Qantas Delays/Cancellations

[Melburnian1]

On Friday 4 October, the 1935 hours evening PER-CDG took off at 2036 with B789 VH-ZNH. QF33 arrived on Saturday 5 at Paris at 0734 hours, 39 minutes late. In theory an on time departure for QF34, the 1025 hours local time back down to PER should be achievable.

Friday's scheduled 2245 hours QF12 from LAX to SYD was airborne at 0104 hours on Saturday 5 with A388 VH-OQG. On Sunday 6, it should arrive at gate at about 0926 hours, 76 minutes late.

 

[RSD]

For those of us trying to get to Shanghai etc there is only one CX departure after QF29 lands and so that is an issue!

And it is a tight connection too! So far I haven't had to find out what happens if 29 is late in and the CX connection is missed - whether QF elect to provide a hotel for the night or put me on an obscure carrier that I have never heard of...

But with QF29 being so frequently late I suspect that it is only a matter of time before I find out...

 

[wenglock.mok]

And it is a tight connection too! So far I haven't had to find out what happens if 29 is late in and the CX connection is missed - whether QF elect to provide a hotel for the night or put me on an obscure carrier that I have never heard of...

But with QF29 being so frequently late I suspect that it is only a matter of time before I find out...

Not sure if it's still a possibility but when a similar issue happened to me some years back, I went to the service desk at MEL T1 (the Qantas domestic terminal) and basically the staff there had leeway to rebook me onto a non-oneworld carrier before I even got on the QF29 (granted in my case, it was an earlier SYD-MEL connection that misconnected to the 29).

If you have forewarning that the flight will run late, you could always go earlier to the airport to see the service desk is happy to give you an alternative option (which you can suggest), especially if you are going to end up having an unwanted forced overnight in HKG. I asked for a rebooking on EVA Air, which is non-oneworld and not one of their partners but they did it without batting an eyelid.

 

[RSD]

Not sure if it's still a possibility but when a similar issue happened to me some years back, I went to the service desk at MEL T1 (the Qantas domestic terminal) and basically the staff there had leeway to rebook me onto a non-oneworld carrier before I even got on the QF29 (granted in my case, it was an earlier SYD-MEL connection that misconnected to the 29).

If you have forewarning that the flight will run late, you could always go earlier to the airport to see the service desk is happy to give you an alternative option (which you can suggest), especially if you are going to end up having an unwanted forced overnight in HKG. I asked for a rebooking on EVA Air, which is non-oneworld and not one of their partners but they did it without batting an eyelid.

Cheers - good to know. Given the choice I might opt for a hotel in HKG rather than a midnight arrival in Shanghai on some airline that I've never heard of.