"oneworld" award (132.4K/249.6K/318K/455K) Planning - The Definitive Thread

[Aristotle9]

If the op has two separate PNRs then there is no guarantee they will sit together on any of their flights other than QF

Advanced seat selection ahead of time (except BA) will sort that out

 

[fresherbill]

You can relax once it has been ticketed ..

The new e-tickets came through about 5 minutes after I put the phone down. Something else that is adding to my too-good-to-be-true anxiety is that the 2 x 5000 point change fee hasn't been deducted, though IIRC with the original booking this can day or so. Having said that, I see that a couple of people escaped the change fees as recently as July, soooo...

I think the pain will evaporate into the distance when you take your first sip of champagne - either in the lounge or onboard.

I know I'll be raising a glass to everyone who has contributed to this thread. The trip may never have eventuated -certainly not in its current form - if not for the amazing advice and information here.

 

[squid01]

I didnt say to link the bookings?!
I took 'travelling together' to mean on the same flights at least.
Talking of flights disappearing seems to suggest they want to be on the same flight ahead of guaranteed to sit next to each other.
Unless you have a compliant way of getting two non "eligible family members" on the same points booking PNR

DO you have a link to what qantas deem as eligible family member.

My girlfriend and I have been amassing point for this ticket and all in the one FF point account. Looking to book at the end of the year.

We have lived together for the past 3 years and been together for almost 5. Does she qualify as 'family' or spouse if I can prove our living arrangements?

 

[fresherbill]

DO you have a link to what qantas deem as eligible family member.

My girlfriend and I have been amassing point for this ticket and all in the one FF point account. Looking to book at the end of the year.

We have lived together for the past 3 years and been together for almost 5. Does she qualify as 'family' or spouse if I can prove our living arrangements?

My situation is similar - you won't have an issue when booking together. The options under "Relation to logged in Frequent Flyer" include "Domestic partner" and "Defacto" etc.

 

[squid01]

My situation is similar - you won't have an issue when booking together. The options under "Relation to logged in Frequent Flyer" include "Domestic partner" and "Defacto" etc.

Excellent thanks for the info.

Do you happen to have a link to anything official on qantas website outlining these definitions. Just for peace of mind. I tried searching google but couldn't find.
Thanks!

 

[fresherbill]

Excellent thanks for the info.

Do you happen to have a link to anything official on qantas website outlining these definitions. Just for peace of mind. I tried searching google but couldn't find.
Thanks!

Visit Frequent Flyer Terms and Conditions | Qantas and do a search for "Eligible Family Member". It currently says:

'Eligible Family Member' of a Member means any person the Member can demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of Qantas, as being related to that Member in any of the ways described below:

• Husband/Wife
• Parent/Step-parent
• Domestic Partner/De Facto
• Child, including foster and step-child
• Brother/Sister
• Half Brother/Sister
• Grandparent
• Grandchild
• Son/Daughter-in-law
• Brother/Sister-in-law
• Father/Mother-in-law
• Uncle/Aunt
• Nephew/Niece
• First cousin

I don't see any more details about proving the relationship, but I haven't trawled through the details. If it's anywhere, it should in this document.

 

[squid01]

Visit Frequent Flyer Terms and Conditions | Qantas and do a search for "Eligible Family Member". It currently says:

'Eligible Family Member' of a Member means any person the Member can demonstrate, to the reasonable satisfaction of Qantas, as being related to that Member in any of the ways described below:

• Husband/Wife
• Parent/Step-parent
• Domestic Partner/De Facto
• Child, including foster and step-child
• Brother/Sister
• Half Brother/Sister
• Grandparent
• Grandchild
• Son/Daughter-in-law
• Brother/Sister-in-law
• Father/Mother-in-law
• Uncle/Aunt
• Nephew/Niece
• First cousin

I don't see any more details about proving the relationship, but I haven't trawled through the details. If it's anywhere, it should in this document.

Legend thank you!

 

[cjd600]

Excellent thanks for the info.

Do you happen to have a link to anything official on qantas website outlining these definitions. Just for peace of mind. I tried searching google but couldn't find.
Thanks!

Yep, definitely no problem there.

 

[p--and--t]

DO you have a link to what qantas deem as eligible family member.

My girlfriend and I have been amassing point for this ticket and all in the one FF point account. Looking to book at the end of the year.

We have lived together for the past 3 years and been together for almost 5. Does she qualify as 'family' or spouse if I can prove our living arrangements?

IMHO, you will not have a problem.

Firstly, especially if you are a Victorian, not sure about other states, just about anyone with cohabitation for more than 2 years can identify as de facto by law.

Secondly, if both of your QFF registered home addresses is the same, there won't be a query by QF.

Thirdly, I believe the operators are far too busy with call queues of more than an hour to worry about some of the finer semantics.

 

[Danger]

Why do I see a lot of these bookings ending in tears?

I stand corrected, Jacques Vert. My apologies for the misinformation.

 

[Jacques Vert]

No apologies required. I was not specifically referring to your post.

 

[DC3]

Advanced seat selection ahead of time (except BA) will sort that out

It does help, but is never guaranteed that one (or both, separately) may be moved … for who knows why?

 

[cjd600]

It does help, but is never guaranteed that one (or both, separately) may be moved … for who knows why?

Pretty much guaranteed...

 

[DC3]

Pretty much guaranteed...

Unfortunately, never guaranteed.

Edit: But better than nothing.

 

[cjd600]

Unfortunately, never guaranteed.

Edit: But better than nothing.

Haha, only death and taxes.
Sitting with a partner/friend, with seats selected 11 months out in J is pretty close though.

 

[p--and--t]

Haha, only death and taxes.
Sitting with a partner/friend, with seats selected 11 months out in J is pretty close though.

Slightly off topic as this is QF, but 18 months ago had confirmed seats for partner and I on SQ for 3-4 months (whY) on same PNR and went to check the status of my flight and found they changed them without advising either of us and we weren't sitting together.

Phoning up first time didn't help one iota, but a second escalation got it sorted eventually.

 

[cjd600]

Slightly off topic as this is QF, but 18 months ago had confirmed seats for partner and I on SQ for 3-4 months (whY) on same PNR and went to check the status of my flight and found they changed them without advising either of us and we weren't sitting together.

Phoning up first time didn't help one iota, but a second escalation got it sorted eventually.

Thankfully the only experience I've had with SQ, they left us in the Suites we booked, both times. I would have been terribly upset to be moved to a different suite,
Using QF points on premium cabins, various carriers, have never been moved, usually booking for 4.

 

[soarer]

Can anyone help please?
If I land in GIG and then a few days later fly from EZE, would GIG be considered a stopover?
I believe GIG - EZE would be considered a surface segment.

If a flight segment is booked but not paid for/ticketed, does the website reflect that the number of seats for that flight segment is reduced accordingly. EG. If there were only 2 business award seats for EZE - MAD, would the Qantas website after the booking(but not ticketed) now not show any business award seats available?

 

[cjd600]

Can anyone help please?
If I land in GIG and then a few days later fly from EZE, would GIG be considered a stopover?
I believe GIG - EZE would be considered a surface segment.

If a flight segment is booked but not paid for/ticketed, does the website reflect that the number of seats for that flight segment is reduced accordingly. EG. If there were only 2 business award seats for EZE - MAD, would the Qantas website after the booking(but not ticketed) now not show any business award seats available?

Yes, that is a stopover....and also a surface segment (mileage included also).

Typically, the 2 seats should disappear from availability on the website once booked, regardless of ticketing. Unless there was more than 2.

 

[soarer]

Yes, that is a stopover....and also a surface segment (mileage included also).

Typically, the 2 seats should disappear from availability on the website once booked, regardless of ticketing. Unless there was more than 2.

Thanks.