Can't book one way international from outside Aus

[dxwell]

I am trying to book GVA-BNE one way.
I can see the VA code shares on Qatar when I do a return on VA website.
But you can't book this on the website.
Called the service centre - they told me that the flight cannot be booked as VA are not an international carrier.
Anyhoo, I have seen conflicting information on the interweb about being able to do such.

 

[pauldab]

Seeing all other airlines force you to use and pay in the country of the origin for the first leg of the booking I'm not surprised VA responded like this.
Have you tried the OTA's for the same route to see if they can come up with it?

 

[RooFlyer]

Easy to do with a regular TA as well. Mine will charge in A$ @ spot for something like this, and no cc fees.

 

[dxwell]

thanks @RooFlyer can you please DM me your TA?
@pauldab OTAs had no VA fares and their Qatar fares were higher than Qatar direct with codes

 

[justinbrett]

I thought it had been widely discussed here that the VA codes can only be purchased ex AU.

 

[RooFlyer]

thanks @RooFlyer can you please DM me your TA?
@pauldab OTAs had no VA fares and their Qatar fares were higher than Qatar direct with codes

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