Qantas Classic awards availability - 1 year out

[DavidMjps]

I've just been looking at availability for 2 x SYD - FCO return (J class) in Apr 2013. What surprised me is that only CX is coming up. Is this likely to be because I have low status or are QF and BA cutting back on award seats.

Regards
David

 

[JohnK]

I thought award availability was at 350 days for Qantas flights and 330 days for most carriers. So in theory you will not any see availability for a few more days yet.

Perhaps I am wrong....

 

[DavidMjps]

I thought award availability was at 350 days for Qantas flights and 330 days for most carriers. So in theory you will not any see availability for a few more days yet.

Perhaps I am wrong....

Flights up to 8 April 2013 are showing but like you I thought Qantas flights were generally available earlier than any of the partner airlines.

 

[JohnK]

David if that is the case then I would hazard a guess and say that it must now be 360 days.

FCO is not a Qantas destination which may explain the lack of availability. Have you tried breaking down the journey to see if there is any Qantas availability to SIN/HKG/LHR?

Asl as far as I am aware high tier statuses only have additional availability in economy not business class. So what you are saying should in theory be what is available....

 

[Balwyn3103]

And if you get CX or Finnair quotes, be careful of getting large portions of the flight in Y despite them deducting J points.

 

[DavidMjps]

And if you get CX or Finnair quotes, be careful of getting large portions of the flight in Y despite them deducting J points.

I noticed there's now a popup, beside the flight listing, that indicates if part of the trip is not in business.

 

[pauly7]

I noticed there's now a popup, beside the flight listing, that indicates if part of the trip is not in business.

Yes FINALLY.

Good improvement.

 

[sanne]

I have just booked a QF classic award in J SYD to BKK for March 2013. Cathay flights were available to book several days before the QF became available. I had been checking for several weeks and it was always the same. Cathay was available before QF.

 

[serfty]

It's 353 days for Qantas award flights.

 

[Pushka]

Flights for the days (actually, almost weeks) I had to travel never came up. And I started checking well before the general release date, and afterwards until I ended up doing points plus pay. And yes, they tried to charge PE points for Economy seats, with no warning, on the days I tried a dummy booking. That was July last year. At least that has changed.