Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

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[adenda]

Hmmm… I just used Sri Lankan’s MB function for an upcoming AY award issued through QFFF. It worked! Gave me the AY seat maps and ability to change seats. I have OWR status, and no flights on UL.

Just adding this as a data point.

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OW status would mean anything above base level… so qantas silver (oneworld ruby), qantas gold (oneworld sapphire) or qantas platinum (oneworld emerald)… or the equivalent tiers on any other oneworld airline .

I've found Malaysian's site is quite reliable - and easy to use - for seat selection

 

[nickfromeastryde]

Starting my OWA from HKG tomorrow flying J on Finnair. Have just downloaded boarding passes which have provided lounge access at "Plaza Premium First". First of all, I'm assuming I can use any One World lounge and secondly, what is the standard of the Plaza Premium lounge. Assuming it is a PAYG lounge and inferior to the various Cathay / Qantas lounges.

Am I correct in my assumptions?

 

[RB001]

Starting my OWA from HKG tomorrow flying J on Finnair. Have just downloaded boarding passes which have provided lounge access at "Plaza Premium First". First of all, I'm assuming I can use any One World lounge and secondly, what is the standard of the Plaza Premium lounge. Assuming it is a PAYG lounge and inferior to the various Cathay / Qantas lounges.

Am I correct in my assumptions?

Yes, meh, yes.

 

[atulhumane]

Hi Members,

Lounge question.

So we got 2 J class and 1 economy OWA tickets. As wife and daughter will be accessing the business class lounge, what is the best option for me to get the same lounge access ( get a Citi prestige card , or priority pass or some other hack that I dont know of ?

I see that Cathay Pacific lounge in HKG only allow J class passenger and no other pass holders are allowed. Same goes for srilankan airline lounge in Colombo.

Any suggestions? as we want to be together in one lounge rather than me using a diff lounge with priority pass.

Does, infant/child under 3 allowed with J class passenger in their lounge ?

TIA

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hi Members,

Lounge question.

So we got 2 J class and 1 economy OWA tickets. As wife and daughter will be accessing the business class lounge, what is the best option for me to get the same lounge access ( get a Citi prestige card , or priority pass or some other hack that I dont know of ?

I see that Cathay Pacific lounge in HKG only allow J class passenger and no other pass holders are allowed. Same goes for srilankan airline lounge in Colombo.

Any suggestions? as we want to be together in one lounge rather than me using a diff lounge with priority pass.

Does, infant/child under 3 allowed with J class passenger in their lounge ?

TIA

I don’t know of any oneworld lounges that allow priority pass or other lounge pass access.

Can you expand on how the infant/child fits in? Or is that a separate issue to the 2J and one economy ticket?

 

[atulhumane]

I don’t know of any oneworld lounges that allow priority pass or other lounge pass access.

Can you expand on how the infant/child fits in? Or is that a separate issue to the 2J and one economy ticket?

the child and me is on seperate economy OWA itenary. He will be turning 2 mid journey so had to take 1 child OWA ticket rather than just an infant addition.

 

[flapper]

FJ & WY are now both OW but cannot yet be included in a OWA, this is supposed to happen in the next few months. Does anyone have knowledge/experience, if I include FJ or WY in my OWA for next year now, which won't cap out at the OWA points but will it after they can be included in OWA and then I make another change which should trigger a recacalulation of the OWA points?

 

[lukelegend]

Hi All, I booked a RTW qantas oneworld booking back in April for Jan next year, all ticketed etc, I just want to change the last flight date from March to June but Qantas are saying I can't because the booking was made in April i am unable to book anything past this date. I thought i could book anything 12 months from the departure date in Jan next year. Is this correct or are can i change that last flight to June? I'll be away for 6 Months instead of 3 months. I did get a positioning flt to Manila to start the booking in Jan and paid with Peso's for the taxes etc, I wonder if this is causing the issue? Thanks

 

[elanshin]

Hi All, I booked a RTW qantas oneworld booking back in April for Jan next year, all ticketed etc, I just want to change the last flight date from March to June but Qantas are saying I can't because the booking was made in April i am unable to book anything past this date. I thought i could book anything 12 months from the departure date in Jan next year. Is this correct or are can i change that last flight to June? I'll be away for 6 Months instead of 3 months. I did get a positioning flt to Manila to start the booking in Jan and paid with Peso's for the taxes etc, I wonder if this is causing the issue? Thanks

Staff that is not very well trained. You can have 12 months after your first flight (which of course is actually not bookable so realistically the most is 11months).

You will run into issues getting your ticket reticketed because you booked it with peso. Only Auckland and Hobart teams will be able to ticket it for you. All other call centres can only put in the flight changes then send it off for ticketing and thats the best they can do. Try in the future to get the initial ticket priced in AUD (any departure port/ country can be priced in AUD).

 

[lukelegend]

Staff that is not very well trained. You can have 12 months after your first flight (which of course is actually not bookable so realistically the most is 11months).

You will run into issues getting your ticket reticketed because you booked it with peso. Only Auckland and Hobart teams will be able to ticket it for you. All other call centres can only put in the flight changes then send it off for ticketing and thats the best they can do. Try in the future to get the initial ticket priced in AUD (any departure port/ country can be priced in AUD).

Thanks for that, I'll try again and hopefully change it