Booking EK F with QF Points?

[datal1]

Hey guys,

Done my best to search this first but I'm still not sure

When do EK F seats appear on the QF booking site? June is peak for Europe holidays so I want to get in as soon as the seats are released

I'm planning a trip to Europe in June next year. Happy to leave Melb towards the end of May as well if it means I can lock in the seats

Aim is to fly MEL to LGW in F on EK for myself & my partner. Will fly into any other Europe city as well if it means F on EK.

I'm going to book with QF points through the QF site.

I do have a premium experflyer subscription but I don't think you can set it to tell me when I can book EK with QF points, only set it to tell me when EK release award seats on the leg I want.

Thanks in advance!

 

[kelvedon]

Hey guys,

Done my best to search this first but I'm still not sure

When do EK F seats appear on the QF booking site? June is peak for Europe holidays so I want to get in as soon as the seats are released

I'm planning a trip to Europe in June next year. Happy to leave Melb towards the end of May as well if it means I can lock in the seats

Aim is to fly MEL to LGW in F on EK for myself & my partner. Will fly into any other Europe city as well if it means F on EK.

I'm going to book with QF points through the QF site.

I do have a premium experflyer subscription but I don't think you can set it to tell me when I can book EK with QF points, only set it to tell me when EK release award seats on the leg I want.

Thanks in advance!

I believe EK release their reward flights to QF at 340 days in advance

 

[JohnM]

I have a note of 333d from when I was checking daily to book F & J on EK last year and the year before - but obviously start looking before that.

IIRC, there seemed to be a variation in the days to release of seats between different classes, but I can't recall how it varied.

 

[BillytheFIsh]

I recently booked the EK 380 F SYD-BKK for Feb 2019 and they seemed to show up in batches of a few days at a time somewhere between 333 and 339 days out.

Also note that they wouldn't always show up the first time on the calendar looking at flexible dates - so make sure you click through to the actual date to check if it's been released.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Also worth noting that not all EK connections show up! Searching AU-Europe may return zero results but searching AU-SIN followed by SIN-DXB and then again onwards to Europe may open many flight options. You can even combine QF F to SIN followed by EK from there, or business class to Bali followed by EK from there.

 

[Pushka]

They do show up in batches of around 7 days worth. In my search for 2 F award fares they came online at 9am Melbourne time. I know this precisely as I checked 30 minutes earlier.

 

[tea&coffee]

They are also widely available in my experiece, I’ve booked EK F to DXB & SIN a number of times only a few weeks before travel - much better availability then trying to get a QF F seat!

 

[Kangol]

I recently booked the EK 380 F SYD-BKK for Feb 2019 and they seemed to show up in batches of a few days at a time somewhere between 333 and 339 days out.

Also note that they wouldn't always show up the first time on the calendar looking at flexible dates - so make sure you click through to the actual date to check if it's been released.

That could be a function of the flexible dates functionality - by default, the first time searches Y only. If you want another class, select them and search again.