Shockingly high JASA points

[AndyGoodyear]

I'm looking at J fares for two Sydney to Rome next March and went online tonight to explore options for Classic Awards vs JASA.

Of course, there was nothing available in Classic Awards -- actually, that's not true: I could have booked a J fare and done much of the trip in Y! -- so I looked at JASA, choosing the options consuming the lowest points.

The JASA result for two pax:

Total points* for all passengers:
1,883,482

They're kidding right? How disappointing.

So it looks like I'm stuck with my Y+ bookings on BA which I got on sale earlier in the year for $3,100 a piece (and which I was going to cancel had the Classic Award or JASAs been reasonable and the BA cancellation fee not too steep).

Sigh.

I have a complete newbie question here. Why would you have to book in J and travel most of the trip in Y?

 

[anat0l]

I have a complete newbie question here. Why would you have to book in J and travel most of the trip in Y?

The booking engine sometimes, for reasons that will not or never be known, returns options where the longest amount of travel is done in a lower class of travel. However, because the rules say that the price of the award is always based on the highest class of service offered in the ticket, it charges at the higher rate.

All of us have complained a lot about it before; the result has just been a warning telling you of this problem. We've all learned to avoid these options, obviously.

 

[AndyGoodyear]

The booking engine sometimes, for reasons that will not or never be known, returns options where the longest amount of travel is done in a lower class of travel. However, because the rules say that the price of the award is always based on the highest class of service offered in the ticket, it charges at the higher rate.

All of us have complained a lot about it before; the result has just been a warning telling you of this problem. We've all learned to avoid these options, obviously.

Great thanks - good to know

 

[RWJ777]

I have a complete newbie question here. Why would you have to book in J and travel most of the trip in Y?

A good question; QF offers the the J fares but only provides, at least in part, the service in Y. I think it's reasonable to assume their motivation is cost constraint -- charge for a premium service but provide a lesser one -- as I would warrant that there are J seats available on all routes.

 

[paultiffen]

Maybe Manilla fares are related to this: http://www.australianfrequentflyer....nt-flyer-program/crazy-ex-mnl-cx-j-43900.html

 

[casanovawa]

Could you just book a 280,000 J OW award??? Fly any OW airline or are you set on flying QF???

 

[RWJ777]

I am certainly not set on QF!

 

[cove]

I used to wonder how many people were redeeming flights that cost like a million or two points for a one way. Now from this thread it seems like the answer is not too many.

 

[Oneworldplus2]

Wonder if you could possibly get a points mortgage?

Lufthansa provides something to this. If you a certain tier member and are short of points, they will 'loan' points to you.

 

[anat0l]

I used to wonder how many people were redeeming flights that cost like a million or two points for a one way. Now from this thread it seems like the answer is not too many.

Come on, some of us may not be very bright in some respects, but come to matters like this, we ain't stupid:!:

Seriously, these are subtle "hints" - QF could block them from selection, but it truly wouldn't be an "Any Seat" then, would it? Other than that, it's a sucker trap. The only people who would rationally rolleyes: yeah right) book these as is could be compared to Donald Trump driving a Lamborghini that runs out of fuel, and his solution is not to fill it up at the fuel station but go and buy a new Lamborghini.

 

[RWJ777]

Lufthansa provides something to this. If you a certain tier member and are short of points, they will 'loan' points to you.

It's the interest that kills you though; and the debt collectors who come to collect, all Lugers and boots.

 

[JohnPhelan]

A good question; QF offers the the J fares but only provides, at least in part, the service in Y. I think it's reasonable to assume their motivation is cost constraint -- charge for a premium service but provide a lesser one -- as I would warrant that there are J seats available on all routes.

The issue is J award seats on the flight in question. If there are J award seats on both flights, then that's what will show - J seats on both sectors. If there is a J seat on only one of the flights, it will still show up when you do the search, but you get the warning message that one of the sectors is in Y. I agree there should be a way to remove this bug.