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    Shower on arrival at Charles De Gaulle

    We are flying into CDG terminal 1 early in the morning (7:30am) in a few weeks (flying Srilankan airlines). Just wondering if there are any options to have a shower on arrival as we cannot check into our hotel until 3pm. There is a hotel located in the airport but it’s past security and you...
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    Merge 2 bookings to make a oneworld Classic Flight Reward?

    Have made 2 bookings online as follows (all business): Booking 1: MEL-DFW (Qantas) then DFW-LHR-DUB (BA) Booking 2: DUB-HEL (Finnair) then HEL-HND (JAL) HND-MEL (Qantas) Total points were 402,100. Can I call the call centre and connect the 2 bookings as one oneworld Classic Flight Reward...
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    Is there travel insurance which will pay for a full fare flight if award flight is cancelled?

    I have booked business award flights MEL-LAX (Qantas) then LAX-DUB (BA) and then return flights with Qatar. Wondering, as per the title of the thread, if there is any travel insurance which will pay for a full fare flight (as very likely there will be no award flights left and Qantas seem to do...
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    List of locations to return to Aus from Europe and transit flights

    2 quick questions if I could ask the brain trust? 1. Is there a website which list of airports which can be used to transit from Europe to Australia (eg DOH/BKK/CMB etc). I'm trying to book a return from Europe in January and can get from Europe to Asia/middle east but as always it is very...
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    Jetstar baggage allowance

    We return to Australia in a few days from Ireland. Our classic reward booking (all flights on one booking) is DUB-HEL-BKK (business with Finnair) then BKK-MEL (Jetstar economy). For our Jetstar flight I’ve checked the booking online (Jetstar website) and the information shown says we have 20KG...
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    Points not deducted. Should I be worried.

    Booked a Qantas award with Finnair and Emirates. Fees have been charged and seats have been ticketed but Qantas still haven't taken the points. I called them several times last week but the SA call centre are useless and I’ve still not managed to sort the issue. Should I be worried and should I...
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    Potential issue with an award flight?

    I've booked 2 award seats (F & J) BKK-DOH-DUB through Qantas with Qatar. When I booked the flights Qantas had issues taking payment (have had this with quite a few of my bookings) and I received an email to call and change payment method. Did this and they eventually took payment and points and...
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    Any tips or tricks to get an award flight from MEL-BKK-MEL

    Finally got our trip to Dublin (which was via NRT so we had flight cancelations) rebooked and we are now going via DOH (including first class BKK-DOH!). Cannot find any award availability though from MEL (or any other Australian airport) to BKK so looking like I'll need to buy a ticket to BKK...
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    Add Qantas classic award flights to existing booking reference?

    Would greatly appreciate any advice on the following.. Have booked DRW-SIN-BKK classic award through Qantas flying JQ (ticketed on booking reference 1). We have a 6 hour layover and then have a second leg booked travelling BKK-DOH-DUB classic award through Qantas flying Qatar (ticketed on...
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    Quick question.. name change

    Just a quick question. 4 people travelling in pairs on 2 different One World award flights. Flights are Jetstar plus other no Qantas partners. To facilitate changing the travelling pairs is it possible to change the names on the tickets?
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    What options do we have.. OW RTW in Business (so over bloody Qantas)

    Back in October 2021 I managed to book 4 X OW RTW in Business flying from MEL-NRT-HEL-DUB flying Japan Airlines and Finnair flying June 25th returning July 27th. Japan Airlines then changed some of our flights so had to call Qantas to sort out new routes which I managed to sort after hours and...
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    Missing connecting flight due to longer flight time with Finnair.

    We had some disruption to our rtw business flights x 4 in June. Finnair made changes to our flights which allow our connections to work albeit we now have 12 hour layovers in NRT and HEL. However on our return leg our Finnair HEL-NRT is 3 hours longer so miss our connecting flight with Japan Air...
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    Qantas incorrectly requiring PCR test. Any point seeking a refund?

    My wife flew to Ireland 2 weeks ago from Melbourne. At check in she was incorrectly informed she needed a PCR test. She tried to tell them this but they would not listen so she had to queue and pay for a PCR test. While waiting for her result she pulled up the correct info and went back to the...
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    Cancel award flight less than 24 hours before flight?

    Quick question if anyone can help. If I book a Qantas International Classic Flight can I cancel less than 24 hours before the flight and get a full refund? Qantas have waived fees and allow a fully refundable reward flight if purchased before 30th June up until 31st Dec but I can't see any...
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    OWA flights - Email from Qantas notifying of flight change which stuffs up our plans

    Finally managed to book family of 4 on a OneWorld award RTW in business. We had 4 days in Japan flying into Narita and then out of Fukuoka 4 days later onto Europe. We had planned on taking the bullet train stopping off on the way during the layover. Qantas have just emailed to say they have...
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    Due to fly Melbourne to Perth June 12th. Chances of flying?

    We are booked to fly to Perth from Melbourne on June 12th. With lockdown and WA border closure what do you think are the chances lockdown will be over abs borders will be open allowing us to fly?
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    Would you book?

    Had planned to fly to Europe next year during the June school holidays. Can see availability but there's not much left. Realize there is little hope of flying not only due to covid but we're also in Melbourne. Would you book knowing you can cancel for free before end Oct or cancel later if we...
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    Krisflyer vs Qantas FF

    We are currently working towards building our QFF points for a RTW redemption in business. I don't know much about Krisflyer but thought I'd research to see if this is a better option as we love flying Singapore (albeit only ever flown economy). The points required are nearly the same (240K...
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