Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[BriarFlyer]

Fiji Airways is not a full OneWorld member airline so you can't use in a OWA.

 

[motef]

I'm at loss. Been trying to book the OneWorld RTW fare with Qantas on the phone, but they can't seem to explain why this itinerary doesn't work.

The system quotes me 330,000 points (Business classic rewards flights) instead of the 318,000. Not that the points difference is significant but I was aiming to use that as a base and add some more flights later:
SYD-PER (Qantas)
SIN-HEL / HEL-DUB (Finnair, with less than 24h layover)
IST-LHR-JFK (British Airways)
HNL-NAN-SYD (Fiji Airways)

Any thoughts?

Can’t use Fiji Airways. They are only a Qantas partner not a full Oneworld member

 

[Captain Halliday]

I'm at loss. Been trying to book the OneWorld RTW fare with Qantas on the phone, but they can't seem to explain why this itinerary doesn't work.

The system quotes me 330,000 points (Business classic rewards flights) instead of the 318,000. Not that the points difference is significant but I was aiming to use that as a base and add some more flights later:
SYD-PER (Qantas)
SIN-HEL / HEL-DUB (Finnair, with less than 24h layover)
IST-LHR-JFK (British Airways)
HNL-NAN-SYD (Fiji Airways)

Any thoughts?

Welcome to AFF.
@BriarFlyer’S answer is correct, but as you’re new it might be worth you’re while to read the AFF guide to the Oneworld Classic Flight Award here:

How to Fly Around the World with a Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward [Mega Guide]

Fly around the world with Qantas and other Oneworld airlines by redeeming points for a Oneworld Classic Flight Reward. Photo: Qantas. Did you know that

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

There’s plenty of useful info including that you do not need to go RTW.

 

[jabba591]

As we will be overseas when the last leg of our RTW points tickets needs to be booked(the return to Australia) , to avoid calling the call centre is it possible to book online and reserve the seats on a new booking and then ring Qantas on our return, cancel the new booking and immediately add those newly released seats to our RTW booking?

 

[cjd600]

As we will be overseas when the last leg of our RTW points tickets needs to be booked(the return to Australia) , to avoid calling the call centre is it possible to book online and reserve the seats on a new booking and then ring Qantas on our return, cancel the new booking and immediately add those newly released seats to our RTW booking?

You can roll the dice and hope the cancelled tickets are put back into circulation......but thats no guarantee, and then you're stuck.
Best to suck it up and call, and add them directly to your existing booking...being overseas may assist if you are calling outside of usual local peak call times.....

 

[Captain Halliday]

As we will be overseas when the last leg of our RTW points tickets needs to be booked(the return to Australia) , to avoid calling the call centre is it possible to book online and reserve the seats on a new booking and then ring Qantas on our return, cancel the new booking and immediately add those newly released seats to our RTW booking?

In addition to the answer provided by @cjd600 there is a thread for Oneworld Explorer ticketing which would be a better place for a RTW related question. See here Oneworld Explorer ticketing

This thread is for Oneworld Classic Flight rewards, so best not to confuse this thread with RTW related questions.

 

[jabba591]

You can roll the dice and hope the cancelled tickets are put back into circulation......but thats no guarantee, and then you're stuck.
Best to suck it up and call, and add them directly to your existing booking...being overseas may assist if you are calling outside of usual local peak call times.....

Thanks so much -makes sensd

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In addition to the answer provided by @cjd600 there is a thread for Oneworld Explorer ticketing which would be a better place for a RTW related question. See here Oneworld Explorer ticketing

This thread is for Oneworld Classic Flight rewards, so best not to confuse this thread with RTW related questions.

Oops-sorry. I am a newbie

 

[Easy Tiger]

Hi all, long time stalker here for all the good info - partner and I have a classic reward Bus class OTW booked for 10 July but first leg = Cathay Pacific.... via HK to Zurich...are we in trouble? I can book via Japan on/around the same day and then spend a week or so there then go on to Europe. I won't hold anyone to account ....what are you thoughts please? We are very flexible and can change happily but would rather not if we dont need to - thanks in advance (freshman level FF here!).

 

[Mr H]

Hi all, long time stalker here for all the good info - partner and I have a classic reward Bus class OTW booked for 10 July but first leg = Cathay Pacific.... via HK to Zurich...are we in trouble? I can book via Japan on/around the same day and then spend a week or so there then go on to Europe. I won't hold anyone to account ....what are you thoughts please? We are very flexible and can change happily but would rather not if we dont need to - thanks in advance (freshman level FF here!).

We are watching the world emerge from restrictions. The world gets freer evert week, but China does seem to be holding out as long as possible. My hunch is that Hong Kind will be open for transit by July but it would be a nerve-racking wait. On the other hand, the difficulty with flying from Japan to Europe is that Russia is in between - so who knows which routes will be operating by then? I was due to fly HEL-KIX-NRT-MEL in October and Finnair cancelled without offering an alternative.

 

[cambriamarsh]

You can roll the dice and hope the cancelled tickets are put back into circulation......but thats no guarantee, and then you're stuck.
Best to suck it up and call, and add them directly to your existing booking...being overseas may assist if you are calling outside of usual local peak call times.....

Try the txt line as well. I've used that in a similar situation

 

[Danger]

We are watching the world emerge from restrictions. The world gets freer evert week, but China does seem to be holding out as long as possible. My hunch is that Hong Kind will be open for transit by July but it would be a nerve-racking wait. On the other hand, the difficulty with flying from Japan to Europe is that Russia is in between - so who knows which routes will be operating by then? I was due to fly HEL-KIX-NRT-MEL in October and Finnair cancelled without offering an alternative.

Hong Kong is open for transit now.

 

[Easy Tiger]

Thanks Mr H & Danger for feedback. Is HK open for transit but at present very limited flights ex-Aust with Cathay if I've read correctly?

 

[Lynda2475]

Email from QF yesterday changing the time of my JFK-ORD flight (3 hours later, not ideal but not worth calling up to change), panicked because email had dropped two legs, was worried taxes would be recalculated at newer more expensive rates but e-ticket came through with all legs intact.

 

[AshM]

After many months of drama and frustration, I've just had my oneworld (business) reward itinerary ticketed. It's not exactly the itinerary I wanted - or, indeed, had initially booked before Qantas unilaterally cancelled it - but I'm just glad to have the ticket in my inbox at this point.

Quick question: I am on a LHR-PER-MEL leg back from Europe (on QF). I still have an extra stopover available and would like to break up the flights with a few days seeing family in Perth. The Qantas agent in Suva said he wasn't able to split the leg into LHR-PER and PER-MEL, as these were "married segments". That seemed odd to me, since it's not a revenue fare. (What if I wanted to end my itinerary in Perth, for example?)

Rather than calling again and hoping for a different agent and a different answer, does anyone know if he's right? Is there a way to split the flights or are they necessarily glued together so that, if you're booked through to Melbourne, you can't get off in Perth for a few days? Thanks!

 

[ozflier]

The "married segment" rules can apply to both revenue and award flights.

 

[AshM]

The "married segment" rules can apply to both revenue and award flights.

Cheers. For my understanding, what's the rationale? (And what would happen if I wanted to terminate the whole oneworld classic award itinerary in Perth?)

 

[cjd600]

Cheers. For my understanding, what's the rationale? (And what would happen if I wanted to terminate the whole oneworld classic award itinerary in Perth?)

You could just not board the flight to MEL, and make a separate booking for that final leg.
Make sure baggage not checked through.
Married segments are not uncommon

 

[AshM]

You could just not board the flight to MEL, and make a separate booking for that final leg.
Make sure baggage not checked through.
Married segments are not uncommon

I was kind of hoping to get it within the 318,000 points. But if I can't, I can't. (I just don't really understand why.)

 

[Mr H]

I was kind of hoping to get it within the 318,000 points. But if I can't, I can't. (I just don't really understand why.)

The logic behind married segments would be that they want to have through tickets available between LHR and MEL - in order to give MEL pax access to the network and splitting the flight takes away that seat on two separate dates - or to make people travelling PER-MEL pay revenue or use less attractive flights. Who knows the logic on this particular married pair, but the airline will have done some sums and concluded it will be more profitable to keep the sectors together than let them go separately.

 

[AshM]

The logic behind married segments would be that they want to have through tickets available between LHR and MEL - in order to give MEL pax access to the network and splitting the flight takes away that seat on two separate dates - or to make people travelling PER-MEL pay revenue or use less attractive flights. Who knows the logic on this particular married pair, but the airline will have done some sums and concluded it will be more profitable to keep the sectors together than let them go separately.

Thanks! Sounds like I'll be carrying on to Melbourne!

Does that mean there would be a certain number of (unmarried) seats on LHR-PER allocated to passengers terminating in PER and a certain number (like mine) that are married with the PER-MEL segment?