Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[Jacques Vert]

I am under the impression that I cannot change route OR carrier once the itinerary has commenced - only the date.

My understanding: Same route, same carrier, same class. You can only change date and/or time.

 

[Kangol]

$2074.48 per person
SYD-LHR QF
LHR-CDG BA
LHR-EWR BA
JFK-LAX AA
LAX-NRT JL
HND-xHKG-SIN CX
SIN-MEL-SYD QF

Did you end up getting JFK-LAX in AA Flagship F?

 

[cjd600]

$2074.48 per person
SYD-LHR QF
LHR-CDG BA
LHR-EWR BA
JFK-LAX AA
LAX-NRT JL
HND-xHKG-SIN CX
SIN-MEL-SYD QF

That's all in F?

 

[Princess Fiona]

That's all in F?

Yes except the CX/ AA flights

 

[Princess Fiona]

Did you end up getting JFK-LAX in AA Flagship F?

Sadly no, only J for that.

 

[Princess Fiona]

So a little birdie told me that the new QF fuel fines went live on Monday even although the points changes didn’t occur until 18th.
Managed to do a minor change to a domestic sector at 11.59 pm yesterday which resulted in a reissue and recalculation of the taxes on the 420K Award
Result :
Refund of $306.50 per ticket
I think I lost the most expensive Award title !!!

 

[pottsy]

So a little birdie told me that the new QF fuel fines went live on Monday even although the points changes didn’t occur until 18th.
Managed to do a minor change to a domestic sector at 11.59 pm yesterday which resulted in a reissue and recalculation of the taxes on the 420K Award
Result :
Refund of $306.50 per ticket
I think I lost the most expensive Award title !!!

I graciously reclaim the title ($1935 taxes)
Can anyone tell me if the 'class of travel' has bearing on these costs please?

 

[cjd600]

I graciously reclaim the title ($1935 taxes)
Can anyone tell me if the 'class of travel' has bearing on these costs please?

With some carriers, yes indeed.

 

[pottsy]

With some carriers, yes indeed.

Thankyou, next time I'll pay more attention, (in my haste)............still happy though!

 

[pottsy]

My understanding: Same route, same carrier, same class. You can only change date and/or time.

Thanks, I'm learning all the time thanks to you helpful AFF's........

 

[Ktan89]

My understanding: Same route, same carrier, same class. You can only change date and/or time.

Hang on. Can someone clarify this rule for me.

Before commencing the first flight I'm able to make any changes to the itinerary as I wish: change routes, add and subtract legs, etc for 5,000 points per change.
I have always been under the impression that I cannot make ANY changes (including date and time) to the itinerary once you commenced the first flight.

So we can still make slight changes (date and time of flight) to the itinerary during the the OWA trip?

 

[cjd600]

Hang on. Can someone clarify this rule for me.

Before commencing the first flight I'm able to make any changes to the itinerary as I wish: change routes, add and subtract legs, etc for 5,000 points per change.
I have always been under the impression that I cannot make ANY changes (including date and time) to the itinerary once you commenced the first flight.

So we can still make slight changes (date and time of flight) to the itinerary during the the OWA trip?

Per the T and C's on the QF website....

14.7.6 Subject to this clause 14.7, the following changes are permitted to a Classic Flight Reward flight before departure of that flight, provided the booking contains one or more Flight Segments that are not within Australia, and the Flight Segment(s) being changed do not include a partner airline that requires a ticket to be reissued for the change. Any such change will incur a Change Fee (see the Fee Schedule) per passenger:
(a) change to flight number; and
(b) change to date of travel.

 

[support]

Time to change the thread title to (132.4k/249.6k/318k/455k)....

I'm not sure 'fixed' is what I want to go with, but the title is now correct.

 

[Jacques Vert]

So we can still make slight changes (date and time of flight) to the itinerary during the the OWA trip?

As per the Rule @cjd600 quoted and of course, provided you can find availability on the same route, on the same carrier and in the same class. Depending on the route, availability may be your greatest challenge.

 

[Danger]

MEL-ADL-DOH-AMM QR
TLV-AMM-FCO RJ
FCO-HKG BA
HKG-LHR QR
LHR-HND-NRT-MEL JL

Taxes $1935.........for one....................I win, unfortunately............

Oh damn. That's ludicrous.

Can you clarify this for me please? I have just booked my flights on a Qantas Oneworld award for a trip commencing June 2020, using dummy dates for the latter half of my flights as I am not intending to return to Australia until March 2021. I am operating under the assumption that I have 12 months to complete my itinerary from the date of my first flight. So as long as I leave on the "ticketed departure date" then I have 12 months to complete my itinerary? Is this correct?

Yes, I believe your understanding is correct. In my original post (that you've quoted) I was wrong. I did correct it a few posts later when some more intelligent members noted it. Apologies for the scare.

 

[pye1201]

Oh damn. That's ludicrous.



Yes, I believe your understanding is correct. In my original post (that you've quoted) I was wrong. I did correct it a few posts later when some more intelligent members noted it. Apologies for the scare.

No apology needed - thanks so much for that. I have done some additional reading and was hoping that my assumptions were correct. However, I'm very much a beginner at the Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Award but learning all the time - with your clarification I'll rest a little easier!!

 

[flapper]

Hi all,

Managed to sneak in 2J rtw redemptions for my honeymoon in June 2020 before the points hike. This was my first time redeeming and was keen to get it sorted despite only starting the search 6 hours ago so the routes are probably not as efficient as I would've liked!

MEL - xSYD - HKG
HKG - xBRU - MAD
MAD - LIS
LIS - xMAD - BCN
MAD - NRT
HND - xSYD - MEL

As There are quite a few flights on CX and IB, what is the best way to select seats?

Thanks in advance, K

To select seats use manage your booking on CX & IB website or app. I found it works for CX but not IB.

 

[Azusa]

Hi all,
So having my first leg of OWA secured, i am trying to book the remaining legs gradually. One of the leg is from MCO to MXP and up until mid Aug 2020 in the calendar there are plenty of BA flights operating between those two destinations. But anything after that there is hardly anything, and calculating based on BA release theirs at around 354 days out, i should be seeing flights available around 5/6 Sep next year shouldn't i?
Am I too early or i am in a bad luck situation where there is just simply no flights in Sep 2020?

 

[flapper]

Hi all,
So having my first leg of OWA secured, i am trying to book the remaining legs gradually. One of the leg is from MCO to MXP and up until mid Aug 2020 in the calendar there are plenty of BA flights operating between those two destinations. But anything after that there is hardly anything, and calculating based on BA release theirs at around 354 days out, i should be seeing flights available around 5/6 Sep next year shouldn't i?
Am I too early or i am in a bad luck situation where there is just simply no flights in Sep 2020?

I can see J seats MCO-LGW on Sep 2 & 6. Seats on both flights for Sep 6. There seem to be seats on LHR-MXP everyday. You may have to book the MCO-LGW seats on the day they are released. Seats for 7 Sep available now too.

 

[DC3]

FYI - some positive news (well I think). I just had to change a classic award that was booked last week. Turns out the points cost is based on date of PNR, so I was able to change my booking, but at the previous (pre-18 Sep) points costs. I am also getting a refund on some of the taxes, presumably because the carrier charges have come down.

Maybe some good news on making changes to our pre-18th September OneWorld award bookings.

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