partner award booking question

[AndersK]

So i'm trying to get my head around booking a classic award with a partner airline through Qantas. When you search online on Qantas, does it actually search across all the partners? I'm wanting to book a Sydney --> Santiago one way in J but the search on Qantas.com shows no availability. If I call Qantas and ask will they just do the same online search I did? or are they able to do a manual search on say LATAM airlines, which may have available redemptions?

cheers

 

[Danger]

No, the Qantas website does not include all partners. For example, it does not show availability for any MH flights.

I believe LAN does show.

Qantas will search across all carriers. If you want to book a flight that isn't showing online, politely ask for the phone booking fee to be waived. Odds on you'll have success.

Finally, SYD-SCL is a popular route. Award space tends to go quick.

 

[Mattg]

LAN flights generally don't show on the Qantas website, with perhaps the exception of SYD-AKL flights (?).

If you're travelling after October, I would call Qantas and ask if there is any award availability on the MEL-SCL flight. There was a fair few seats available on this route at one point, but not sure if it's still there.

 

[Aeolus]

Didn't want to create a new thread so hope this is the right thread to post. MH now showing on QF awards. Managed to snag J awards during the peak christmas / new year period from DPS-KUL-ADL at only 65K points which I thought was very reasonable.