Qantas' Schedule Change Fails MCT at SYD

[moa999]

They have brought that forward to 1835.

Seems to be a 2035 service that evening so you should be able to get that, but why it didn't do that automatically who knows.

 

[Seat0B]

Seems to be a 2035 service that evening so you should be able to get that, but why it didn't do that automatically who knows.

Yes, thanks, I am just off the phone to the lovely Markus in Hobart, who was able to sort it for me. Apparently QF1461 (the 2035 flight) is showing as fully booked, so I suppose that is why they put us onto the earlier one. He said that is ridiculous and unlikely given it is for next February! He had to take about 5 minutes with me on hold to get it sorted, but said he had managed to get us 2 seats on this flight. And as I am typing this, the new e-ticket has just arrived, so all sorted out.

I hope.

I hope that they are not planning to cancel that flight as well! I am not having a good run with flight changes, cancellations and aircraft substitutions at the moment (anyone want to fly MEL-CBR in a Dash-8 instead of the A220 they booked??)

 

[tassie6]

You’re travelling about 10 days before me (coming from Adelaide so on the exempt MCT)

I’ve looked twice now in the last week or so and QF63 has not departed on time on any of the 4 occasions so I’m not bothered at this time

Here’s the latest

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Agree it rarely leaves on time, but that doesn't mean it wont that day!

Sorry to hijack your thread @tassie6, but QF just gave me this flight change that does not meet MCT at SYD- plus some.

Our original connection from SYD-CBR departed at 2110. They have brought that forward to 1835. Fine, except our incoming flight from Tokyo doesn't land until 1850.

I'm just off now to spend time on the phone getting that sorted out. Arghhhh

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No worries @Seat0B , at least with yours there is a clearer path

If you received an ETKT with updated flights but the ticket number and issue date hasn’t changed then the ticket has been revalidated and not reissued. Reissues aren’t required for all changes. if Qantas has revalidated a ticket, it is “valid” for travel but as everyone else has mentioned whether you want to chance it just prior to a long haul international flight with limited recovery options is another thing.

https://www.qantas.com/agencyconnect/au/en/policies/ticket/policies-and-procedures/ticket-revalidation.html

Yeah I figured it was something like that (only vaguely aware of ticketing policies from what I have read on here, but enough to know that sometimes it doesn't need a full reticket)

After I consult with the fam, I will probably contact via facebook messenger to get Auckland team and ask to be put on the afternoon/night previous day as it doesn't meet MCT

 

[fletty]

Apparently QF1461 (the 2035 flight) is showing as fully booked

I've had similar issues recently with schedule changes, might be a thing at the moment:

Post in thread 'QFF Platinum requesting release of extra Classic Reward seats?'

Thursday at 3:11 PM

13th Nov 2025, SYD-SIN QF1 F9A9 success for 2pax! Got the domestic connection in J as well which was no issue as discussed earlier in the thread.

QF517 got retimed to 30 min later (9:10 > 9:40) which has reduced my connection. Unfortunately after 2x calls to the WP line I've been unable to not accept this change and ask for the earlier flight at 8:20 :/

Both agents said the prior flights have no availability (they do), and that it's not married. However the second agent said that the system would only let them select the earlier flight if they changed from QF1 to QF291 which I...

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