No China Eastern reward availability on the Qantas website

[RealtimeY]

Is it just me, or have MU reward seats completely disappeared?

 

[ronlon]

several weeks ago I noticed a distinct lack of China Eastern reward seats compared to the previous multiple pickings on say MEL/SYD to Shanghai. Having another look nothing is there anymore. Something definitely is going on ???

 

[Dr Ralph]

Is it just me, or have MU reward seats completely disappeared?

It's cyclical.

 

[SYD]

Bumping this thread. There doesn’t appear to be any/many internal MU flights appearing on QFF. Anyone hazard a guess if MU are restricting access to QFF or maybe a system issue?

I can see plenty of whY (X) seats via AF FB…

 

[SYD]

I rang QF the other day to see if it was an IT glitch. I didn’t get Hobart, so my expectations were low. It went downhill quickly when they said there were no award seats between PEK and PVG because QF doesn’t fly that route…..

Tried to pay for some flights but having entered all required info, the price doubled on the final payment page! Something like $700 pp to fly PEK-XIY-PVG…. We used to be able to book CRs for 10k pts + ~$10 per sector….

 

[Mattg]

The Qantas website is still showing zero Classic Reward seats on any route on China Eastern.

I've just searched for reward seats on a bunch of MU routes and there are no seats appearing whatsoever. Bizarre.

As far as I can see, QF and MU are still partners.

https://www.qantas.com/au/en/frequent-flyer/partners/china-eastern.html

 

[SYD]

They’ve been MIA for months.

I tried calling but they couldn’t see anything even though there was heaps of seats showing via FB (AF/KLM). Somethings broken…

A bit pi$$ed actually. In 2020 I easily booked PEK-XIY (ret) but had to cancel for obvious reasons. Currently on a reboot of that trip 5 yrs later and wasn’t able to book any internal flights this time using QFF points. Had enough UA miles to book CA PEK-XIY and took the train today to Shanghai.

Flying both sectors for $$$, would have been around A$500 ea for Flex (Y) - you can’t seem to access discount fares at all. Even the train was A$250 pp for First. Couldn’t justify $500 pp for Business but that would have been nice!

 

[Welsh-Kiwi]

I’ve noticed the lack of reward seats on MU as well. Pre-Covid I easily booked 2 seats in J - Auckland-Shanghai-New York and return from Toronto. Brand new planes. I was impressed.

 

[SYD]

@Mattg is there someone at AFF who can contact QF?

I meant to ask that last year.

 

[Matt_01]

I was able to get 1 J seat SYD-PVG, booked around this time last year for travel this year. It has been cancelled as I could not get the domestic connection as QF advised there was nothing available.

@SYD my experience looking at domestic revenue fares I found that for near on the past year flights were either full Y or full J across most carriers. I assumed it was just expensive to travel to LXA however a couple of week back MU opened up some reasonable priced J fares.

 

[SYD]

I was able to get 1 J seat SYD-PVG, booked around this time last year for travel this year. It has been cancelled as I could not get the domestic connection as QF advised there was nothing available.

@SYD my experience looking at domestic revenue fares I found that for near on the past year flights were either full Y or full J across most carriers. I assumed it was just expensive to travel to LXA however a couple of week back MU opened up some reasonable priced J fares.

OT, but I looked across all mainland Chinese carriers and many OTAs and they were all quoting much the much. Only Flex Y…(and J).

 

[Ktan89]

MU availability from/to AUS disapeared a few months after the ACCC block of QF and MU partnership. People said they were still able to find some economy seats and domestic China routes. Now it is all gone. Would be good if AFF can get QF to comment on this because they still list them as a partner.

 

[AFF Editor]

@Mattg is there someone at AFF who can contact QF?

I meant to ask that last year.

We have been in touch with Qantas about this.

 

[Ktan89]

We have been in touch with Qantas about this.

Still nothing from them?

 

[AFF Editor]

Still nothing from them?

We did post a small update about this on Monday in this article:

How to Fly First Class with Qantas Points

By redeeming Qantas Frequent Flyer points wisely, you could fly First Class with Qantas or one of seven partner airlines.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

We understand that bookings are still technically possible via the call centre, and that Qantas is working on bringing these seats back online in the near future.

 

[Ktan89]

We did post a small update about this on Monday in this article:

How to Fly First Class with Qantas Points

By redeeming Qantas Frequent Flyer points wisely, you could fly First Class with Qantas or one of seven partner airlines.

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

I missed that article. Thank you