China Airlines reward seats using Qantas points

[Hadun]

Has anybody here successfully accessed seatmaps for their QFF bookings on CI for late 2026 ex TPE? Trying to work out whether my problem is a change in policy or a glitch. (I'm in PY.)

You mean seat selection? Which website were you trying? I'm not sure about PY but even for J seat selection you had to use one of the partner airlines eg Royal Jordanian before it started working on QFF again months back. Or does CI charge for PY seat selection?

 

[aspro2]

You mean seat selection? Which website were you trying? I'm not sure about PY but even for J seat selection you had to use one of the partner airlines eg Royal Jordanian before it started working on QFF again months back. Or does CI charge for PY seat selection?

The question was originally about both, as any attempt to bring up a seatmap anywhere failed. This has just changed to RJ showing the seatmap and allowing seat selection., so for some reason CI had perhaps not loaded that into the system.

Now I do have the seat selection via RJ, but QF still shows "seat selection not available" which is unusual (even for PY in the last few years), and more unusually, the CI app refuses to show the booking ("not found") unlike the last two+ years.

 

[Hadun]

That's weird then. Sounds like CI is restricting booking management functions even further for qantas partner stuff. Does it at least show your chosen seat number on qantas? Was surprised to find seat selection working back in april/may when I was managing a relative's CI booking but guess that didn't last long.

 

[aspro2]

That's weird then. Sounds like CI is restricting booking management functions even further for qantas partner stuff. Does it at least show your chosen seat number on qantas? Was surprised to find seat selection working back in april/may when I was managing a relative's CI booking but guess that didn't last long.

Oh yes, I forgot to mention that it did show almost immediately in the Qantas booking record, even though the seat selection capability was still unavailable.

It's strange to have a reversal of fortunes in general after the sluggishly positive trend of having both QF seat selection *and* CI-in-app booking access over the last two+years. I was even able to select my J meal earlier this year in the app! This is why I'm wondering if it's my booking that has a glitch or if there's a policy change.

 

[heycam]

FWIW I was able to do seat selection through qantas.com for the J award seats I booked last week.

 

[auriga]

Has anybody here successfully accessed seatmaps for their QFF bookings on CI for late 2026 ex TPE? Trying to work out whether my problem is a change in policy or a glitch. (I'm in PY.)

I read something about CI planning to change equipment for Australian flights ( bus and eco only). Not sure how credible.

 

[aspro2]

I read something about CI planning to change equipment for Australian flights ( bus and eco only). Not sure how credible.

It's certainly the case that the B777 is loaded for some days (Wednesdays ex TPE IIRC) late next year (didn't check earlier dates). That's a negative step for PY passengers as it is 2-4-2, unlike the 2-3-2 on the A350.