $200 to pay to J with 80sc instead of 55sc? or something.

I have never used the vouchers so not sure how to work that into it as I'm guessing it doesn't ticket with the full fare work will reimburse. If no one here could help could you call QF and ask for advice before making the booking online? I realise all agents are not created the same. Would be nice to use it on the portion you pay for the upgrade but no idea if that is possible.

Let us know how it goes. I'm thinking hard about buying some of those xmas vouchers for bonus points instead. Need to read the rules though.

 

[Deleted member]

I'm guessing you need to use the Magic voucher up front. Explain to the office what your plan is and they may play ball and let you book the fare,and then pay you ? Just a thought.

 

[ShrinkWrapped]

I've done this a few times on QF - book flight online, it gets ticketed quickly - send that onto work, and with qantas policy on same day changes costing no extra I then call up and ask to pay up to the next cabin and pay with my own card. No charges, easily done. I've done it when there hasn't been much of a difference paying up to J and I feel I need some comfort from the east coast which is infrequent or some DSC thing e.g. xmas flying and stuck with a flex fare for work and ~ $200 to pay to J with 80sc instead of 55sc? or something.

I have never used the vouchers so not sure how to work that into it as I'm guessing it doesn't ticket with the full fare work will reimburse. If no one here could help could you call QF and ask for advice before making the booking online? I realise all agents are not created the same. Would be nice to use it on the portion you pay for the upgrade but no idea if that is possible.

Let us know how it goes. I'm thinking hard about buying some of those xmas vouchers for bonus points instead. Need to read the rules though.

I do exactly the same with my work!

 

[yohy?!]

I'm guessing you need to use the Magic voucher up front. Explain to the office what your plan is and they may play ball and let you book the fare,and then pay you ? Just a thought.

yep I need to use the voucher up front but don't need to speak to office until I'm ready to expense the fare as I'll be paying for it myself then claiming back

 

[yohy?!]

great idea @NZflygirl I will look into the ability to change the flight within the guarantee period, think it shouldn't be an issue to call up and tell them i 'accidentally' booked the wrong class and pay the extra, then i can use the original e-ticket for expense purposes. last time i did this i had to provide the boarding pass also to prove that i travelled - the difference in class travelled shouldn't be an issue (i either got op-upped or did it with miles).

 

[yohy?!]

Can you turn the flexible whY ticket into a credit and then rebook?

I was considering this but thought it might be messy with the voucher, the call up and change same day approach seems cleaner

 

[esseeeayeenn]

yep I need to use the voucher up front but don't need to speak to office until I'm ready to expense the fare as I'll be paying for it myself then claiming back

I frequently almost book flights and accomodation in accordance with work policy, print off the pricing, then start again and book them exactly as I want.
When I claim them from work as expenses I submit the print out of the pricing in accordance with work policy as documentation for claiming back part of the greater cost which I have paid.
I include a comment to this effect in the expense claim.
Work actually wins because I also provide the tax invoice for the full amount so they can claim GST input credits for the greater amount of GST.