LAN Airlines - Blocked Code Share (QF) Flight Question

[Milboo]

Hi

Hoping someone can explain this to me.

I have purchased flights with LAN as marketing carrier but operating carrier is QF. I only have a LAN PNR - tried to get the QF one and QF tell me I do not exist in their system from the flights we are on.

Speak to LAN and they say that they have said it is a blocked code share flight so they will not release the QF PNR until 24 hours out from the flight.

I do have flights selected with LAN (coveted row 43 on the 747-400) but as I cannot see a seat map on my LAN booking and cannot view the booking in my QFF account.

Is this normal with blocked code shares - to not get the operating carrier's PNR until the eve of the flight?

 

[williamsf1]

Hi

Hoping someone can explain this to me.

I have purchased flights with LAN as marketing carrier but operating carrier is QF. I only have a LAN PNR - tried to get the QF one and QF tell me I do not exist in their system from the flights we are on.

Speak to LAN and they say that they have said it is a blocked code share flight so they will not release the QF PNR until 24 hours out from the flight.

I do have flights selected with LAN (coveted row 43 on the 747-400) but as I cannot see a seat map on my LAN booking and cannot view the booking in my QFF account.

Is this normal with blocked code shares - to not get the operating carrier's PNR until the eve of the flight?

yes. There are 2 types of codeshare (normally due to regulatory reasons). Block space is where a airline is given a fixed amount of seats to sell and they control everything and free sale codeshare where they can sell as many seats as they can.


LAN is on sabre and QF on Amadeus, however you still should be able to select seats via LAN for the flight , QF would not know about the booking at this stage

 

[moa999]

Always learning something on this forum

 

[Milboo]

Thanks!

Is there a website like checkmytrip for Sabre? The LAN website is useless!

Also - if they have the fixed seats to sell - does this mean they get allocated say rows 43-55 rather than a general 100 seats (for example).

I have to admit to being a little frustrated that this seems to mean that I don't get the advantage of my (new) Qantas FF Gold status (or am I wrong there)?

Sorry for the questions! I am usually a VA/ NZ/ SQ flyer!

 

[moa999]

Sabre was VirtuallyThere, but believe it might now be redirecting to TripCase

 

[NM]

This is one reason that the seat maps for the QF and LA flight numbers on the same aircraft will look completely different, and at times quite confusing as it appears whole blocks of seats are missing from the aircraft.

 

[williamsf1]

Thanks!

Is there a website like checkmytrip for Sabre? The LAN website is useless!

Also - if they have the fixed seats to sell - does this mean they get allocated say rows 43-55 rather than a general 100 seats (for example).

I have to admit to being a little frustrated that this seems to mean that I don't get the advantage of my (new) Qantas FF Gold status (or am I wrong there)?

Sorry for the questions! I am usually a VA/ NZ/ SQ flyer!

They get a fixed amount eg 100 ..... re the available seating, normally they only get access to the general non status seats ( ie down the back )

 

[cmon0005]

The same happens in reverse on la flight but with qf marketed code there are specific blocks of seats for qf code customers. At la checkin however you can choose any seat that is available.

 

[Milboo]

Thanks again - I have 43K locked in but of course that is not guaranteed.

And that is my concern - these will be lost (especially as I am travelling with a friend on linked bookings only) and I'm going to end up down the back in a middle seat!!