Qantas - Emirates Award flight Discussion

[MonteCristo]

Dumb question alert for the brains trust: Is it possible to make a standalone Qantas classic rewards booking with Emirates from Malta to Larnaca (Cyprus)? Either by calling Qantas, or somehow online.

I can't get Malta to appear as a destination unless I start with a multi-city first leg in Rome FCO, but the routing is bad (from Rome, to London, then on to Malta), and charges don't make it worth it.

 

[k1s3k1]

Which seems to be one issue. “Married segments”.

Before August 5th, the F class seats between dxb and fra or other european destinations were all bookable on Qantas

 

[SYD]

Before August 5th, the F class seats between dxb and fra or other european destinations were all bookable on Qantas

Yes, amongst others. The shift in moving EK to the cheaper QF classic reward table seems to have created random issues (see my other example above).

But there were other things MIA even before 5 Aug.

 

[Noah Count]

@SYD your search is for Aug 25, most of the chat and banter in thread seems to be for flights in 2026. The EK released dates are around T-330? At the time of the QF changes 5 Aug 25 I was looking for Jun 26 and the F rewards just up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

 

[SYD]

@SYD your search is for Aug 25, most of the chat and banter in thread seems to be for flights in 2026. The EK released dates are around T-330? At the time of the QF changes 5 Aug 25 I was looking for Jun 26 and the F rewards just up and vanished like a fart in the wind.

Yet, as mentioned before, there’s tonnes of these.


But not others… It’s all a bit weird…

 

[Noah Count]

@SYD yep it is all a little strange. Some time in July I was able to book EK F HND-DXB-LHR and it had to made by calling QF. I posted up thread that getting back was hit and miss as flights would appear and then vanish a day later. For EK F back to anyplace in Asia was working like clock work until 11 Jun 26, post this date flights disappeared for around 4 days and then reappeared to around 18/19 Jun 26 then they all disappeared again. As I posted the EK agent stated that they have not released F seats for their own members let alone partners. All the posts and articles on what is happening and who is blocking what is just speculation.