QF zeroing flights - cancellation impending?

[jase05]

Thanks - I appreciate your suggestion. Connections are lonnggg! Might be the best available though.

Lounges are decent enough in KUL and if you don’t feel like sitting around at BKK it’s very easy to head into town for a few hours

 

[MELso]

Has anyone been able to ascertain whether all QF flights to Tokyo are cancelled for July? We are on QF61 out of BNE on 25 July and haven't been advised of anything. I can see they are no longer selling the flight though. Anyone able to confirm?

I'm booked on QF79 on a Y Classic Reward for 2 October (returning on JL774 on 29 October). It too shows up under my bookings but is no longer bookable. But the seat map still pops up on the free EF tier to create seat alerts - I'm not sure if it's zeroed out.

QF79 only becomes bookable on 30 October. Looks like Japan will have to wait until 2023...

 

[Jousams]

On the topic Have got a friend who is booked on qf12 on Wednesday 20th. Looks like qf11/12 on the 20th have been zeroed out. Anyone have any insight as to why?

 

[Scr77]

On the topic Have got a friend who is booked on qf12 on Wednesday 20th. Looks like qf11/12 on the 20th have been zeroed out. Anyone have any insight as to why?

I’ve been watching this. With a 787 being out of action, QF have been zeroing all flights to and from USA. 2 days out, they cancel QF 93/94 and reroute PAX via QF11/12 which is an A380 with larger capacity. This is what happen to us today. If I had to bet, I’d say your friends flight is safe.

May be worth following this thread:

Qantas Delays/Cancellations

It's not like there's anyone else flying the route at the moment. There's not really any threat if they do keep having to cancel.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[HarryTheFlyer]

I have come across something very similar in the last week, but on a domestic leg.

Flying BNE > DRW on the 26th on QF824, and returning on the 28th on QF825. For my outbound flight the Qantas app & booking on the webpage is showing the ticket as confirmed, but the flight has disappeared from Qantas' booking service and it has also been zeroed out on EF.


My return flight still seems to be going ahead and is showing availability.

What I find interesting, there's no great alternative to get there bar flying via Sydney at 0600, which isn't my idea of a great time. It would however get me there a tad earlier, and net me an extra 20 status credits.

I've already booked a hotel room for the two nights I'm in Darwin, so I'm considering getting some travel insurance just in case QF seriously screws me and tries to put me on the 1910 out of Brisbane with an overnight in Sydney, but by that time they may as well put me on the direct flight on the 27th.

Sigh... Why can't they just make this easier for us, and tell us in advance so we can reschedule the appointments?

 

[Must...Fly!]

You are jumping to conclusions.

Don't assume your flight is cancelled. They could've cancelled any other flight from the east coast and trying to re-accommodate other pax. I note QF826 isn't listed to operate Tuesday, perhaps that's been cancelled and your flight zero'd for re-accommodation.

Honestly there is a place for watching these moves but sometimes it will cause you unnecessary angst...

 

[lovestotravel]

So what is the Qantas A330 that flies a few times a week from MEL-LAX and then back

QF7779 tonight

 

[Scr77]

So what is the Qantas A330 that flies a few times a week from MEL-LAX and then back

QF7779 tonight

It’s government supported freight flight. If you google the flight number there’s a list on Qantas website. Goes to other countries too.

 

[tdimdad]

On the topic Have got a friend who is booked on qf12 on Wednesday 20th. Looks like qf11/12 on the 20th have been zeroed out. Anyone have any insight as to why?

I had similar zeroing out happening on JL when they had to reschedule their European flights (resulting in about 12 hour shifts in departure times). EF showed the flights but all booking classes on the day and surrounding ones zeroed out. Then they started to call impacted customers and returned the availability back online after the initial flux.

Perhaps yours is something similar: a flight still going ahead (one way or another) but new sales blocked until the current passengers have been sorted out. I'd hazard a guess that this may become a "feature" we will see here and there, due to all uncertainties from pandemics, conflicts, etc.

 

[jpp42]

Why would they need to zero out the flight to re-accomodate passengers from a different canceled flight? Once those passengers are re-accommodated, they will occupy seats naturally and the capacity would become lower / zero anyway? I don't get why that step is necessary.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Why would they need to zero out the flight to re-accomodate passengers from a different canceled flight? Once those passengers are re-accommodated, they will occupy seats naturally and the capacity would become lower / zero anyway? I don't get why that step is necessary.

You answered your own question?

In any case you flight is back on sale with very limited availability so it's fair to assume the afternoon flight 426 was cancelled and Qantas temporarily stopped selling seats to ensure it could accommodate everybody.

 

[jase05]

QF has canned all flights to Japan until September 12th.
SYD will resume on September 12th
MEL resuming October 30th
BNE resuming October 31st

 

[diesel canberra]

QF has canned all flights to Japan until September 12th.
SYD will resume on September 12th
MEL resuming October 30th
BNE resuming October 31st

Is this published anywhere? I need something to point to so that they will change my flights!

 

[jase05]

Is this published anywhere? I need something to point to so that they will change my flights!

Think it will be announced soon. Was mentioned in a work email this morning

 

[diesel canberra]

Thanks - rang Q yesterday and the South African lady told me that it definitely wasn't cancelled! Aghhh finding something else to get through to Europe will be hard. Hopefully they will open something up for us.......

 

[tdimdad]

QF has canned all flights to Japan until September 12th.
SYD will resume on September 12th
MEL resuming October 30th
BNE resuming October 31st

Makes one wonder if they have some info that makes them guess that the Japanese border might open in September?

 

[encryptededdy]

Makes one wonder if they have some info that makes them guess that the Japanese border might open in September?

While part of me hopes so, I doubt it since JAL and ANA have different dates for resuming their full schedule

 

[Must...Fly!]

Probably more to do with focusing on markets that are certain (or at least more certain) to be open with the limited resources they have at the moment, combined with seasonality meaning there is probably little point rushing things.

 

[AIRwin]

Is this published anywhere? I need something to point to so that they will change my flights!

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/media-releases/qantas-group-industry-update/

 

[GJL]

I'm booked an award MEL-SIN on QF35 during April. I've noticed that the both QF35 and 36 (SIN-MEL) are showing as no availability on expertflyer on the day I am travelling (a Tuesday). I've also just noticed that this is the same every Tuesday during April (i.e. no availability in any booking class on either QF35 or QF36). Would this suggest a cancellation is impending? If so, how long do you think they will take to actually cancel the flight and move pax?

I know they'd probably move me via SYD, but that would mean a 6:30am flight out of MEL instead of midday, which means a night in Melbourne (I'd be happy to rebook out of BXG ... but no award availability BXG-SYD) , and having to go to the airport the night before to get supervised RAT test, as HIstopath only open at 6am.

If it really looks like they are going to cancel, I'll just cancel it myslef and book a return commercial fare ex-SIN on SQ.

I would have thought the failure of an Airline to notify booked passengers promptly of any flight effectively cancelled may constitute false and misleading conduct, subject to possible prosecution under The Trade Practices Act and a potential breach of Consumer Protection Laws. Perhaps FF Solutions may consider making a complaint in this regard on behalf of consumers.