Qantas DSC October 2024 Offer - book by 31/10/24 & fly 1/11/24-19/10/25

[FlyingCasually]

Thanks all.

need to have conversation

Are you saying have a conversation with the staff at the airport at the point of itinerary change/downgrade or on the phone after the event rather than by email?

Yes I would be pushing for business first and foremost in the event of a change.

To re-highlight my original question though. Am I right in saying that I'll need to wait for QF to make the first move re flight changes to be eligible for ORC. Eg if I take advantage of any "free flight change" scheme that they are using for affected flyers to change to a direct option ahead of time would I then be ineligible to claim ORC as I volunteered to do that. Am I better off waiting until they inform me that they have changed my flight and then I call up to request the flights I want instead.

 

[JIMMYTHEJET]

Thanks all.


Are you saying have a conversation with the staff at the airport at the point of itinerary change/downgrade or on the phone after the event rather than by email?

Yes I would be pushing for business first and foremost in the event of a change.

To re-highlight my original question though. Am I right in saying that I'll need to wait for QF to make the first move re flight changes to be eligible for ORC. Eg if I take advantage of any "free flight change" scheme that they are using for affected flyers to change to a direct option ahead of time would I then be ineligible to claim ORC as I volunteered to do that. Am I better off waiting until they inform me that they have changed my flight and then I call up to request the flights I want instead.

Yes wait for qantas to contact you check your emails and qantas app . I check mine and those flights are months out lol

For now your flights are as is I guess

Maybe a box of chocolates for the checkin staff ?

If you get business you just need to do the orc if it’s less than what your expecting

 

[Flyfrequently]

Thanks all.


Are you saying have a conversation with the staff at the airport at the point of itinerary change/downgrade or on the phone after the event rather than by email?

Yes I would be pushing for business first and foremost in the event of a change.

To re-highlight my original question though. Am I right in saying that I'll need to wait for QF to make the first move re flight changes to be eligible for ORC. Eg if I take advantage of any "free flight change" scheme that they are using for affected flyers to change to a direct option ahead of time would I then be ineligible to claim ORC as I volunteered to do that. Am I better off waiting until they inform me that they have changed my flight and then I call up to request the flights I want instead.

After the event if downgraded you would need to speak to call centre - hopefully it doesn't come to that.

Always best to wait for airline to initiate change but have your preferred flights in mind, and confirm with them that you are retaining the PNR.

Good luck @FlyingCasually

 

[RSD]

Look on the bright side - if you get dropped to Y, get ORC, then get compensation for the drop to Y - you might get some of the cheapest SC's ever had!

 

[FlyingCasually]

Hi, I am in a similar boat. MEL-BNE-AKL all in J on Saturday as part of the DSC promo. BNE is not closed yet but trying to understand my options regarding ORC.

So it happened. BNE is closed and so my flights were cancelled. Got an email and text to say they were unable to rebook me and to call them so I did.

Ended up on a MEL-AKL direct flight but in econ. What should be the order of operations for refund and ORC? From what I have gathered I should claim the ORC first, wait until that is is showing in my account, and then contact about refund for the fare difference. Presumably in an effort to avoid "no extra SCs for you because you have already been compensated for not being on the original routing". Or is this overthinking it?

Any insights into the process will be appreciated.

 

[JIMMYTHEJET]

So it happened. BNE is closed and so my flights were cancelled. Got an email and text to say they were unable to rebook me and to call them so I did.

Ended up on a MEL-AKL direct flight but in econ. What should be the order of operations for refund and ORC? From what I have gathered I should claim the ORC first, wait until that is is showing in my account, and then contact about refund for the fare difference. Presumably in an effort to avoid "no extra SCs for you because you have already been compensated for not being on the original routing". Or is this overthinking it?

Any insights into the process will be appreciated.

No pushback on business class

 

[DAC1]

No pushback on business class

That assumes there are seats available. 151 and 153 tomorrow are both J0. 155 is J1 and 157 is J4.

 

[FlyingCasually]

No pushback on business class

Yeah I'd rather not have to sit on someone's lap...

Arriving on the 8th was a must for us. I came in prepared and tried suggesting a few options including trying to get onto QF3 from Syd but they couldn't make it work. 157 was available in J but arrives at 0025. I should add that our return flight is unchanged (so far).

IMO the difference between the Y and J product on the 737 is negligible - especially on a 3 hr flight. The whole point of going via BNE was to get on the A330 (well that and the better $/SC rate). Being a status run, provided I get success with the ORC then goal achieved. Any refund for the downgrade is simply a bonus.

 

[Chrizztofa]

Hi All,

I have a business class flight booked during the DSC promo which QF have now cancelled (and replaced with an economy-only QFLink flight).

They've offered me the opportunity to change flights which includes an option to travel via SIN. If I accept this change I'd earn more SCs than my original booking, even without DSCs, so I wouldn't be seeking ORC. Would I automatically get DSCs for the new flights (as they were booked during the promo) or would I receive a new PNR and regular SCs only?

(If the latter, I might hold off on confirming the change, in case QF run another DSC promo this month).

 

[Doddler]

Hi All,

I have a business class flight booked during the DSC promo which QF have now cancelled (and replaced with an economy-only QFLink flight).

They've offered me the opportunity to change flights which includes an option to travel via SIN. If I accept this change I'd earn more SCs than my original booking, even without DSCs, so I wouldn't be seeking ORC. Would I automatically get DSCs for the new flights (as they were booked during the promo) or would I receive a new PNR and regular SCs only?

(If the latter, I might hold off on confirming the change, in case QF run another DSC promo this month).

I’d say your best bet is to call and be clear that you want to retain the same PNR so that you get DSC.

 

[logicallysynced]

Sooo.. from a speculation point of view.. I’m in the middle of a work trip, already taken the first flight and the return flight is in 2 weeks time - if a DSC happened to popup next week, and the periods happened to align - could I cancel the return leg into a credit and rebook it for DSC?

Some things to note:
- it’s booked via Navan, so not directly on Qantas.com.
- I understand PNR’s usually don’t change when converting to a flight credit (I assume this is also true when doing it via TA), but after reading this entire thread there seems to be some indication that this might actually work still - even if the PNR didn’t change (since it was originally booked a few weeks back)?
- Willing to pay the change fee, which I assume is deducted from the flight credit.

 

[RSD]

Sooo.. from a speculation point of view.. I’m in the middle of a work trip, already taken the first flight and the return flight is in 2 weeks time - if a DSC happened to popup next week, and the periods happened to align - could I cancel the return leg into a credit and rebook it for DSC?

Some things to note:
- it’s booked via Navan, so not directly on Qantas.com.
- I understand PNR’s usually don’t change when converting to a flight credit (I assume this is also true when doing it via TA), but after reading this entire thread there seems to be some indication that this might actually work still - even if the PNR didn’t change (since it was originally booked a few weeks back)?
- Willing to pay the change fee, which I assume is deducted from the flight credit.

My suspicion - and I am by no means an expert on DSC's etc - is that you would somehow need a new PNR that is issued during the 7-10 day promo period.

As for when the DSC offer will drop - no idea. I'm just booking a return trip to Singapore as *I type this, and I was a little surprised to see a sale fare being offered for the return leg - I've done a quick search on both the QF website and through google and I can't even find any mention of a current sale on QF fares for Singapore - so I have no idea when this sale ends - so can't even guess as to whether this sale might affect the potential date of a DSC offer or if it does when the DSC offer might then happen. However it is quite possible that having booked this fare in a few minutes that a DSC offer will drop tonight If it does then so be it - my departure to SIN is in about 18 days so I needed to get something booked, will take advantage of the sale fare instead.

 

[AIRwin]

As for when the DSC offer will drop - no idea. I'm just booking a return trip to Singapore as *I type this, and I was a little surprised to see a sale fare being offered for the return leg

Perhaps more available seats due to last minute aircraft swap to A380 if it's SIN-SYD?

 

[serfty]

I was a little surprised to see a sale fare being offered for the return leg

It is quite possible that the presence of "Sale" simply indicates the availability of a "Sale" fare bucket (e.g. I for Business, O for Economy) and not really a specific "Sale" fare.

 

[RSD]

Perhaps more available seats due to last minute aircraft swap to A380 if it's SIN-SYD?

Not SIN-SYD - SIN-MEL QF36 on an A330

 

[logicallysynced]

My suspicion - and I am by no means an expert on DSC's etc - is that you would somehow need a new PNR that is issued during the 7-10 day promo period.

As for when the DSC offer will drop - no idea. I'm just booking a return trip to Singapore as *I type this, and I was a little surprised to see a sale fare being offered for the return leg - I've done a quick search on both the QF website and through google and I can't even find any mention of a current sale on QF fares for Singapore - so I have no idea when this sale ends - so can't even guess as to whether this sale might affect the potential date of a DSC offer or if it does when the DSC offer might then happen. However it is quite possible that having booked this fare in a few minutes that a DSC offer will drop tonight If it does then so be it - my departure to SIN is in about 18 days so I needed to get something booked, will take advantage of the sale fare instead.

Thanks for that, yeah if I need a new PNR it could be tricky. Maybe if I ask the TA really nicely?

 

[RSD]

It is quite possible that the presence of "Sale" simply indicates the availability of a "Sale" fare bucket (e.g. I for Business, O for Economy) and not really a specific "Sale" fare.

Dunno - was a Y sale fare, probably 75-80% of the Y seats had been taken when I went to pick my seat.

I just went back to the website - no J sale fares on offer. I got SIN-MEL-BWT in Y for $569 which I thought was a pretty good price - even came with a good connection in MEL instead of arriving early morning and having to wait until mid-afternoon for a flight to BWT.

 

[ChrisMars]

Sooo.. from a speculation point of view.. I’m in the middle of a work trip, already taken the first flight and the return flight is in 2 weeks time - if a DSC happened to popup next week, and the periods happened to align - could I cancel the return leg into a credit and rebook it for DSC?

Some things to note:
- it’s booked via Navan, so not directly on Qantas.com.
- I understand PNR’s usually don’t change when converting to a flight credit (I assume this is also true when doing it via TA), but after reading this entire thread there seems to be some indication that this might actually work still - even if the PNR didn’t change (since it was originally booked a few weeks back)?
- Willing to pay the change fee, which I assume is deducted from the flight credit.

Are you allowed to use this TA for personal booking, i.e. parking the canceled return voucher for a future non- dsc trip (I guess even for a future work trip), and make the return as a seperate booking?

This make me think, do status chasing ff member forced to use corporate TA make some dummy dsc booking that they later use when a work trip eventuate?

 

[logicallysynced]

Are you allowed to use this TA for personal booking, i.e. parking the canceled return voucher for a future non- dsc trip (I guess even for a future work trip), and make the return as a seperate booking?

This make me think, do status chasing ff member forced to use corporate TA make some dummy dsc booking that they later use when a work trip eventuate?

Nah in this case I would need to cancel it to a FC and rebook using the credit, paying the difference out of pocket.

 

[ChrisMars]

Nah in this case I would need to cancel it to a FC and rebook using the credit, paying the difference out of pocket.

Trying to think out of the box, what if you were to use the flight credit first for the cheapest flight you can find (accepting the loss of its value), I think this cheap flight would get the current PNR, and I think (someone to confirm) the new flight you would book with the remaining of the flight credit will get a new PNR.