Direct Award flights not showing - but indirect are?

[blackjacknz]

Trying to book our final leg home (SYD - PER) on Oct 4 23 after arriving from Vancouver at 0635. When I search, there are no direct J Class Award fights available, just via MEL/ADE etc.

But if I put the start city as MEL/ADE it shows J availability from the start city back to SYD and then direct to PER? So there is J availability on the direct flights from SYD to PER.

Has anyone had any luck ringing Qantas to try and secure the direct with this scenario?

 

[Mwenenzi]

Fly Virgin. Problem solved.

Some of QF award offering are just 100% stupid.

 

[AIRwin]

Has anyone had any luck ringing Qantas to try and secure the direct with this scenario?

It may depend on your status with QF?

 

[justinbrett]

Trying to book our final leg home (SYD - PER) on Oct 4 23 after arriving from Vancouver at 0635. When I search, there are no direct J Class Award fights available, just via MEL/ADE etc.

But if I put the start city as MEL/ADE it shows J availability from the start city back to SYD and then direct to PER? So there is J availability on the direct flights from SYD to PER.

Has anyone had any luck ringing Qantas to try and secure the direct with this scenario?

It's a married segment issue.

I would call and see what they can do. Point out you can see the seat is available MEL-SYD-PER and that you are connecting from YVR.

 

[blackjacknz]

It's a married segment issue.

I would call and see what they can do. Point out you can see the seat is available MEL-SYD-PER and that you are connecting from YVR.

Just giving them a call now...see what they say.

It may depend on your status with QF?

lowly Bronze unfortunately....

 

[blackjacknz]

well...I was on the phone to Qantas.....to someone who had no clue and kept telling me to search online and as I tried to explain to her about the dog leg it was trying to send me on to the get those seats I want direct, she just hung up on me.......

Will try sending a message.......

 

[justinbrett]

At least there are seats via MEL. Not the worst thing in the world.

 

[Must...Fly!]

Fly Virgin. Problem solved.

Some of QF award offering are just 100% stupid.

They are also playing the married segment game sadly

 

[Lynda2475]

Id book via Melbourne, its not that much extra travel time and if your lucky there will be schedule change or irrops and they will put you on the direct flight anyway.

And if they dont then just think of the extra SCs you will earn (assuming you are points club).

 

[Mattg]

Qantas' Frustrating Application of Married Segment Logic

Qantas is routinely blocking domestic connections on international Classic Flight Reward itineraries when treating them as married segments.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Yup. Virtually no chance QF will release the domestic connecting sector to anyone who can’t get through to Hobart.

A message i sent to QFFF has gone unanswered for so long I’ve already taken the flights. I had to pay separately for the connector.

 

[blackjacknz]

Id book via Melbourne, its not that much extra travel time and if your lucky there will be schedule change or irrops and they will put you on the direct flight anyway.

And if they dont then just think of the extra SCs you will earn (assuming you are points club).

The available flights with the SYD-PER flight i want, start in MEL, so basically id have to book SYD-MEL and then the MEL-PER which takes me back to SYD 1st before getting on the flight I actually want SYD-PER.