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    Dilemma- My paid booking now has award seat availability

    Wow.....I got the ticket numbers a few minutes after completing the booking !
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    Dilemma- My paid booking now has award seat availability

    thanks RichardMEL and TheInsider ! I have grabbed the last remaining award seats and hopefully it will be able to ticket and then I will cancel the paid fare. Unfortunately the taxes/carrier charges are so high in recent times (depending on airline/route etc ) that each time one has to determine...
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    Dilemma- My paid booking now has award seat availability

    HI, I have a paid fare with Qatar Airways, Zagreb to Melbourne. The fare is fully refundable. There are now award seats available on the very same flights, there were none before. I suspect if I book the award seats it won't ticket as Qatar will recognise that I am already on the flights. Would...
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    Current treatment of missed connections on a Qantas Classic Reward Booking - any experience?

    I suggest you check Finnair schedules for the date you are considering booking to confirm if it is reflective of post Ukraine war route to ensure that your Singapore to Sydney connection works. I have had a booked July Budapest-Helsinki-Narita-Melbourne flight no longer viable due to a longer...
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    “Hi Qantas I would like to change a flight please?”

    My award seat booking is Melbourne-Singapore-Doha-Frankfurt. My request cannot be done on line hence I need to call…… Day 1 : “could I change Doha to Frankfurt to an earlier flight please?” “Oh we have to request Qatar Airways to unlink Singapore-Doha-Frankfurt, please call back after 24 hours...
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    JETSTAR BUSINESS AWARD SEAT - LOUNGE ACCESS ?

    Hi , I am bronze FF and not a QF club member. Does a Jetstar international business class award seat have any lounge entitlements ?
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    Jetstar/Finnair Interline Arrangement

    Hi does anyone know if luggage will be checked all the way through on a single booking/ticket : Helsinki to Singapore (Finnair) - Singapore to Melbourne (Jetstar). Finnair call centre says no yet Jetstar website says yes.
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    Qantas Call Centre Long Wait Times

    Dear N860CR (and others) , if you are chasing a points/taxes refund best to call frequent flyer services on the 131313 call menu not the priority number . Priority number can route you to any call centre. While frequent flyer services don't deal with reservations they are very helpful in fast...
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    Overlapping Bookings?

    Hi, in attempting to create a second back up booking via an alternative route from Melbourne to Frankfurt, the system can’t complete the booking (error message) as I suspect that it recognises that I am already flying into Frankfurt on the same day on an existing booking. I have come across...
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    Wait Or Book A Back Up Flight ?

    Thanks Princess Fiona. If the JL flight is cancelled for the booked day but there is the same flight the day before or day after with award availability do Qantas offer that ?
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    Wait Or Book A Back Up Flight ?

    Hi, I have a business class award seat booking Melbourne to Frankfurt via Narita with JAL departing mid June. Due to reduced demand JAL have been cancelling flights up until June. I have enough points to book a back up flight the day before although it is longer being...
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    Revenue Fare on Qatar - Credit to QFF and/or QR Q Miles?

    Hi , I am about to book a paid Qatar Airways fare . I have the option of entering my Qatar privilege club number or Qantas FF number. I rarely take a paid fare and usually travel via QF and partner award seats. I have no Qatar points. Is there any benefit using my Qatar membership ? Can I enter...
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    Qantas Call Centre Long Wait Times

    It is not just the long wait time but the training of staff in order to answer the most basic of questions varies so wildly and it does seem ( although not always ) that the Cape Town call centre is at the bottom when it comes to knowledge and skill set.
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    Classic reward booking on one ticket vs two

    Hi I also have several sector to sector award seat bookings for a trip to Europe in June of next year. (MEL to FRA and back from BUD) The reason is that despite being able to book NOW it does not necessarily mean that the airlines will actually fly these booking dates. Eg I have booked MEL to...
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    Economy Class Booking Changed to Business Wishing to Revert to Economy

    Hi sudoer, I changed the booking class, it wasn't a classic upgrade. BTW the flight is in July 2022.
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    Economy Class Booking Changed to Business Wishing to Revert to Economy

    Hi, I have an award seat booking which was originally in economy class then some time later I changed it on-line to business class. I spoke to the call centre as I was wishing to revert to economy class with a request to fast track the points difference refund as I wished to make an additional...
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    Award Payment Fail - 4620 Error

    Hi Sombol, Despite on line payment failure it is likely that you had actually obtained the seats and they were being held for you. That is why you could no longer see the seats when you tried to search again. This happened to me twice in recent weeks and I used the call back service and made...
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    Flying to Cuba with QFF points

    Unless things have changed, several years ago my wife and I flew Melbourne to Havana return via Santiago on QF award seats with Lan (now LATAM)
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    PAYMENT ERROR

    Hi , I recently managed to obtain four QF award seats from Frankfurt to Melbourne with Qatar Airways however when I went to finalise the booking and pay the taxes/charges I received credit card error: 4620 “We are having difficulty with the credit card details provided. Please validate the...
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    Zagreb to Melbourne award seats/points plus pay

    Both Emirates and Qatar Airways fly from Zagreb to Dubai and Doha respectively which in turn creates a potential connecting route to Melbourne. Both airlines offer QF award seats while Emirates also offers points plus pay. However when attempting to search for flights on the Qantas website from...
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