Cannot fly from Singapore to anywhere but Australia on QF Ticket

[greg.owens]

Hi,
Just found out the very down side of the new QF through Dubai package! I live in Singapore and I cannot fly to anywhere but Australia on a QF ticket. Singapore to Dubai is only an EK ticket even if they have a QF flight number on the timetable. One assistant (I had to call - the website is not at all helpful - infers you can book but you can't) told me the routing from SIN - Barcelona was only SIN - DUB - LHR - Barcelona.... not exactly efficient but if I was flying from Australia I could fly DUB - Barcelona....

Not all roses for everyone !!!!!

 

[elbarto]

You could try SQ for SIN-BCN as they fly direct. Save yourself a lot of hassle.

 

[simongr]

What is the issue with not having a QF ticket? If it is flying on EK to DXB on a QF flight number you get points and status credits. Even if QF could ticket it EK would still get the bulk of the revenue.

 

[RooFlyer]

Putting aside the reason why the pax wants a QF number and ignoring SQ (pax probably wants QF points and SCs), this does seem a bit of an anomaly.

You cant fly SIN- BCN except via LHR??

I assume a pax originating in Australia can stop-over in SIN for a few days and then fly SIN-DXB-BCN ?

Not allowed a QF flight number ? Very odd.

 

[elbarto]

I had a go at booking it and it brings up an error. It seems to be the same issue as what's being discussed in another thread only from Hong Kong.
http://www.australianfrequentflyer....t-flyer-program/qf-lhr-via-hkg-now-49594.html

 

[dajop]

Maybe something to do with traffic rights ex-SIN or the QF/EK agreements says? It seems that you need a QF operated sector on a ticket ex-SIN to use QF codes on EK. That leaves DXB-LHR as the only option for using QF code SIN-DXB.

And the comment "I cannot fly to anywhere but Australia on a QF ticket" is not strictly true. QF tickets issued in SIN will get you to New Zealand, and I am sure you can get to France also (well at least to Noumea)