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Branded Fares Create Frequent Flyer Earn Confusion is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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Almost a reason to book via an OTA to get the fare class but then you might have the reverse problem of not knowing what’s actually included?
”Unbundled” J fares are the rage at the moment…. Although, they can be very good value for status PAX!I'm just glad Cathay Premium Economy and Business doesn't use branded fares... yet anyway.
Id be totally ok with more of this. There are times when i like the whole service. Other times i just want a lie flat bed.”Unbundled” J fares are the rage at the moment…. Although, they can be very good value for status PAX!
and a QF WP flying QR or AY unbundled still gets lounge access and extra bags!Id be totally ok with more of this. There are times when i like the whole service. Other times i just want a lie flat bed.
Why pay for all the rest of it when im sleeping for 3/4 of the flight.
You can look up your exact itinerary on ITA Matrix or even Amex Travel and it should come out at almost the same price (perhaps a few dollars more expensive at most), and will tell you the booking code. For now, CX still appears to be publishing all their fares on ITA Matrix.If anyone knows how to find where the fare code is displayed (before purchasing the ticket) when booking CX, please share
PPS not PSSI know PSS Club is the SQ level for its most frequent flyers but don't think that works in this case.
NDC - New Distribution CapabilityNDC? PSS? RBD? Could you please decipher.
I know PSS Club is the SQ level for its most frequent flyers but don't think that works in this case.
My bad.PPS not PSS
Did you receive points? Either way Qantas is definitely in the wrong here, you're on a QF flight number you should get status credits regardless. All the domestic Alliance flights credit properly. I think this is unfortunately yet another case of a clueless Qantas cell centre agent making stuff up.Slighty related - I fly semi-frequently Brisbane to Wellington and have been using Air New Zealand a lot as they fly directly. Qantas recently announced that they are to recommence direct flights. I was pretty happy, but when booking I noticed no status points for the flights!
I asked Qantas and they told me rather dismissively that it was because the flights were operated by Alliance. I'm a little confused by that - basically Alliance operating on behalf of Qantas (wet-lease or some other similar arrangement) and no status points, yet when I fly on Qantas code-share or other set up, status points are awarded. I'm pretty sure this goes against their own policy but what can you do. Pretty disappointing.
I did and received this response:Did you receive points? Either way Qantas is definitely in the wrong here, you're on a QF flight number you should get status credits regardless. All the domestic Alliance flights credit properly. I think this is unfortunately yet another case of a clueless Qantas cell centre agent making stuff up.
Have you tried emailing [email protected] about this?
Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We currently do not have any plans to have flights operated by Qantas that over Qantas status credits on that route. However, in future if this does change we will make our customers aware. Thank you again for providing your comments and we hope that you will give us the opportunity to welcome you aboard Qantas again soon. |
Pretty poor - maybe they monitor these threads but I'm thinking about taking it further as from what I can see, it does breach their own policy. I know it is a first world problem but this is a first world airline and the response was so dismissive. |