Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[jrb17a]

Is this a joke? It's 2025, not 2006 or 2007. You can't book a reasonable RTW in J with 316,000 points.

 

[Warragul]

Is this a joke? It's 2025, not 2006 or 2007. You can't book a reasonable RTW in J with 316,000 points.

Depends what you mean by reasonable doesn't it?

I ( and partner)did Sydney - New York- Casablanca- Amman- Frankfurt-Tokyo- Sydney 18 months ago. Seemed reasonable to me.

 

[pye1201]

I've booked a Oneworld Award itinerary (34,616 miles) all in business class except for one leg - LAX-HND on AA which is in economy. I'm Qantas platinum and my husband has Platinum Pro status with AA - has anyone ever had any experience upgrading with AA points an AA flight originally booked with Qantas on a OWA ticket? Is it possible?
Hoping this isn't a question that's been answered before - I've searched but no luck finding any info..

 

[levelnine]

I'm Qantas platinum and my husband has Platinum Pro status with AA - has anyone ever had any experience upgrading with AA points an AA flight originally booked with Qantas on a OWA ticket? Is it possible?

You can't upgrade award flights with miles on AA.

 

[pye1201]

You can't upgrade award flights with miles on AA.

I was hoping there was some way to upgrade that flight - I guess I'll have to cross fingers I can find business class availability with EF between now and the flight and get it changed.
Thanks for that!

 

[fastferret]

Could you maybe try emailing the QF reward seat escalations email and see if they can get JL to release PE or even J seats (due to the equipment change)?

I emailed escalations on Sunday night. They responded the next day, which was great.

They reached out to JAL for release of J seats, but JAL declined.

It was the response I expected, but kudos to Qantas for their prompt action and reply.

 

[Lynda2475]

Is this a joke? It's 2025, not 2006 or 2007. You can't book a reasonable RTW in J with 316,000 points.

Looks like a typo as an OWA (which doesn't have to be RTW) is 318k not 316k.

 

[pyramidforce]

Can I add a flight before the first leg of an already booked OWA?

 

[Mr H]

Can I add a flight before the first leg of an already booked OWA?

Yes

 

[MelbFlyer]

What a waste of time this article is. Classic reward points are long gone and cut right down. It’s all about poor value classic plus now. Qantas are cunning dressing it as an enhancement. It’s disgusting greed. RIP classic rewards. Qantas well knows they have cut down on availability of the same very significantly!! Shame Qantas.

You can still build a OWA itinerary, but granted, it is harder these days.

Economy should be relatively simple to find (except for peak periods such as school holidays), but business is where the pain point is.

I was able to redeem a business OWA to Europe (using QF / AY / BA) and back in 2023 and it was already difficult at the time - I wouldn't want to try now!

The combination of the below makes it harder:
- More people accumulating points
- QF and partners not releasing as many seats, and somewhat sporadically, making it harder to plan
- More articles about how to redeem award seats ie. Point Hacks

I'm just glad that I was able to redeem and take said trip back in 2023. I'm resigned to the fact that it was good whilst it lasted. Moving forward it will be more difficult no doubt.

 

[DC3]

Can I add a flight before the first leg of an already booked OWA?

The flights can be booked in any order, depending upon availability (and who you gat at the Call Centre )

 

[elanshin]

What a waste of time this article is. Classic reward points are long gone and cut right down. It’s all about poor value classic plus now. Qantas are cunning dressing it as an enhancement. It’s disgusting greed. RIP classic rewards. Qantas well knows they have cut down on availability of the same very significantly!! Shame Qantas.

You can most certainly still build OWA. Remember the hardest is just getting off this rock. But if you make that lart flexible you can easily fill in the rest. Asia to europe or us has loads of availability.

 

[v0idd]

Hey guys, booked a trip for me, my wife and my 1 year old for end of this year in J.

This was the most creative way I could get to Brazil to see the inlaws without flighting to SCL, but also visiting Japan, and EU under 35k

Still missing Japan to USA section and the home leg.

MEL-HKG (QF) transit
HKG-KIX (CX) stop 1
ITM-HND-JFK (JL) stop 2 (missing this flight)
JFK-GRU-CNF (LA) seperate
CNF-GRU-BOG (LA) seperate
BOG-MAD (IB) stop 3
HEL-HKG (AY) transit
HKG-SIN (CX) stop 4
SIN-MEL (missing this flight)

Do I still have room for more stop overs or surface segments?

Maybe a flight within Europe?

Cheers

 

[DC3]

Do I still have room for more stop overs or surface segments?

As long as you keep within the rules, including within 35.000 miles, 16 segments, up to 5 stops (the final city does not count as a stop), etc, etc:

How to Fly Around the World with a Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward [Mega Guide]

Book a Qantas Oneworld Classic Flight Reward to fly around the world with up to 5 stopovers from just 152,200 Qantas Frequent Flyer points!

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[Deb70]

Only 6 weeks to go to start Qantas Classic RTW business
MEL-HKG (QF)
HKG-HEL-AMS (AY)
AMS-HEL-DUB (AY)
MXP-MAD (IB)
MAD-HGK-PER (CX)
PER-MEL (QF)
My question is what business lounges may we access in HKG, AMS, HEL, MXP, MAD and 2nd visit to HGK?

 

[RB001]

Only 6 weeks to go to start Qantas Classic RTW business
MEL-HKG (QF)
HKG-HEL-AMS (AY)
AMS-HEL-DUB (AY)
MXP-MAD (IB)
MAD-HGK-PER (CX)
PER-MEL (QF)
My question is what business lounges may we access in HKG, AMS, HEL, MXP, MAD and 2nd visit to HGK?

The Oneworld page for lounge access is a lot better than it once was. If you have status or other programs from credit cards, etc then there is obviously more choice.
In any case - enjoy!

 

[Deb70]

The Oneworld page for lounge access is a lot better than it once was. If you have status or other programs from credit cards, etc then there is obviously more choice.
In any case - enjoy!

Thank you I did not realize that as it is a Qantas ticket and not a Oneworld ticket would we still get access to Oneworld lounges?

 

[RB001]

Thank you I did not realize that as it is a Qantas ticket and not a Oneworld ticket would we still get access to Oneworld lounges?

Qantas is a founding member of Oneworld, and all of the airlines you are travelling on are members also.

 

[sap1l]

Just made a (relatively) simple change to an existing OWA. I agree with the more recent comments upthread that South Africa agents have been better equipped with making changes without any problems.

Unfortunately they still struggled to immediately re-ticket the itinerary. All of them acknowledged the need to immediately re-ticket (there are a few MH flights on the itinerary), which is better than a year ago when they couldn't understand why.

I had to go through 5 agents until I got someone who could get through to Hobart for immediate re-ticketing. According to the other agents, they tried and couldn't get through via the phone to ticketing, which I translated to "we don't want to wait for them to pick up". To be fair, I waited around 10 mins on average for my calls to be answered each time, so perhaps the lines were really busy.

 

[pyramidforce]

Just made a (relatively) simple change to an existing OWA. I agree with the more recent comments upthread that South Africa agents have been better equipped with making changes without any problems.

Unfortunately they still struggled to immediately re-ticket the itinerary. All of them acknowledged the need to immediately re-ticket (there are a few MH flights on the itinerary), which is better than a year ago when they couldn't understand why.

I had to go through 5 agents until I got someone who could get through to Hobart for immediate re-ticketing. According to the other agents, they tried and couldn't get through via the phone to ticketing, which I translated to "we don't want to wait for them to pick up". To be fair, I waited around 10 mins on average for my calls to be answered each time, so perhaps the lines were really busy.

I have had experiences similar to the one you described. Strange thing from my end though, I ha e called to make two changes

1st time - I got through to Hobart (!!!!) As a QF bronze (!!!!!1!1one!eleven!!)

2nd time - the automated message said something along the lines of " as a platinum member, you receive preferential treatment on our premium support line" and "please wait for our next platinum team member" or something such. 85% sure it was Manila call centre though based on accent.

Wondering if QF realises you are calling about a complex itinerary or if your ticket had a strange point of departure, they route you to different agents?