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re: "oneworld" award (140K/280K/420K) Planning - The Definitive Thread
I've booked the first three flights of what will end up being about 10 or 12 (flights) for my parents as a 280k award. I seriously don't know your average Mum and Dad traveller and their two kids handle booking one of these. From There are multiple cities that aren't listed in the QF booking engine meaning you have to phone up to ask availability. Some cities can be used as destinations but not origins meaning you have to search for a return booking just to see what the availability is one the second leg. The airlines releasing seats at varying stages. The extorionate 3.5k change fee per passenger every time a new seat is released. The $80 change fee (that's not supposed to be charged for Business and First redemptions but, in my case, was prompting me to make another call and speak to two operators to have it credited several days later. The agents that don't understand the rules and routing options of their oneworld partners. It's mind-boggling.
Your average family of four needs to save up far, far more than 4 x 140 or 4 x 280, once you throw in the change fees and the fact you have to satisfy several criteria before it triggers the 140/280k. I honestly have no idea how these people do it. The process is astoundingly convoluted.
I've booked the first three flights of what will end up being about 10 or 12 (flights) for my parents as a 280k award. I seriously don't know your average Mum and Dad traveller and their two kids handle booking one of these. From There are multiple cities that aren't listed in the QF booking engine meaning you have to phone up to ask availability. Some cities can be used as destinations but not origins meaning you have to search for a return booking just to see what the availability is one the second leg. The airlines releasing seats at varying stages. The extorionate 3.5k change fee per passenger every time a new seat is released. The $80 change fee (that's not supposed to be charged for Business and First redemptions but, in my case, was prompting me to make another call and speak to two operators to have it credited several days later. The agents that don't understand the rules and routing options of their oneworld partners. It's mind-boggling.
Your average family of four needs to save up far, far more than 4 x 140 or 4 x 280, once you throw in the change fees and the fact you have to satisfy several criteria before it triggers the 140/280k. I honestly have no idea how these people do it. The process is astoundingly convoluted.
