Any recent experience booking japan (or any other north asian cities) to australia. trying a year out and there is nothing coming up ANA or Asiana, or eva. Very dire state of affairs from what i can see.
just had courtesy call from person i spoke with yesterday, whom stated would call back when ticketed after i requested it, to check for my email as it had just been ticketed. i stated i had already received documentation after my 5th call this morning, and that i had received amedus eticket...
received email stating Confirmation and E-Ticket Flight Itinerary with logos attachements et al. no e-ticket number on that doc. the amedeus text email does. be careful out there folks.
another 24 hours.... no ticket. went thru same process as previous, requesting immediate ticketing. no luck, told not for immediate travel (i start my travels on saturday, but this tix is return sector). Progress made was my credit card charged $2.41 for fx charge yesterday, but still no...
still waiting on ticketing change 1 week after amendment. Second call to plat line did nothing. (was not hobart, cause there was an absolute party going on in the background). Called again yesterday, 20 min wait. 20 min on hold, awaiting ticketing reply. then told they would call back, which...
Reports out of MEL F lounge today/right now is abit of caos. 2 delayed flights dallas & jakarta. 5 min wait at reception. no room in dining room. sat at uncleared lounge table, and left without clearing. waiting for clean champagne glasses. wet menu (winter) and 30 min wait for food.
i tried calling just now to cancel reward. 10am aussie time to usa 1800 number, and on hold 30 min. does anyone have any better suggests for number or times to call?
My rental car disaster was in south island NZ . arrived christchurch to drive to queenstown. was worried about driving into darkness on mountain roads. what i didnt expect was torrential rain, eventual hail. commuting about 60kms trying not to drive off the serpentine highway.
In the end...
Confirmed! i was able to book a first reward on QF81 going out in sept, and bus reward QF82 coming back in Oct.
New customer enhancement??.... in both cases, my mel-syd legs are not in bus. Going up to connect to first reward, qf econ. and coming back after bus leg, only 2 jq flights...
arrivals
JQ36 DPS-MEL CANCELLED
JQ44 DPS-MEL CANCELLED
departures
JQ43 MEL-DPS delayed to 1140
JQ7 MEL-SIN just got delayed 5 hours to 1800
(this doom scrolling is exhausting.... will need holiday!)