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I am planning to book some flights soon, I have found the itinerary I want using the Emirates website but was hoping to compare it with the Qantas price as I'd prefer to earn SCs if its a similar price.

All the flights do come up in different searches on Qantas but not when I do the Multi City I want, I think they all have a QF flight number except for EK978.

QF35 MEL-SIN 10 March 16
EK978 IKA(THR)-DXB 12 March 16
EK354 DXB-SIN 15 March 16
EK404 SIN-MEL 15 March 16

When I search it tells me to contact a Qantas office, but I thought I'd ask here in case there is something obvious that is stopping the search.

Thanks
 
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I am planning to book some flights soon, I have found the itinerary I want using the Emirates website but was hoping to compare it with the Qantas price as I'd prefer to earn SCs if its a similar price.

All the flights do come up in different searches on Qantas but not when I do the Multi City I want, I think they all have a QF flight number except for EK978.

QF35 MEL-SIN 10 March 16
EK978 IKA(THR)-DXB 12 March 16
EK354 DXB-SIN 15 March 16
EK404 SIN-DXB 15 March 16

When I search it tells me to contact a Qantas office, but I thought I'd ask here in case there is something obvious that is stopping the search.

Thanks

I assume you mean EK405 for SIN/DXB and on 16/03. EK404 is a DXB-SIN-MEL flight.

QF don't publish fares for DXB-SIN return and the EK fare does not permit QF flight numbers. You'll need to book this as QF MEL/SIN one way, EK IKA/DXB one way, EK DXB/SIN return.
 
Thanks for the reply,

I meant EK404 SIN-MEL

So that means I would have to do a return QF MEL-SIN and then IKA-DXB, DXB-SIN as another booking?
 
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Thanks for the reply,

I meant EK404 SIN-MEL

So that means I would have to do a return QF MEL-SIN and then IKA-DXB, DXB-SIN as another booking?

You can ticket IKA-DXB-SIN-MEL on a single QF ticket but it's more expensive than a MEL-SIN return + IKA-DXB-SIN one way.

MEL-SIN return:

Code:
LAST TKT DTE 26FEB16 - SEE ADV PURCHASE
------------------------------------------------------------
     AL FLGT  BK T DATE  TIME  FARE BASIS      NVB  NVA   BG
 MEL
 SIN QF    35 Q  Q 10MAR 1220  QSA             10MAR10MAR 30
 MEL QF  8404 Q  Q 15MAR 2225  QSA             15MAR15MAR 30


AUD   690.00      10MAR16MEL QF SIN250.47QF MEL250.47NUC
                  500.94END ROE1.377358
AUD    39.00WY    XT AUD 4.22WG AUD 19.90SG AUD 6.10OP AUD
AUD    55.00AU    8.00OO
AUD    38.22XT
AUD   822.22
CARD PAYMENT FEES UP TO AUD 30.00 MAY APPLY
TICKET STOCK RESTRICTION
BG CXR: QF/QF
PRICED WITH VALIDATING CARRIER QF

IKA-DXB-SIN:

Code:
LAST TKT DTE 12MAR16 - DATE OF ORIGIN
------------------------------------------------------------
     AL FLGT  BK T DATE  TIME  FARE BASIS      NVB  NVA   BG
 THR
 DXB EK   978 U  U 12MAR 2110  ULSOSIR1        12MAR12MAR 30
 SIN EK   354 U  U 15MAR 0315  ULSOSIR1        15MAR15MAR 30


USD   559.00      12MAR16THR EK DXB EK SIN559.00NUC559.00END
AUD   781.00      ROE1.000000
AUD     1.40YQ    XT AUD 28.60AE AUD 1.90ZR AUD 1.90TP
AUD    14.00IR
AUD    32.40XT
AUD   828.80
RATE USED 1USD=1.39717AUD
TICKET STOCK RESTRICTION
BG CXR: EK/EK
PRICED VC EK

I'd recommend considering a return ticket MEL-SIN-DXB-IKA-DXB-SIN-MEL... it may work out better for you:

Code:
LAST TKT DTE 24FEB16 - SEE SALES RSTNS
------------------------------------------------------------
     AL FLGT  BK T DATE  TIME  FARE BASIS      NVB  NVA   BG
 MEL
XSIN QF    35 O  O 10MAR 1220  OKME3           10MAR10MAR 30
XDXB QF  8355 O  O 10MAR 2100  OKME3           10MAR10MAR 30
 THR EK   971 T  T 11MAR 0750  OKME3           11MAR11MAR 30
 DXB EK   978 T  T 12MAR 2110  OKME3           12MAR12MAR 30
XSIN QF  8354 O  O 15MAR 0315  OKME3           15MAR15MAR 30
 MEL QF  8404 O  O 15MAR 2225  OKME3           15MAR15MAR 30


AUD  1420.00      10MAR16MEL QF X/SIN QF X/DXB EK THR515.47
                  EK DXB QF X/SIN QF MEL515.47NUC1030.94END
AUD    39.00WY    ROE1.377358
AUD    55.00AU    XT AUD 4.22WG AUD 6.00SG AUD 6.00OO AUD
AUD    62.62XT    28.60AE AUD 1.90ZR AUD 1.90TP AUD 14.00IR
AUD  1576.62
CARD PAYMENT FEES UP TO AUD 30.00 MAY APPLY
TICKET STOCK RESTRICTION
BG CXR: 3*QF/EK/2*QF
PRICED VC QF

Flights for SIN-DXB-IKA can be tweaked as needed...
 
Thanks for all those details and prices madrooster.

I will look at doing the return to SIN then another booking for IKA-DXB-SIN, The reason a round trip to IKA doesn't work for me is that I have already booked KUL-IKA on IR, So now I am trying to find flights to get to KUL (planning on trying Oman Air from SIN-KUL) then from IKA back to MEL with a few days in DXB in between.
 
Thanks for all those details and prices madrooster.

I will look at doing the return to SIN then another booking for IKA-DXB-SIN, The reason a round trip to IKA doesn't work for me is that I have already booked KUL-IKA on IR, So now I am trying to find flights to get to KUL (planning on trying Oman Air from SIN-KUL) then from IKA back to MEL with a few days in DXB in between.

You can use a QF fare for MEL-SIN <open jaw> KUL-DXB-IKA-DXB-SIN-MEL and it'll still come out cheaper than MEL-SIN return + IKA-DXB-SIN (which would be $1651). Basically if you aren't 100% fussed about which airline you're using and you just want QF SC's... I'd dump the IR ticket and just use a single return fare.

Code:
LAST TKT DTE 24FEB16 - SEE SALES RSTNS
------------------------------------------------------------
     AL FLGT  BK T DATE  TIME  FARE BASIS      NVB  NVA   BG
 MEL
XSIN QF    35 O  O 10MAR 1220  OKME3           10MAR10MAR 30
 KUL      S U R F A C E
XDXB QF  8409 O  O 11MAR 0945  OKME3           11MAR11MAR 30
 THR EK   979 T  T 11MAR 1610  OKME3           11MAR11MAR 30
 DXB EK   978 T  T 12MAR 2110  OKME3           12MAR12MAR 30
XSIN QF  8354 O  O 15MAR 0315  OKME3           15MAR15MAR 30
 MEL QF  8404 O  O 15MAR 2225  OKME3           15MAR15MAR 30


AUD  1420.00      10MAR16MEL QF X/SIN//X/KUL QF X/DXB EK THR
                  515.47EK DXB QF X/SIN QF MEL515.47NUC
AUD    39.00WY    1030.94END ROE1.377358
AUD    55.00AU    XT AUD 4.22WG AUD 3.00SG AUD 3.00OO AUD
AUD    79.92XT    21.90MY AUD 1.40D8 AUD 28.60AE AUD 1.90ZR
AUD  1593.92      AUD 1.90TP AUD 14.00IR
CARD PAYMENT FEES UP TO AUD 30.00 MAY APPLY
TICKET STOCK RESTRICTION
BG CXR: QF/2*QF/EK/2*QF
PRICED VC QF

Then you just need a SIN-KUL ticket... Jetstar Asia, AirAsia, Oman Air, SQ, MH are a few options. You can't include SIN-KUL in the QF fare.
 
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