They don’t need to be OW hubs. Are you putting together a oneworld award, or just looking for flights to europe and back? If just looking for straight out flights you can pick up Oman Air fro example from jakarta or singapore. Or even emirates from jakarta. There’s also BA from Delhi, etc.
So got used to hitting Max points having to go out of the way to get where I want to go that it has become habit to just go Oneworld. Really just want to get to Scotland this time. Edinburgh would be nice but the train from London is good also. Maybe a sit-down rethink is required.
.The only reason I mention Oman air separately is that even though they’ve joined OW, you can’t use them for the capped oneworld award just yet.So got used to hitting Max points having to go out of the way to get where I want to go that it has become habit to just go Oneworld. Really just want to get to Scotland this time. Edinburgh would be nice but the train from London is good also. Maybe a sit-down rethink is required.
As @MEL_Traveller says, they don't need to be oneworld hubs; just somwhere a Oneworld airline OR Qantas partner flies to/from. What Aus city are you hoping to depart from? Which destination airport are you open to? Is EK acceptable (higher points & taxes)? Stopover or straight through?
EK is not a member of Oneworld and therefore not eligible for inclusion in a Oneworld Classic flight reward.
Neither AF, nor KL are members of Oneworld and therefore not eligible for inclusion in a Oneworld Classic flight reward.
I'm well aware of that but the OP hasn't stated that they are only looking for a Oneworld award (despite that being the title of this thread). Seems to me they just want to get there using QF points.
Is it possible to get the initial ticket priced in AUD (when starting a OWA overseas) via the Qantas website or only via a call centre? My experience so far is the website only allows you to pay in the currency of the starting country.
This thread is Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Planning - The Definitive Thread
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Call centre only. Website will always use currency assigned to the starting city.
I know you and @MEL_Traveller are both across the OWA rules.
Fair point
It is not clear what the OP for this section is after, which is why I asked the question of whether they are looking for a OWA or simple use of Qantas points.
My first option is an OWA flight as that gives better options in the long run. I have had a couple in the past where I have started in Sydney and this year from Rockhampton where we now live. Most recently we flew to Melbourne to connect to a JAL flight and preciously from Sydney to Adelaide to connect to a Cathay flight to Hong Kong. Like flying so going out of the way to get a flight isn't a problem. It seems that the hardest part is getting in and out of Australia. I loved onto JAL this morning and confirmed a rewards available flight in September 26 from Melbourne but Qantas won't allow it to be booked. So frustrating.
As you're ex. ROK, maybe keep an eye on CX ex. CNS.
Had a look going that way but Qantas keeps directing to Jetstar. Feb is a little early. Do you know when they start again? Might look to Nov 26 to get more time for booking and maybe get more available flights.
Your most logical search start point would be BNE. That means typically
There's no guarantee they will. If they do it may be seasonal and not return until about Nov.
If a OWA going east is OK with FJ to NAN, for other connections. But that is assuming sometime QF does add FJ to Oneworld Award.
Is it possible to call and get an FJ let added based that it complies with the rules but just can't be added on the web site. I used to program websites for a living before I retired and the Qantas website has to up there with the worst functionally I have seen.
