Mixed Class JAL/BA Booking

[Miasma]

Hi all,

I'm trying to work out how to book the following in one ticket:

Flight 1: JL 772 - SYD>NRT
(Stopover for a few days)

Flight 2: JL 41 - HND>LHR
(London)

Flight 3: BA 15 / QF 2 - LHR>SIN>SYD
Alternatively JL 44 / JL 771 - LHR > HND > NRT > SYD with 4hr airport bus transfer which isn't ideal

I'd like to use QFF points to book business class for JL41, but leave the rest as economy. Do I need a travel agent to book this? I've tried to use the Qantas site but it keeps showing EK, CX and BA operated flights for that HND > LHR route specifically.

 

[TomVexille]

Is this all on QFF points?

If so why does it all need to be on one ticket?

 

[Miasma]

Is this all on QFF points?

If so why does it all need to be on one ticket?

I'm finding that the overall price of the flights is cheapest on the one ticket - taking out the middle flight seems to increase the price by close to $1000

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm finding that the overall price of the flights is cheapest on the one ticket - taking out the middle flight seems to increase the price by close to $1000

You won't be able to book all the flights on one ticket and then have a separate ticket for the middle leg HND-LHR on JL. If you did this, the original paid ticket would autocancel as soon as you 'failed to board' in HND, cancelling all the rest of your itinerary.

It's going to be a series of separate flights under a multi-city itinerary - SYD-NRT ($$ paid). NRT-LHR (award) and then LHR-SYD as another ticket. This will be expensive.

If this whole thing was on points you could select one sector in business class and have it all on the one ticket, but again the mix of carriers is likely to make it expensive in terms of points.

 

[Miasma]

You won't be able to book all the flights on one ticket and then have a separate ticket for the middle leg HND-LHR on JL. If you did this, the original paid ticket would autocancel as soon as you 'failed to board' in HND, cancelling all the rest of your itinerary.

It's going to be a series of separate flights under a multi-city itinerary - SYD-NRT ($$ paid). NRT-LHR (award) and then LHR-SYD as another ticket. This will be expensive.

If this whole thing was on points you could select one sector in business class and have it all on the one ticket, but again the mix of carriers is likely to make it expensive in terms of points.

Sorry just to confirm - does this mean that any award flights (as in using points) will always be on a separate ticket to flights bought using cash?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Sorry just to confirm - does this mean that any award flights (as in using points) will always be on a separate ticket to flights bought using cash?

I’m not a ticketing expert but i think that’s the case. Certainly for the purposes of pricing your ticket, but using an award Tokyo-London you would lose any through-fare price. It will be charged as a multi-city, SYD-Tokyo and London-SYD (rather than SYD-London return). It may be that you can price out the multi-city quite competitively, but i think as you saw it can price out more expensively. You could look at options like jetstar to tokyo one way. And then try and find a cheap one way fare back from London.

 

[ftm]

Sorry just to confirm - does this mean that any award flights (as in using points) will always be on a separate ticket to flights bought using cash?

Yes, that's right. An award booking will always be on a separate ticket, and also in a separate PNR to a cash booking.

JAL do have super good J fares the whole way - what's your budget?