Multi City domestic rewards failure

[WLGFlyer]

Hi there,

In the past I was able to easily book 4-5 leg domestic classic reward itineraries, for example PER-MEL-SYD-BNE-CNS via the multi city search.

As long as the total flight was <24h the points required where based on the total distance.

When I try the same thing now, one of two things happens. Either the points required are calculated on an individual flight basis. Example below. I would expect this to come in at 25.2k points, not 38.3k.




Or, more often than not, the itinerary fails:




Thoughts? Is this possibly a married segments issue?

Thanks!

 

[exLXCXFF]

Could the first one be because you cross into a new day? ie the 24 hour rule being 0000 - 2359?

 

[WLGFlyer]

Could the first one be because you cross into a new day? ie the 24 hour rule being 0000 - 2359?

In my experience, the last flight needed to depart <24h after the first one. In any case, even on the same day I get the same pricing, followed by a generic error:

 

[exLXCXFF]

might be another non-published QF IT enhancement. Maybe it’s still bookable if you call?

 

[RealtimeY]

Probably related to these

Article: Qantas’ Frustrating Application of Married Segment Logic

Qantas’ Frustrating Application of Married Segment Logic is an article written by AFF editorial staff: https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/qantas-married-segment-logic/ You can leave a comment or discuss this topic below.

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[im.daniel]

Yep! @RealtimeY

I agree, I think it’s due to Married Segments. It’s been Iike this for a few years unfortunately - I used to exploit this quite a lot prior to them clamping down.

 

[RealtimeY]

I booked SYD-MEL-PER around May last year, and was unable to do it again just a few months later... started getting the same error as above

 

[exceladdict]

Yes, I haven't had any luck on getting more than 3 sectors on a domestic in quite some time. A bother because it has good potential for PC SC earn