QF new Look Booking website

[RichardMEL]

Wonder what subclass designator they will use for the subclass of Y, the one for the lower price of Y, and then flex, which might be full Y, and then what class of J, or is it I class.
U would still be upgradeable J.
With only 2 subclasses of Y, it would mean that its only 10 QFF SC and then the flex Y will be 25 QFF SC, (edit: no more 25 QFF SC, its only 20 now)), and no others, and J will be 40 QFF SC, and thats it on the shorter 3 capital city sector flights, ADL - MEL/vv, MEL - SYD/vv and ADL - SYD/vv.
Will go and have a look at the SC earn rates now.

This is just nonsense. Sorry but you don't really seem to understand how all of this works and you're not only confusing yourself, but potentially others.

"subclass designator they will use for th subclass of Y"? I am guessing you mean the fare bucket?
What you seem to be confusing is what QF call "fare categories" or "fare types" split broadly into what I'll call Discounted Economy (or Red-E-Deal in QF parlance) and "Flexible Economy" (flex). Each of these general categories is split into different fares at different price points, such as N, O, Q etc up to Y.

What is being displayed is according to the availability on a specific flight.

This page gives a very good breakdown:

Qantas Class Types | Frequent Flyer

To see how Qantas Fare Types align to the Frequent Flyer Categories, see details here.

www.qantas.com

As you can see, the last change in this breakdown was 4 November, 2020.

Your reference to U is not helpful in this context - this is a fare bucket used for both Business Reward and upgrades into Business. - not "upgradeable J" - but I suspect this is just a confusion in your wording, and you probably mean that.

Again there are not actually only 2 "subclasses" of Economy Fares - there are a myriad of them. However QF (as many other airlines do, btw) are showing those available in the broad categories of restricted (inc sale) and flex - and one can see from the displayed conditions the difference.

In practice most pax either want the cheapest available fare, or a flex fare. If you displayed 10 different fare types with 10 price points that would just get confusing. The booking engine is showing applicable fares at these two broad price points.

Again, those with more specific needs will most likely not be using this booking engine.

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Oooo, that is bad.
Only 10 QFF SC, as always for the Red E deal, but the flex is only 20 QFF SC, on short dom flight runs, and only one class of J, so thats 40 QFF SC.
No more flexJ for a higher earn, on shorter flight runs.

As has been pointed out, this incorrect. The earn rates have also been this way for quitea long time. You're insinuating this is a new change. It is not.

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Cripes, they must have learnt a lot about us doing status runs, with this new website layout, it will indeed be harder amass SC!

When was the last time you purchased a flex J ticket on a domestic flight - in the case where no cheaper J fares were available?

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No more flexJ, at 45 QFF SC, on shorter dom flight runs either, to buy for a rev fare that is.

again, incorrect.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

there are two SC earns for J 80SC the usual but 95SC if the price is higher

Finally a change that is actually simpler and fairer!

 

[RichardMEL]

Finally a change that is actually simpler and fairer!

NOT a change.

this has been the case for ages.

Fares booked in J an C earn at a higher rate to those in D and I.

Please check the below under "Business" and "Flexible Business":

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/earn-points/airline-earning-tables/qantas-and-jetstar-earning-tables.html#domestic-australia-and-new-zealand

Again, this is NOT a change!

 

[BAM1748]

Just tried the new look booking page, more clicks to see choice, was much faster and more straight forward to see it all at once.

I'm a QF supporter but need to call it out, this is inferior to the previous presentation when it comes to serving the customer.

 

[Scozzy]

not being able to see the aircraft type at a glance really sucks

Yeah I agree. This was my first thought when looking at MEL-PER and wanting an A330. I hate it when "upgrades" are worse than before and you lose functionality.

 

[elanshin]

I'm just on QBR to check some stuff on it and thought I might as well look to see if prices were any different but the booking page looks very different to how I remember it.
For one the Booking Class is there.

 

[eminere]

I'm just on QBR to check some stuff on it and thought I might as well look to see if prices were any different but the booking page looks very different to how I remember it.
For one the Booking Class is there.

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Sure would be nice if they could carry this through to the "regular" non-QBR booking engine, AND also have the booking class indicated in the e-ticket (not just shown only during the booking process).

 

[VPS]

The thing that annoys me is trying to find my complimentary lounge invitations to transfer to people. It's so hard to find and the new site isn't any better

They should also be able to know I'm LTG and not ask me if I want to join the Qantas club or link a complimentary pass to my flight

 

[elanshin]

I'm just on QBR to check some stuff on it and thought I might as well look to see if prices were any different but the booking page looks very different to how I remember it.
For one the Booking Class is there.

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Ok I'm even more confused.

Default sort is by classic rewards availability (economy) not by departure time. Departure time is secondary filter after classic reward availability.
Why Qantas? This is QBR not Main site.
I was getting confused why my flight wasn't showing up when I was looking to book for my employee to come along.

 

[RealtimeY]

It looks like they are using a third party booking engine for QBR. Although it's sorting it by price by default for me. In fact, I don't even see any mention of classic rewards on the page?

 

[encryptededdy]

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Isn't that fare information wrong? Changes are permitted on Red E-deals, albeit for a $99 fee.

 

[downgraded]

Isn't that fare information wrong? Changes are permitted on Red E-deals, albeit for a $99 fee.

I tried looking for some CR seats yesterday and it was impossibly slow and VERY unusable. If you tick the box for flexible with dates and have asked for J CR flights then just give me the calendar matrix with available J seat dates, or the multi booking calendar with all CR class availability (which I think is what we used to get) Simples! What use is the Y CR options when I've asked for CR J??

The booking website is a complete disaster. OK, Not news for real frequent flyers, but for an ex FF with points to burn it makes me realise why I find life is a better option to travelling with QF.