Is the Multicity booking tool broken?

[QFFBNE]

I'm looking to travel in 2 x J in BNE/EDI/LHR/BNE October 2023, and am doing a few dummy bookings now to see what airlines/flights/routes might be available when the (few) Classic Rewards seats become available. I have enough points for QF and/or partner airlines, and happy to jumble it up a bit and use QF plus two others to make it a OTW. Obviously going to have to be flexible but what I can't understand at the moment is a SYF/HKG/LHR routing coming out at 179k points per person, instead of the 159k shown in the Rewards Tables? What am I missing? And as soon as I add a third flight (eg QF from BNE to SYD) to make it an OTW booking the multicity tool just gives an error message.





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[levelnine]

I gave you an answer to your first question in the other thread in which you posted this.

As for the multi-city tool, it's well known that it is plagued with errors and frequently crashes. Not much you can do about it but try other flight combinations.

 

[ChrisMars]

SYD-HKG-LHR is 4581 + 5994 = 10575 miles.
The OWA table would place it in zone 6: 9601-11600, and price it at 180k per person, or 360k for your 2 pax.
EDIT: To be really correct what I wrote above is not taking into account the surface segment LHR-SYD to get back to the departure point, so it would be 21148 miles, aka zone10, aka 318k per person.

Instead, the quote you get is the cheaper price of the partner award table, zone5 3601-4800 + zone7 (5801-7000) which cost 75k + 104.5k = 179.5k per person, or 359k for your 2 pax. It is split in two because of the carrier change. If you can find award with just CX, it would have been zone10 of the partner award, which is 159k per passengers.

 

[QFFBNE]

I gave you an answer to your first question in the other thread in which you posted this.

As for the multi-city tool, it's well known that it is plagued with errors and frequently crashes. Not much you can do about it but try other flight combinations.

Thanks, I appreciate that and I replied there. I posted in two threads because I had two slightly different problems. And the mutli-city one is the biggest.

 

[QFFBNE]

SYD-HKG-LHR is 4581 + 5994 = 10575 miles.
The OWA table would place it in zone 6: 9601-11600, and price it at 180k per person, or 360k for your 2 pax.
EDIT: To be really correct what I wrote above is not taking into account the surface segment LHR-SYD to get back to the departure point, so it would be 21148 miles, aka zone10, aka 318k per person.

Instead, the quote you get is the cheaper price of the partner award table, zone5 3601-4800 + zone7 (5801-7000) which cost 75k + 104.5k = 179.5k per person, or 359k for your 2 pax. It is split in two because of the carrier change. If you can find award with just CX, it would have been zone10 of the partner award, which is 159k per passengers.

Ahhh. So if I use two different carriers it adds it up as two separate flights, not one flight SYD/LHR. I have to stick to the one carrier to keep it at 159K (eg QF for each leg SYDE/HKG/LHR), or use QF plus 2 to make it even 'cheaper" OTW at 318k. Thanks for that. Looks like OTW will be not only the cheapest but the easiest option too ATM.

 

[Mattg]

Ahhh. So if I use two different carriers it adds it up as two separate flights, not one flight SYD/LHR. I have to stick to the one carrier to keep it at 159K (eg QF for each leg SYDE/HKG/LHR), or use QF plus 2 to make it even 'cheaper" OTW at 318k. Thanks for that. Looks like OTW will be not only the cheapest but the easiest option too ATM.

What does OTW stand for?

 

[PLANT]

ontheway,?

 

[ChrisMars]

Oneworld The World?

 

[K. Louise]

I am wondering what level frequent flyer you are to be seeing these flights? My searches come up with zero.

 

[QFFBNE]

I am wondering what level frequent flyer you are to be seeing these flights? My searches come up with zero.

I'm Gold so I see QF seats a bit earlier. And they go very quickly.

 

[QFFBNE]

What does OTW stand for?

Sorry I meant RTW, Round The World.

 

[exceladdict]

If it's any consolation, I can't even get the multicity tool to progress to a pricing page for a three flight Qantas domestic itinerary at the moment (literally per/bne/Syd/Mel).

 

[RealtimeY]

If it's any consolation, I can't even get the multicity tool to progress to a pricing page for a three flight Qantas domestic itinerary at the moment (literally per/bne/Syd/Mel).

It also prices it incorrectly. The old multi city booking tool which now can’t be used for domestic did not have trouble with this.

 

[tdimdad]

It also prices it incorrectly. The old multi city booking tool which now can’t be used for domestic did not have trouble with this.

Ooh, is there a better tool on the QF pages for the int'l searches? A link, please...

 

[exceladdict]

Rather than posting a different thread - can anyone help with advice to book a multicity domestic award? I am hoping for PER-BNE-SYD-MEL without calling CPT or NAN

 

[RealtimeY]

I think you have to call them

 

[jpp42]

without calling CPT or NAN

Since I love playing the IATA three letter code police, I will point out that the Mindpearl call centre in Fiji is actually in Suva (SUV). ;-)

 

[ChrisMars]

Rather than posting a different thread - can anyone help with advice to book a multicity domestic award? I am hoping for PER-BNE-SYD-MEL without calling CPT or NAN

Is that for a single day award (including redeye)?

 

[exceladdict]

Since I love playing the IATA three letter code police, I will point out that the Mindpearl call centre in Fiji is actually in Suva (SUV). ;-)

Touché!

 

[exceladdict]

Is that for a single day award (including redeye)?

Yes, though I think that I can make it work both east-west and west-east for 57k, and hopefully avoiding the redeye.