Hi Guys,
After talking up a first class seat I had on a qantas A380 a year back I promised my fiance i'd get her on a flight with me this year. Now I kinda assumed it'd be relatively easy using FF points on classic awards, just as I had a year ago. Last year I flew ADL/MEL/SIN (so I could fly first on a 380) and booked it in on one ticket.
Looking at what's available now I'm dissapointed. We are fairly flexible with travel dates and were trying to do ADL/MEL/HKG or ADL/SYD/HKG. Now when I try to check availability online I can't find ANY first fares, and even the business ones are frequently only business on the domestic leg (why the hell would you pay for a business fare only to be in economy on the international leg?)
Worse still I'd be happy to give singapore another go but again, no first fares. The business fares show but again are mostly in economy for the international leg.
What's going on? Is this typical now of Classic award availability? I thought airlines jumped at the chance to burn FF points on higher class fares. I spent lots of time earning them now i'm unsure how i'm going to be able to use them! Does anyone have any advice or insight?
Cheers
Sean
After talking up a first class seat I had on a qantas A380 a year back I promised my fiance i'd get her on a flight with me this year. Now I kinda assumed it'd be relatively easy using FF points on classic awards, just as I had a year ago. Last year I flew ADL/MEL/SIN (so I could fly first on a 380) and booked it in on one ticket.
Looking at what's available now I'm dissapointed. We are fairly flexible with travel dates and were trying to do ADL/MEL/HKG or ADL/SYD/HKG. Now when I try to check availability online I can't find ANY first fares, and even the business ones are frequently only business on the domestic leg (why the hell would you pay for a business fare only to be in economy on the international leg?)
Worse still I'd be happy to give singapore another go but again, no first fares. The business fares show but again are mostly in economy for the international leg.
What's going on? Is this typical now of Classic award availability? I thought airlines jumped at the chance to burn FF points on higher class fares. I spent lots of time earning them now i'm unsure how i'm going to be able to use them! Does anyone have any advice or insight?
Cheers
Sean