Checked again on the QF website on the weekend, & found still no saver availability on 20th April MEl-SIN for flights leaving in the PM. Also, the rescheduled flight is now on an A333. Checked ASA, & the EK flight leaving at 1800 was showing. Called QF, but agent couldn't see EK availability, so I cancelled the existing booking & asked for a refund.
I have also participated in the LifeMiles 2 for 1 transfer deal, so checked the LM site & found Y availability on SQ A380 leaving at just past midnight. This reduces our layover in SIN from around 20 hours to 6. Cost was 2 x 30,000 miles (same as QF) plus US$203 cf QF A$480.
The miles still hadn't been refunded by late yesterday afternoon, & when I again rang QF, they asked if my Credit Card expiry date had changed (it had) so they processed the refund while I was on the line (I wonder how long it would have taken if I hadn't called). I had also paid 5,000 QF miles to select seats when the original flight left MEL at 15:15 on an A380, but when I asked about getting them back was told I would have to call reservations to get them refunded. It took a bit of effort to get reservations to agree to the refund, but they did finally but said it will take up to 7 working days before I see them.
