Oneworld Classic Flight Reward Discussion - The Definitive Thread

[samrich]

Hi Brains trust,

I'm trying to book a Oneworld Classic Rewards Fare.

My itinerary is so far:
-Auckland
-Brisbane (Transit)
-Tokyo(Stopover)
-Manilla (Transit)
-Brisbane (Stopover)
-Adelaide(Transit)
-Kuala Lumpur (Transit)
-Oman (Transit)
-Rome(Stopover)

However Qantas is unable to ticket the itinerary saying that it's an invalid fare. To me, it seems to be completely valid.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

 

[Mr H]

Hi Brains trust,

I'm trying to book a Oneworld Classic Rewards Fare.

My itinerary is so far:
-Auckland
-Brisbane (Transit)
-Tokyo(Stopover)
-Manilla (Transit)
-Brisbane (Stopover)
-Adelaide(Transit)
-Kuala Lumpur (Transit)
-Oman (Transit)
-Rome(Stopover)

However Qantas is unable to ticket the itinerary saying that it's an invalid fare. To me, it seems to be completely valid.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

The computer treats Australia and New Zealand as one place, so returning to Brisbane will count as returning to the starting country - you can't then leave the starting country again. You will need to speak to a person who is empowered to override the computer.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Hi Brains trust,

I'm trying to book a Oneworld Classic Rewards Fare.

My itinerary is so far:
-Auckland
-Brisbane (Transit)
-Tokyo(Stopover)
-Manilla (Transit)
-Brisbane (Stopover)
-Adelaide(Transit)
-Kuala Lumpur (Transit)
-Oman (Transit)
-Rome(Stopover)

However Qantas is unable to ticket the itinerary saying that it's an invalid fare. To me, it seems to be completely valid.

Does anyone know why this might be the case?

If this is a Oneworld award (capped) then Oman Air isnt currently eligible.

 

[samrich]

The computer treats Australia and New Zealand as one place, so returning to Brisbane will count as returning to the starting country - you can't then leave the starting country again. You will need to speak to a person who is empowered to override the computer.

Do you know how I can find such a person? I've spent too much time on the phone trying to get this done and no-one so seems to know what's going on.

 

[05flyer]

If this is a Oneworld award (capped) then Oman Air isnt currently eligible.

There’s been some suggestion above (post #17,659) that WY flights can now be included in an OWA… though possibly only with assistance from HBA CC.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

There’s been some suggestion above (post #17,659) that WY flights can now be included in an OWA… though possibly only with assistance from HBA CC.

Oh, my bad then! That’s good news, sort of

 

[irbe_stick_save]

Hi folks, I'm looking at booking my first Oneworld Reward itinerary, and have been using seats.aero to help with finding availability. Sometimes availability is shown for AA or Alaska flights, but the same flights don't seem to be bookable via Qantas points (at least according to seats.aero).

Does anyone know if it's possible to include these in the itinerary? I'm guessing it would need to be via the call centre if it doesn't show on the Qantas website. I'm getting mixed signals because the AFF and PointHacks guides do recommend searching AA or BA to check availability; but then I don't understand how the flights returned in those searches can be booked via Qantas.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!