Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[frequentflier]

Welcome to AFF

Consider splitting 2 +1 which would make it a bit easier. YVR - TPE sound like China Airline (CI) which is NOT a OW carrier (skyteam) so becareful on the Qantas search engine.
HKG/NRT/HND come to mind for YVR as the main hubs to fly to. QF also does fly there from SYD but exceptionally limited seats.
FJ also has a flight to NAN but I'm not sure if FJ is part of the OWA yet.
Otherwise you could consider backtracking via Europe - you should have enough miles to be able to go that direction too.


Also how are you doing YUL - YVR. There's no OW carrier in Canada (unless that's a surface segment).

Excellent point re CI, hadn't realised that. Thanks. Yes surfact sector in Canada, I should've clarified.

The 2+1 split is a good idea. You mean so that we can do 2x J and 1x Y on certain sectors if needed?

Hypothetically, if I booked YVR-NRT-Aus and then YVR-SYD magically popped up later, could I call and switch out the NRT leg for the direct YVR-SYD flight? Believe so, but haven't booked OWA before. I have seats.aero subscription for alerts, but still seems very unlikely.

 

[elanshin]

Excellent point re CI, hadn't realised that. Thanks. Yes surfact sector in Canada, I should've clarified.

The 2+1 split is a good idea. You mean so that we can do 2x J and 1x Y on certain sectors if needed?

Either in that split or one person travels in a different route / timing.

Hypothetically, if I booked YVR-NRT-Aus and then YVR-SYD magically popped up later, could I call and switch out the NRT leg for the direct YVR-SYD flight? Believe so, but haven't booked OWA before. I have seats.aero subscription for alerts, but still seems very unlikely.

Yes that is possible. But I'd say that it's even harder to find a flight to NRT/HND as it's NA summer and Japan is still super popular.

Honestly your chances of going across the pacific are very slim with YVR without touching US Mainland. You may want to consider expanding to include YYZ (Toronto). But your most realistic option is back tracking across Europe.

Edit: I can see 2J and 1 W (Premium economy) for QF SCL - SYD on Aug 20 and Sep 1 - not sure if this needs higher status to see though.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

If you can get to Asia from YVR, you can consider an extra stop on the way home for better availability. For example QF flights from Manila or Jakarta might be available. So you could do tokyo-mnl/cgk-Australia, or HKG-mnl/cgk-Au etc.