seats.aero Advice for QFF or VA

[jonedwards80]

Hi all,

I am trying to book 2 rewards flights in business class from Brisbane to Japan for November 2025.

I am using seats.aero and struggling a little when it comes to actually seeing the equivalent on the airline sites. Is this common?

For example, I see this on seats.aero:



But when I move to Qantas I get this:



It also doesn't really input the correct details into the Qantas search. I have to add them myself by cross-referencing the seats.aero info - not really what I saw when I watched the YouTube videos on this!

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

Thanks!

 

[elanshin]

Hi all,

I am trying to book 2 rewards flights in business class from Brisbane to Japan for November 2025.

I am using seats.aero and struggling a little when it comes to actually seeing the equivalent on the airline sites. Is this common?

For example, I see this on seats.aero:

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But when I move to Qantas I get this:

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It also doesn't really input the correct details into the Qantas search. I have to add them myself by cross-referencing the seats.aero info - not really what I saw when I watched the YouTube videos on this!

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

Thanks!

Try using the multi city search tool and break it up into the individual legs rather than the main booking page.

 

[muppet]

Hi all,

I am trying to book 2 rewards flights in business class from Brisbane to Japan for November 2025.

I am using seats.aero and struggling a little when it comes to actually seeing the equivalent on the airline sites. Is this common?

For example, I see this on seats.aero:

View attachment 416668

But when I move to Qantas I get this:

View attachment 416669

It also doesn't really input the correct details into the Qantas search. I have to add them myself by cross-referencing the seats.aero info - not really what I saw when I watched the YouTube videos on this!

Any ideas on how to overcome this?

Thanks!

I can see it using the multi-city tool but still just inputting BNE-KIX.

I think it does happen though as sometimes seats.aero uses cached data (I’m not sure when and why some is live data)

 

[jonedwards80]

I am getting this...

 

[elanshin]

I am getting this...

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Try Brisbane to Taipei (then +1 day) Taipei to Osaka.

 

[jonedwards80]

Try Brisbane to Taipei (then +1 day) Taipei to Osaka.

Yes I tried that first:

 

[jonedwards80]

Further to this...

Is it common to just book one way, then try to nab the return leg separately later?

Sorry, I am a newbie to this!

 

[blackcat20]

Further to this...

Is it common to just book one way, then try to nab the return leg separately later?

Sorry, I am a newbie to this!

yes, very normal. always grab what is available because it might be gone by the time the return pops up.

 

[dairyfloss]

Further to this...

Is it common to just book one way, then try to nab the return leg separately later?

Sorry, I am a newbie to this!

Yes - very common with rewards; better with 1/2 of what you need, than none!

Cheers,
Matt.

 

[jonedwards80]

yes, very normal. always grab what is available because it might be gone by the time the return pops up.

okay cool. and the likelihood of a return popping up? Whilst I love Japan, I dont think my waistline would handle too much longer than a fortnight lol

 

[muppet]

Yes I tried that first:

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@jonedwards80 were you able to get it to work using the multi-city but only one segment BNE-KIX?

This is what I get using that approach:

 

[levelnine]

I am trying to book 2 rewards flights in business class from Brisbane to Japan for November 2025.

The problem you're encountering is you are looking for 2 passengers.

There is only 1 seat available.

seats.aero cannot pull the number of seats available from Qantas.

 

[jonedwards80]

Yes I see this now. I think its definitely the 2 seat issue. Sadly unavoidable!

I know I booked last year to Japan using QFF getting two seats... hmm

 

[muppet]

Yes I see this now. I think its definitely the 2 seat issue. Sadly unavoidable!

I know I booked last year to Japan using QFF getting two seats... hmm

Ah yes, sorry I didn’t notice the 2 seats.

 

[jonedwards80]

Ah yes, sorry I didn’t notice the 2 seats.

am i likely wasting my time here?

 

[BriarFlyer]

From Brisbane, it's more difficult but JAL usually releases multiple business awards on its SYD-HND flight with an onward connection to Osaka (if that's your preferred destination.) They do get snapped up quickly, but I just checked and today's release appears to have availability for 2.

 

[jonedwards80]

From Brisbane, it's more difficult but JAL usually releases multiple business awards on its SYD-HND flight with an onward connection to Osaka (if that's your preferred destination.) They do get snapped up quickly, but I just checked and today's release appears to have availability for 2.

Not fussed if we fly into Tokyo or Osaka. For some reason my calendar only goes to Nov 16 atm.

Do the airlines release seats on random days/flights around 12 months out? I see yours is for Nov 23rd. Does that mean tomorrow or next week I might get something earlier in the month?

 

[BriarFlyer]

Not fussed if we fly into Tokyo or Osaka. For some reason my calendar only goes to Nov 16 atm.

Do the airlines release seats on random days/flights around 12 months out? I see yours is for Nov 23rd. Does that mean tomorrow or next week I might get something earlier in the month?

Release dates vary by airline. JAL is pretty consistent with releasing their awards at 360 days. I think it's 10am Qld time.

Are you looking at the regular booking engine or multi-city? If you use the multi-city and check the box for flexible dates, you'll see more dates ... up to 360 days for JAL.

 

[jonedwards80]

Release dates vary by airline. JAL is pretty consistent with releasing their awards at 360 days. I think it's 10am Qld time.

Are you looking at the regular booking engine or multi-city? If you use the multi-city and check the box for flexible dates, you'll see more dates ... up to 360 days for JAL.

Hi... I am finding Multi City more reliable. I check back each day at 10am to see if anything has popped up.

I might even transfer my points from Amex to QFF just to be ready. I didn't want to do that was I can also transfer to VA. But there seems even less availability there at a decent price...

 

[jonedwards80]

Release dates vary by airline. JAL is pretty consistent with releasing their awards at 360 days. I think it's 10am Qld time.

Are you looking at the regular booking engine or multi-city? If you use the multi-city and check the box for flexible dates, you'll see more dates ... up to 360 days for JAL.

Also... 360 Days takes us to Nov 23rd, but the Qantas booking calendar only goes until 16th at this stage. How can get you get to those later dates if the calendar doesn't allow it?