Reduced Business Class on Partner Airlines

[iamsuperandrew]

Has anyone else noticed a significant reduction of return J seats with VA's partners like QR & SQ over the July 2026?

 

[Bolthead]

I guess it depends where you are flying to. We have also been looking at reward flights from SYD - Europe. (we are flexible on the city) I found plenty of flights to Europe on SQ however not so good to LHR. In the end we have decided to fly from SIN - FRA which there is a ton of flights in J (for 2 x Pax) As well we don't want to burn or all our points as we have another tripped planned for USA in 2027. (if the country is still standing)

I have also looked at QR however there seats seem all over the place and more of a lucky dip.

Have you tried to look for one way fares and also checked for departure from other Australian cities. I found a lot from Adelaide for instrance. But like I said I guess it depends where you are flying from and to. Good luck....

 

[iamsuperandrew]

I guess it depends where you are flying to. We have also been looking at reward flights from SYD - Europe. (we are flexible on the city) I found plenty of flights to Europe on SQ however not so good to LHR. In the end we have decided to fly from SIN - FRA which there is a ton of flights in J (for 2 x Pax) As well we don't want to burn or all our points as we have another tripped planned for USA in 2027. (if the country is still standing)

I have also looked at QR however there seats seem all over the place and more of a lucky dip.

Have you tried to look for one way fares and also checked for departure from other Australian cities. I found a lot from Adelaide for instrance. But like I said I guess it depends where you are flying from and to. Good luck....

I have booked our ticket to EU but the getting back to AU is that part I am having an issue with

 

[Bolthead]

Have you tried BRU or FRA or AMS or CDG or LGW

 

[iamsuperandrew]

Have you tried BRU or FRA or AMS or CDG or LGW

There is virtually nothing from SIN or DOH, I am assuming you mean to try looking for a married flight?

 

[Bolthead]

There is virtually nothing from SIN or DOH, I am assuming you mean to try looking for a married flight?

I think it is because VA haven't released any flights using QR. Between April and early June there is a heap of flights between LHR -SYD then it drys up. Because we are flying to SIN there is plenty of SQ flights from various cities. I also found that if you check around 23:45 and onwards there might be a better chance of snapping up some flights. (usually with SQ)

 

[Stealthflyer]

I have booked our ticket to EU but the getting back to AU is that part I am having an issue with

You could try searching for multiple legs. I couldn’t find a satisfactory J Europe to Australia in one booking, so I booked return Europe flights in three bookings: HBA- Europe (QR), Europe -Sin (SQ), Sin to HBA. It cost me more in points, but it meant I had a lovely stopover in Singapore on the way home.