Hi all. I was looking for some advice from you more knowledgeable folk.
Im booking a trip to the US in July. At the start of the trip I need to go to the west coast and then later will be in new york and then back to melbourne
Best economy flights from MEL-LAX return are around 1800AUD on Qantas. When I look to fly MEL-JFK it goes via LAX both ways and costs 2200AUD (so essentially a return LAX-JFK trip for around 400AUD which is pretty decent). The fare conditions say I am allowed 1 stopover so I thought I could use LAX as the stopover to do the part on the west coast and then fly out from LAX to JFK. When I asked the Qantas person on the phone they said to do the stopover you need to put it in a multitrip - unfortunately I didn't test this out whilst I was on the phone and when I input a multitrip MEL-LAX-JFK-MEL the price jumps up to 2800AUD.... Does anyone have any advice on how I can get a proper stopover then?
The other thing was that I was thinking of doing a mini SC run from LAX-new york as I found a cheap flight with 2 stopovers on AA. The problem is that the return flight from NYC to LAX is a fair bit more expensive and then there is the hassle of collecting my bags, going through LAX immigration and then re-checking into Qantas. So having a QF flight from new york to melbourne is appealing. So Then when I do a multistop flight from MEL-LAX. JFK-MEL the cost is again around 2800AUD
So what if I just booked the MEL-JFK return flight for 2200AUD WITH the free stopover (as it says im entitled to), then just don't take my LAX-JFK QF flight and do my AA status from from west to east coast, would that be possible? Is there a no-show fee etc? And if so, would I still be allowed to take my JFK-MEL flight on the way back?
Hope that makes sense and apologies for the rambling. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Im booking a trip to the US in July. At the start of the trip I need to go to the west coast and then later will be in new york and then back to melbourne
Best economy flights from MEL-LAX return are around 1800AUD on Qantas. When I look to fly MEL-JFK it goes via LAX both ways and costs 2200AUD (so essentially a return LAX-JFK trip for around 400AUD which is pretty decent). The fare conditions say I am allowed 1 stopover so I thought I could use LAX as the stopover to do the part on the west coast and then fly out from LAX to JFK. When I asked the Qantas person on the phone they said to do the stopover you need to put it in a multitrip - unfortunately I didn't test this out whilst I was on the phone and when I input a multitrip MEL-LAX-JFK-MEL the price jumps up to 2800AUD.... Does anyone have any advice on how I can get a proper stopover then?
The other thing was that I was thinking of doing a mini SC run from LAX-new york as I found a cheap flight with 2 stopovers on AA. The problem is that the return flight from NYC to LAX is a fair bit more expensive and then there is the hassle of collecting my bags, going through LAX immigration and then re-checking into Qantas. So having a QF flight from new york to melbourne is appealing. So Then when I do a multistop flight from MEL-LAX. JFK-MEL the cost is again around 2800AUD
So what if I just booked the MEL-JFK return flight for 2200AUD WITH the free stopover (as it says im entitled to), then just don't take my LAX-JFK QF flight and do my AA status from from west to east coast, would that be possible? Is there a no-show fee etc? And if so, would I still be allowed to take my JFK-MEL flight on the way back?
Hope that makes sense and apologies for the rambling. Your help will be greatly appreciated.